What to do when.........

mech · 28 August 2010, 21:35

Ok, you live 20 miles from town, its 1 in the morning,no stores open, and you are really dieing to solder in some cool 1200 mods... So,you get the trusty old iron out and the tip looks like...

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So then you go out to the workshop and rummage thru your metal scraps and find some brass for the lathe and spend 30 mins turning stock thats too big down,cutting,tapping,to make one of these.....

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and now it looks like..

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and NO i'm not cheap mawahaha

8bitbubsy · 28 August 2010, 23:36

Haha, that looks great! I want one of those

Zetr0 · 29 August 2010, 02:13

I am marveling at the irony for being prepared by having a lathe a 1am but not soldering iron tips =D

A very nice job btw!

Although if you want to take your soldeing up to the next level - get a variable ceramic core iron.

Fingerlickin_B · 29 August 2010, 03:48

Soldering irony?

PZ.

cosmicfrog · 29 August 2010, 11:02

I bashed and shaped a bit of copper for 1 of my old irons, worked but then I`ve been using plummers solder for ages hehehehhe

28 August 2010, 21:35	#1
mech Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: texas,usa Posts: 235	What to do when......... Ok, you live 20 miles from town, its 1 in the morning,no stores open, and you are really dieing to solder in some cool 1200 mods... So,you get the trusty old iron out and the tip looks like... DSC00051.JPG So then you go out to the workshop and rummage thru your metal scraps and find some brass for the lathe and spend 30 mins turning stock thats too big down,cutting,tapping,to make one of these..... DSC00052.JPG and now it looks like.. DSC00053.JPG and NO i'm not cheap mawahaha Attached Thumbnails

28 August 2010, 23:36	#2
8bitbubsy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 1,710	Haha, that looks great! I want one of those

29 August 2010, 02:13	#3
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	I am marveling at the irony for being prepared by having a lathe a 1am but not soldering iron tips =D A very nice job btw! Although if you want to take your soldeing up to the next level - get a variable ceramic core iron.

29 August 2010, 03:48	#4
Fingerlickin_B Amiga Nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belco, Australia Posts: 2,242	Soldering irony? PZ.

29 August 2010, 11:02	#5
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	I bashed and shaped a bit of copper for 1 of my old irons, worked but then I`ve been using plummers solder for ages hehehehhe

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