After find two Wal Mart special solder guns dead in the garage tonight I have promised myself a new "good" one tomorrow. Any recommendations? Ken Gano kengano@advant.com
I've got a Weller soldering gun that my Dad got sometime in the 40s (long before I was born) when he started a radio/tv repair business. It still works fine, and unless I run over it with a truck or
my grandads weller is about 45 yrs old and still goin "BuickRacer" 1986 Mercury Cougar (CARRIE) 3.8 t 1964 Buick Skylark 350ci 375hp..awaiting 455ci engine :) 1963 Dodge Dart Wagon 225ci /6 super 6 i
Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 08:41:31 -0400 (EDT)
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
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 th
I too have a Weller soldering gun that I bought in the early 50s and it's still going strong today. What a marvel. The little light bulbs to light the work don't work, but . . . .big deal. Also, you
And I also have a Weller soldering gun that I bought in the late 50's and the little lights do still work as I have resoldered their connections. It is a great gun. Jim V.
I have a Weller Jr that is over 40 years old and still going strong. I still has 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
I have done this numerous times in the past when I didn't have a spare tip handy. They don't last nearly as long as the commercial tips, since they get hottest right at the tip and it deteriorates an