(24-10-2012, 09:03 PM)Bushbaby Wrote: Thinking about this it is very appropriate for our hobby. Using vintage tools and equipment to repair vintage equipment.
Rob
Well, yes . . . maybe. Somewhere I have a wooden-handled soldering iron with a huge chunk of copper at the 'business end' that you put into the gas flame from the cooker to heat it up. I've even got a can of Baker's fluid to use with it as well. I can't see myself using it to remove surface-mounted chips though, since those damn invisible 'components' don't quite qualify as 'vintage' !
No, but seriously . . . I've spent (wasted) far too much time using ancient test equipment and old tools in my hobby and have concluded that doing that is just making the job unnecessarily difficult. But we do this as a hobby, so if, for you, it's fun that way . . . .
Al.
