Homebrew PCBs

BELL SYSTEM PRACTICES
Plant Series
SECTION 075-160-301
Issue 2, August, 1961
AT&TCo Standard
SCREWDRIVERS
SELECTION, USE AND MAINTENANCE

<http://www.telephonecollectors.org/DocumentLibrary/BSPs/075Division/075-160-301.pdf>

Quote:

<Do not stick a screwdriver in either the
flame of a furnace or torch, or a pot of hot
solder, as this will destroy the temper of the tool.
Never use a screwdriver as a substitute for a
soldering copper.>

This is the only reference to a soldering copper I have ever seen, but
it immediately caught my eye since I always thought iron is the wrong
name.
Anyway, it's just odd that they would use a name that doesn't appear
to exist anywhere else.

ST


On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:54 AM, AD5VJ  Bob <rtnmi@...> wrote:
> No not sure, it has been a while. Could have been copper though I know it heated up really fast and stayed that way for quiet a
> while.
>
> Bob AD5VJ