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
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----- 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