Can anyone help identify an old tool?
I got this in a box of old things. Can anyone tell me what it is?
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orksecurity me to it, it's a 100% electricity free soldering iron! For use, just grind back the rust and put it in a fire / under a propane torch, and use a rod of solder. Only for metal work, not for electronics and other small applications of solder.
Jun 5, 2010. 11:57 PMBurf
says:
Exactly right. I have one almost identical to that one in a box of old tools that belonged to my dad. I've also got the gasoline fired blow torch he used to heat it up. He used it mostly to solder/weld lead flashing together for roofs and around chimneys.
Jun 27, 2010. 1:46 AMmasterochicken (author)
says:
Thank you! That probably explains why it has melted bits of plastic on it. It seems large and clumsy though.
Jun 6, 2010. 6:11 AMQuercus austrina
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Yep, you guys have it right, old heat 'em up by fire soldering iron. My grandfather had one. Used it in his plumbing job.
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Jun 5, 2010. 10:20 PMorksecurity
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Looks to me like an old soldering iron, of the heat-it-in-a-fire variety...?
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