[R-390] first radio thread

[Jim Haynes]

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Cecil Acuff wrote:

> That reminded me of another bit of my early history.  I didn't have a
> soldering iron but I did have a wood burning kit that some relative had
> given me as a gift.  Heck I learned that it would melt solder so that's what
> I learned to solder with.
>
I remember a time, in the mid-1960s I guess, when a tool was on the market 
that was sold as a soldering iron, with suitable tips, by electronics 
vendors and as a wood burner, with suitable tips, by hobby places.  I 
don't remember now if it was Weller or some other brand. The handle was 
red or maroon and had a candelabra screw socket and a cork finger grip. 
The heating element was white ceramic and screwed into the socket - maybe 
there were different wattages of heating elements.  And then the tip 
screwed over a tip on the heating element.

Jim W6JVE