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marty · Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 88 Location: Arlington, MA USA

It's just a battery powered soldering iron. I think it is a Weller. I got the least expensive one with the rechargeable battery. It works great for trimming threads and melting small holes. It has just enough heat to cut flightweight flying line, but that's about it. I actually got it to do soldering with. It generates more than enough heat for work with printed circuit boards.

Cauterizers are too delecate for me. I quickly break off the tip by doing something dumb like drip it...
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Marty Sasaki
Arlington, MA USA

Kitesquid · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 1:40 pm Post subject:

I am not looking forward to the day that I conduct a "Gravity Test" with mine as the tip looks fragile...
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P.S. Yet another long winded post by the Squid..... Shocked

P.P.S. The wind is like the air, only pushier.

mhartzel · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 2:26 pm Post subject:

that's why all of my hot cutting is done on a coated sheet of plywood on the floor. if it falls, the furthest it's gonna go is about a inch or two.
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