>Has anybody been seeing those "Cold Heat" soldering iron commercials and
>bought one of those things? If so, does it really work?
>
>For those who haven't seen it, it's a small battery powered soldering iron
>that is ready to use virtually as soon as you press the on switch and then
>cools down so fast that you can touch the tip with your finger a second
>after you use it. It sure looks convinient in the commercial and great
>for portable use.
I've never gotten a good look at the commercial but I assumed it was some
sort of resistance soldering. A couple of the things they show it doing in
the commercial made me cringe. Absolutely now way that was a good joint...
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Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"
"There is no Main Street anymore except at Disneyland--and try and buy a
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