[R-390] Now *this* is a really nifty idea...

[Cecil Acuff]

Tom that brings back memories...

My Parents brought me a wood burning set for Christmas one year....imagine 
that today with all the liability concerns and such....anyway after I got 
bored with burning wood I thought.....you know this just might be good as a 
soldering iron.  Something my Parents would not have considered buying 
because that meant I might be poking around inside of radio's and tv's and 
that would be just plain dangerous.

It worked just fine as a soldering iron...once I managed to get the tip 
tinned.  I don't think dad ever figured out who was into his Kester 
soldering paste.

I had an old green blue indoor/outdoor carpet in my room.  No work bench of 
any kind.  My Mom still comments on the burn marks in the carpet from my 
electronic experimentation in the floor of my room from the wood burning 
tool turned soldering iron.....

Late 60's early 70's....great years...

Cecil
K5DL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Norris" <nu4g.radio at gmail.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 10:53 PM
Subject: [R-390] Now *this* is a really nifty idea...


> At the auction place, item 390021468246 - a basic but well put- together 
> "learn to solder" kit with iron, solder, desolder wick,  desolder 
> pump-gadget and a DVD that shows soldering basics.
>
> Yea, yea, most of us know how to solder, but I know a lot of folks -  even 
> hams - that don't know or don't feel comfortable trying this very  basic 
> skill.   Looks like it would make a good class project for ham  clubs that 
> still hold classes on tech-related subjects or for folks  that would like 
> to build from schematics they see online or on mailing  lists but don't 
> have an "elmer" to help them learn how to do basic  things like soldering.
>
> It would be good for folks just getting into collecting radios -- like 
> the R-390A -- and who would like to be able to be able to do their own 
> repairs rather than having to have someone else do it for them, but  don't 
> have much in the way of basic wiring skills.
>
> Believe me, I've seen and repaired a lot of things where the person  who 
> last tried to "fix" it had no clue how to solder two wires together.
>
>
> Tom NU4G
>
> no relation to the seller, etc
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