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joeqsmith:
I've pulled apart the old Turner torch and inspected the tank and head.   It will need all new seals as well and some new hardware.    It was dropped on the top at one point and the holder for the iron had been badly damaged.   I attempted to heat and straigten it but cracked the brass.   I brazed it back together but you can see it has a bit of a bend to it still.   From what I can tell, this one is about 20 years newer.   
joeqsmith:
This is the last of the three that were found.  Notice to red Christmas ribbon around the box.   Sadly the filler was damaged.  While this could be TIGed, there's a lot of rust along the seam and inside the tank.  This one will be left as is. 
joeqsmith:
To attempt to solder SMD with it, will require some sort of custom iron.   It's going to be a trade off of thermal mass, size and ease of use. 

The home made iron I show in that video is very crude using a wine cork for the insulator and one of my dad's old 35 Remington cases for the handle.    If you watched the video, you could see it's possible to do some basic surface mount part removal with it.  I'm sure I could have soldered with it as well.    The new iron will need to be heated with your hand next to the mass.  Thinking ceramics.   Maybe just embed a thermocouple into the mass and use a hand held meter to monitor the temperature.   
tautech:

--- Quote from: joeqsmith on January 06, 2021, 03:51:18 am ---To attempt to solder SMD with it, will require some sort of custom iron.   It's going to be a trade off of thermal mass, size and ease of use. 

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Will a can of spinach help ?  :P
joeqsmith:
I was thinking 6 months of weight training.   Need to sort out some finger exorcises.  Hummmm...  I'll let that one float.
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