[SOC] Looking for Heavy Duty Soldering Iron

[Paul T. Antos]

I forgot to mention that , although I don't own one of those war clubs, I 
know another SOC'er who has one. True to fashion, he has yet to produce it, 
despite dropping by to raid my stash of wire. I think he might be worried 
that
I would use it to change the brand on cattle , or frighten the neighbors 
while trick-n-treating.

And as far as beer can antennas are concerned, those Milwaukee Light cans 
look like the ticket. The trick is to avoid being under them... you wanna be 
at the business end of the radio, not the radials.

ABD 764


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul T. Antos" <wb2abd at roadrunner.com>
To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Looking for Heavy Duty Soldering Iron


> 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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