I know several sighted techs who have them.  I looked at using one, but
it was too much trouble to light the thing.  Although, they are nice in
some situations.  Another thing, I would be afraid of starting a fire.
This is probably just me.
clarence
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, John miller wrote:

> I know some one who had 1 of those irons,  he didn't like it,  it was a
> radio shack one and it leaked,  well,  he had a nice fire because of that 1
> day,  that's how he realized it was leaking, or it was just after he found
> out I don't know which, but it was pretty bad there for a few minutes,  I
> guess he has some of the expensive industrial ones, but I won't touch them
> with a 40 foot pole.  He's sighted though, but due to his experiences with
> it I'm not even going to try one.
> John Miller N1UMJ
> Owner of J. E. M. Racing http://home.comcast.net/~jemracing5/wsb/index.html
> AIM screen name: JEMracing3
> MSN messenger: [log in to unmask]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 10:33 AM
> Subject: Re: soldering techniques
>
>
> | Anyone using the butane powered irons?
> |
> | For  stripping coax  I broke my piggy bank and spent  $25 on a stripper
> from
> | cable x-perts.      It has 2 slugs, 1 for RG-8 size and 1 for RG-6 size
> | coax.  Each slug has 2 preset blades.    A few turns of the tool and both
> | cuts are made to the proper depth.  Using other methods for stripping, I
> | always manage to turn a 50 foot length of coax into a 48 footer.   I
> figure
> | that life's too short, just get the right tool.
> |
> | 73 Steve KW3A
>

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Clarence Williamson (Telecommunications and Networking Specialist)