[SEL] American Beauty

[Best, George]

William,

When I did stained glass years ago I used a sal-ammoniac block to keep my soldering tips well tinned.

When the 1" copper rod I ordered arrives, I'll machine it to the specs listed on the American Beauty website.

http://www.americanbeautytools.com/site/models/st/76

Thought it was pretty nice that they provide a drawing of the tip with all the measurements!

I'll have to look through my old stuff and see if I still have my sal-ammoniac block, but if not you can still buy them and I should have one if I think I might start doing much soldering.

Would like to learn how to make my own gas tanks.

George

-----Original Message-----
From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of William Olson
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 8:38 AM
To: The SEL email discussion list
Subject: Re: [SEL] American Beauty

Hi George,

Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 9:39:26 AM, you wrote:


When I was taking my first Radio-Electronics classes at a trade school the
instructor suggested (insisted) that we get an American Beauty 100
watt iron to use. He then instructed us how to maintain the tip, which
was not plated in those days, about 50 years ago. When the tip needed
work, he had us remove the tip and beat the tip to the proper shape
with a hammer on a iron block (anvil), then file it smooth. As the tip
was heating up we would re-tin it with solder as soon as it would melt
the solder. I still have the iron & it still works.
-- 
Thanks,  William  Olson, Rosevelt, MN                     mailto:weolson at wiktel.com

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