[SOC] Looking for Heavy Duty Soldering Iron

[Paul T. Antos]

It is my understanding that the size of the tip should be LARGE, so it can 
supply a lot of heat more quickly. E-bay seems to have occasional offerings 
of "American Beauty" soldering irons ( not soldering guns - tips are too 
small). Think of soldering copper flashing and gutters...

Paul WB2ABD   SOC 764

PS I never bought one on-line because , as they're usually pretty old,  I 
don't know if it's gonna work


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom McCulloch" <thom2 at att.net>
To: <thom2 at att.net>
Cc: <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 7:49 PM
Subject: [SOC] Looking for Heavy Duty Soldering Iron


> Hi,
>
> For a while now I've been looking for a heavy duty soldering iron mostly 
> to use in soldering coax to PL-259's and the like. The biggest thing I 
> have is a 100 watt RS/Weller solder gun but even with that the connector 
> acts as a heat sink and I have a lot of trouble making the connection.
>
> When I was a little ham my dad had this huge soldering iron which probably 
> could have been used to connect steel girders together and that was great 
> for this type of thing.  I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find 
> a heavy duty iron?
>
> In desperation I was looking through the crafts section on e-Bay and I 
> have come across soldering irons used for connecting pieces of stained 
> glass. They seem to be rated at 100 watts (same as my RS gun) but have a 
> big 3/8 inch tip.  There are several out there, this is one that seem to 
> be representative:
>
> http://www.yglass.com/1078.html
>
> On e-bay they seem to go for about $30 after shipping, or so, although it 
> is higher at this site.
>
> My question to the group is do you think this would do the job?
>
> Thanks for any help or suggestions you might offer on this.
>
> Tom
> WB2QDG
>
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