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saturation:
You yunguns have a lot to learn:





The direct flame or candle technique can be used for soldering wires and large leads.  It also generates enough heat to solder metals for small plumbing tasks.  In western countries, the were less primitive and used blow torches. Today, those irons are 'high teched' as portable butane soldering irons such as Weller's Portasol but in a pinch you can make do with whatever you have around you.






--- Quote from: perfect_disturbance on November 27, 2012, 02:54:15 am ---
--- Quote from: saturation on November 26, 2012, 06:36:24 pm ---Soldering existed before temp controlled irons became the norm.  When I started, speed and a touch was part of the skill.  When we didn't have main power available, I could even solder with a candle, at worse with different sized nails held with pliers if we didn't have thick gauge copper wires we could sharpen to a tip and dip in rosin. 

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A thick gage copper wire eh... You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank.
:)

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SLJ:
Here's my favorite (1800's):


And the much later cordless heater version:


Of course wires were bigger then...

perfect_disturbance:

--- Quote from: saturation on November 27, 2012, 04:10:49 pm ---You yunguns have a lot to learn:

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And you try and tell the young people of today that ..... they won't believe you.

No I believe you I just can't resist a good Monty Python reference.

saturation:
oh! that one escaped me, mea culpa ...:-/O

http://www.phespirit.info/montypython/four_yorkshiremen.htm

.. you're right.  A good reference   :-DD



--- Quote from: perfect_disturbance on November 27, 2012, 07:37:43 pm ---
--- Quote from: saturation on November 27, 2012, 04:10:49 pm ---You yunguns have a lot to learn:

--- End quote ---

And you try and tell the young people of today that ..... they won't believe you.

No I believe you I just can't resist a good Monty Python reference.

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vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: perfect_disturbance on November 27, 2012, 02:54:15 am ---
--- Quote from: saturation on November 26, 2012, 06:36:24 pm ---Soldering existed before temp controlled irons became the norm.  When I started, speed and a touch was part of the skill.  When we didn't have main power available, I could even solder with a candle, at worse with different sized nails held with pliers if we didn't have thick gauge copper wires we could sharpen to a tip and dip in rosin. 

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A thick gage copper wire eh... You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank.
:)

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You could afford a paper bag? :o

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