On line, it's not in stock.  Of the two Radio Shack stores in our
neighborhood, one has it and the other does not.  It was featured in their
June flyer.

Thanks.
Bob Martin

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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: Quick Cooling Soldering Iron


> This thing is made by Coldheat.  It has three different sized tips but
they're
> apparently nearly impossible to get.  Reports are that the tips are quite
> brittle.  Because voltage is applied across the contact on the tip, it
cannot be
> used within a circuit where you need to keep it protected from voltage.  I
> placed an order for one of these with the company last July and canceled
it in
> August because they kept pushing back the shipping date.  I finally
received a
> call from the company in October that they were ready to ship.  I had
already
> canceled the order months before and that particular credit card was no
longer
> good.  They said if I placed the order on a different card it would be a
new
> order and be an eight to twelve week waight.  I called them earlier this
month
> as I had not placed the order and they told me that there was a minimum
6-8 week
> wait on orders to be shipped.  Radio Shack is now selling this gadget but
> apparently a lot of the stores do not have it.  Neither of my local stores
have
> it.
>
> The company is charging $19.95 for the iron.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>