On Mon, 24 May 1999 rchansle@us.ibm.com wrote:
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> I have a Weller Jr that is over 40 years old and still going strong. I still
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> the original light bulb in it. I never did buy the Weller tips, I always made
> mine with an old piece of 12 guage solid copper wire. When the tips starts
> losing heat I just made a new one.
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Great tip on tips, I'll try it myself.
...Art
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> Arvid Jedlicka <arvidj@visi.com> on 05/23/99 11:28:34 AM
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> Please respond to Arvid Jedlicka <arvidj@visi.com>
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> To: shop talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> cc: (bcc: Bob Chansler/Boulder/IBM)
> Subject: Re: solder gun recommendations please
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> At least for me, nine times out of ten I simply loosen the
> two nuts that hold the tip into the gun and then retighten
> them. The constant heating and cooling seems to cause
> them to loosten up. Then they start to corrode. Then the
> tip fails to heat.
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> Working the nut back and forth a little and making sure it's
> tight improves the electrical connection at the junction,
> making sure the energy makes it to the tip and is not
> converted to heat by the high resistance of the bad
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> Arvid
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> At 08:41 AM 5/23/99 -0400, Art Pfenninger wrote:
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> >Are you sure the guns are bad? Try replacing the tips they don't last long
> >and if they are bad you get no heat at all or at least not enough heat to
> >melt the solder.
> >...Art
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> >On Fri, 21 May 1999, Gano, Ken wrote:
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> >> After find two Wal Mart special solder guns dead in the garage tonight I
> >> have promised myself a new "good" one tomorrow. Any recommendations?
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> >> Ken Gano
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