[sdiy] OT: gas powered soldering irons?

[Dave Kendall]

I once had a small one, and am sure it had a refillable butane chamber, 
like in a clipper lighter.
It didn't last particularly long, but was handy for repairs at gigs. It 
would have been from somewhere like Maplin or Tandy, as I didn't have a 
RS or Rapid account back then....
Ring any bells with anyone?

cheers,
Dave

On Jun 9, 2009, at 15:40, Andre Majorel wrote:

> On 2009-06-09 15:49 +0200, Derek Holzer wrote:
>
>> I had a  look at TSA and Euro regulations, anything butane is
>> definitely  prohibited. Might be better to buy the butane iron
>> locally each time.  Not really an ecological approach, is it?
>
> What is prohibited ? Anything designed to burn butane or just the
> gas itself ? If the latter, you could travel with the iron and
> only buy the gas locally. The problem is, commonly available gas
> cartridges are probably too big for you to use in one trip and
> small gas cartridges may be hard to find.
>
> -- 
> André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/>
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