Damn, bought myself a new toy.......

[Squid]

I use a Solder Pro 50 gas iron most of the time. https://cpc.farnell.com/iroda/pro-50/soldering-iron-gas-30-70w/dp/SD0110606?ost=SD0110606&krypto=8h00Sd5WNnMyjQu9On3ox+LTeCiP649XmC2khwgaDWBGfmbUCnOUPfiYaUuqFfzvzWFXAsbDMhiPC7uiV+IdBNv7vDaRiD8cW0oteAMe3oesaaYcSH/Y3AnfxFhR63vzG+4Mzsm2PoaUXeDV7I+Agd84ySUYApxL3oRQGaYfv0zTX+8HZ8EfP0TpAeX/tNxBtUq2dtkNFSEQKs3vtwuwtTKpe0FtTF1UyzQ7mMmO8k+g1lWpPwLvykEMW6Dg8scQSZZwv1iiO8r7WUB0s8GTOFsJfBnDnUG97DVHGmOexyHamDsyhTIL6Inwno4ldv+eWusw5sRBf3yXeIOg/eTc+YbIzA7aLqU3CrTOdJd+gW7znSekeqKCKGq0CIv1FFRZIUh1d11bC1ERNrymYPYXnw==&ddkey=https:en-CPC/CPC_United_Kingdom/search
Under £15

This is my gas one,

Alan Cooke-Sanderson - http://www.portasol.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=37

 

[Squid]

Youl'e be straining on the tether ..!!
(Modern irons + lead free == bit ROT )

Still have a load of old solder reels from the 80's ;o)))))

 

[Marvo]

You can still easily get 60/40 leaded solder, most suppliers stock it.

 

[static zap]

Re 60/40 Even seen it in Half-lords
(if you want somewhere expensive)
(Like Maplins was )
-----For anyone learning --lead free is a different animal----
Tried some Tin (+flux) only out.
Exotic fluxes - not to be sniffed at !
Felt like I had lost some natural ability overnight .. Stuff with some silver in nicer !
(But should be at price)

 

[telectrix]

my go to iron for most jobs except small electronic jobs. had it since 1975. ( not this one, the pic shows a newer version).

 

[Rpa07]

Yes not that one - we all know that Tels bench is not that clean or clear!

my go to iron for most jobs except small electronic jobs. had it since 1975. ( not this one, the pic shows a newer version).

 

[telectrix]

just cleared it this morning. it's like a ghost bench now. ner ner.

 

[Silly Sausage]

just cleared it this morning. it's like a ghost bench now. ner ner.

That's the recycling bin full of Old P bottles then
(I smash all mine, allows greater bin capacity)

 

[static zap]

.. not this one, the pic shows a newer version....

Not perchance hiding the string, araldite & Yellow+ green Insulating tape holding it together ..After an close encounter of the "ground" Kind ?

 

[telectrix]

Not perchance hiding the string, araldite & Yellow+ green Insulating tape holding it together ..After an close encounter of the "ground" Kind ?

woof,woof.it had a new flex fitted in 1987, 3 core silicon cable 8 ft.long.

 

[oracle]

Ahhhhh but my thread is in the tool perv's and fetish section.......

No project on the go but my 4 other soldering irons where getting lonely, you know how it is........ ;o)))))

Lovely kit, real tool ----.

 

[Squid]

woof,woof.it had a new flex fitted in 1987, 3 core silicon cable 8 ft.long.

87 eh the year the Christmas lights in Blackpool where meant to be turned on and they didn't as someone had stolen the cable from the switch to the relay............. ;o)))))

 

[Pete999]

What, they had lectric in those parts in 1987?

 

[telectrix]

87 eh the year the Christmas lights in Blackpool where meant to be turned on and they didn't as someone had stolen the cable from the switch to the relay............. ;o)))))

wasn't me, honest.

 

[w0z]

What were the other soldering irons called?
Weller Weller Weller and Uh - Tell me more?

Antex?