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Re: soldering "iron", was Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: SMD soldering

2009-10-16 by Lez

> phrase "strike while the iron is hot" - which I take to mean a
> branding iron and they usually are iron 'cos that's what guys on farms
> have handy.

Strike as in hit with the hammer to form it, as once its cooling off
its not pliable..(blacksmiths phrase, then passed onto farm workers,
as blacksmiths were in existence before farm brands)

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