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Subject: [Amps] FL-2100Z
From: wy6k@yahoo.com (WYsixK)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:48:41 -0800 (PST)
Alek,

I guess I can understand getting by out there at the beach with beer
and a homebrew soldering iron.  But how can you live without TV and a
vertical milling machine?

Michael

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alek Petkovic" <vk6apk@eon.net.au>
> To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:36 PM
> Subject: [Amps] FL-2100Z
> 
> > G'day All,
> >
> > Just thought I would relate my Easter weekend experience to you.
> >
> > The repair shop at my beach house is very basic. The soldering iron
> is a
> > 2.5 inch length of  5/16" copper rod flattened, filed and tinned at
> one
> > end. It has a hole drilled through it half way down its length and
> a piece
> > of 1/8" steel fencing wire, filed square and tapered, is poked
> through it
> > and serves as a handle. Looks more like a little hammer than a
> soldering
> > iron. The iron is heated by removing the cast iron cooking plate
> from the
> > gas barbecue, lighting the burner and putting the iron over the
> flame. The
> > rest of the workshop comprises a pair of combination pliers, 2 ft
> of resin
> > core solder, a philips screwdriver, a flat screwdriver a 2"
> paintbrush and
> > a working beer fridge, amply stocked.
> >
> > You know, there's not much more that a good handyman could ever
> need. What
> > do you think?
> >
> That really depends on what you mean by amply stocked... What make of
> brew?
> and how many cases?
> :-)
> G'day mate.
> Vy 73 de OZ1PIF, Peter
> 
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