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----- Original Message -----
From: <JanRwl@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Making the simplest board


>
> In a message dated 9/25/2004 5:05:23 AM Central Standard Time,
> johnbaker_erie_pa@... writes:
>
> Forgive me for butting in, but I was wondering where I might find a 1mm
> penciltip iron?
>
>
>
> John! No "butting in" at all! I had a "Princess" iron by Ungar some
> years
> back, before SMT and the invention of the light-bulb, and IT came with
> TINY
> tips of several shapes. Cost a week's wages (for those days)! Body was
> no
> larger than a ball-point pen. Was 15 W. as I recall. I haven't had to
> buy a
> new iron in SO long, it has gotten difficult to find replacement
> (iron-plated)
> tips for my "normal size" Ungar irons!
>
> Suggest you simply Google Ungar and then see if they still sell the
> "Princess" line. (surely a product-concept of a gender-challenged
> person!)
> Jan Rowland

Ungar was taken over by Weller, a few years ago. I had an Ungar iron for
years, and Weller refurbished it for me when it developed a fault. The tips
used to last for ages - they were much better than those for the Weller
irons.

Leon

Leon