Homebrew PCBs

----- 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