[TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons

[Gary]

I have the Harbor Freight butane torch.  It works pretty well, but you 
have to be very careful using it outside.  You can not see the flame.

Gary, WY0V


On 11/19/2014 8:24 PM, AB2E Darrell wrote:
> Just found this one at Harbor Freight for $8, might be worth checking out.... 2000F temp, does not have watt rating though.
> http://www.harborfreight.com/micro-torch-42099-html.html
>
> 73  Darrell AB2E
>
>> From: ab2e at hotmail.com
>> To: jim.thom at telus.net; towertalk at contesting.com
>> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 21:14:46 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons
>>
>> I had a hand-held butane soldering iron that worked well out of the house.
>> A quick search on eBay shows both butane and also some battery powered soldering irons.
>> 73 Darrell AB2E
>>
>>
>>> From: jim.thom at telus.net
>>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>>> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:43:55 -0800
>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons
>>>
>>> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:10:23 -0800
>>> From: "Don " <w7wll at arrl.net>
>>> To: "Towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Some advice about crimp ;type coax connectors
>>>
>>> Which brings a question to mind. Why is there not available for sale a
>>> decent battery powered soldering iron. Sure would be nice when in the air
>>> not to be tied to an AC power cord. I did a search (probably not very deep)
>>> and found some battery powered irons but nothing that would deal with a few
>>> UHF connectors out and away from the 'house'. A friend from Australia who
>>> was in the 2-way radio business had a couple he brought when he immigrated
>>> from Oz but I've been unable to find that they are made anymore.
>>>
>>> Anyone have information on such a tool for use whilst up in the air??
>>>
>>> Don W7WLL
>>>
>>> ##  from 1979-1989...in the telco I worked in 400 miles north of here, we had
>>> a cordless, rechargeable soldering iron.  Think it was a weller...was orange in colour.
>>> Worked superb.... but never tried it outside.. only inside.  They were real small, light weight,
>>> fit in your pocket. A lot smaller than a normal pencil iron.    I believe they would work fine
>>> outside.  A comment here. Silver plated PL-259s  are a LOT easier to solder vs
>>> the nickel plated types.   I gave up on amphenol nickel plated /teflon PL-259s.
>>>
>>> ##  I picked up 2  dozen van gordon silver /teflon  PL-259 years ago.  They solder
>>> real easy.
>>>
>>> ##  Id check out cordless types 1st.   You can probably get em with spare, quick swap out
>>> lithium batteries no doubt.   The propane /butane types would also work, but are more cumbersome
>>> heavy etc... esp up a tower.   In good wx... Id run an extension cord up the tower..and use my
>>> american beauty 100 w iron, with the .375 inch chisel tip.   We used dozens of those irons in the telco,
>>> back when a lot of wiring was still being soldered.   I have a few of them.   You can also get the bigger
>>> ones, like 150w and up to 600 watt.   The 100 w version... used to solder a silver plated coax connector,
>>> is super fast.   The bigger ones like the 500-600w are used for plumbing..where a blow torch cant be used.
>>> The bigger ones work great for stuff like tubing type tank coils, large wide cu strap, etc.
>>>
>>> Jim   VE7RF
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