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SeanB:
Soldering irons like that were quite common, and you can do a lot of tinsmithing with them as well. Buckets, cups, gutters are all things that used to be soldered together, and there are still plenty of them in use. A farmer would probably have a good number of milk urns that had tin soldered joints in them and do not forget the biggest use was in preserving food, with the original soldered seam tin cans, where the seam and both lids were soldered on. 

While the modern ones are either electric resistance welds, or ultrasonic welds, the lids themselves are crimped, using a thin coating that is both a seal and protective coat to the inside. In the old ones the tin coat served the same function, though you could not tin can tomatoes as the acid dissolved the tin, along with other acid food and drinks like orange juice. I have used them in the past, and still have one or two around, but electric soldering gun is so much more convenient, and also does not need periodic reheating. for bigger jobs gas torches are a lot better, but those are more for plumbing and glazing.

tautech:

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--- Quote from: tautech on January 04, 2021, 08:17:03 am ---Gave both my blow torches to my neighbor that has a collection of ~100 of them. 

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Main blowlamp brands we saw in NZ were Primus and Sievert.
Must get a pic of my buddies big collection................

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Would like to see it.

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Actually when I went to see Jimz today he said he had 200 different models !  :o Plus he's got a few doubles as well so I'm guessing 220+ !
Some pics for your pleasure:







So if old school soldering is the topic of this thread there's some resources for that here:


In the workshop are an additional few in occasional use, in the foreground 2 very similar models from Sievert LH a White Spirts version, RH a Kero version used last week. Both are quick start models with a preheat burner to get the main burner to temp when just opening the valve was enough to have it fire up.


Largest to smallest which is blown through a length of tubing and the LH model is the same as Joes as far as we know although the expert said the wrong pump was on Joe's one.

joeqsmith:
Wow!!!  Thank you very much for taking the time to post their collection.   Some of their irons look pretty small.   Did you show them a picture of my custom iron for surface mount work?  Should be pretty fun to try it,  once we get some warmer weather.


--- Quote ---Largest to smallest which is blown through a length of tubing and the LH model is the same as Joes as far as we know although the expert said the wrong pump was on Joe's one.
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Interesting.  It looks like the same pump in your photo.  I wonder what the pump was supposed to look like and why it would have been changed.  I don't feel so bad now about changing the design.   

tautech:

--- Quote from: joeqsmith on January 20, 2021, 04:45:28 am ---Wow!!!  Thank you very much for taking the time to post their collection.   Some of their irons look pretty small.   Did you show them a picture of my custom iron for surface mount work?  Should be pretty fun to try it,  once we get some warmer weather.
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I linked Jimz to this thread a good few days back and suppose he saw but it didn't comment. He did some basic electronics years ago so knows a bit about this sort of thing. We have been good friends approaching 40 years.


--- Quote from: joeqsmith on January 20, 2021, 04:45:28 am ---
--- Quote ---Largest to smallest which is blown through a length of tubing and the LH model is the same as Joes as far as we know although the expert said the wrong pump was on Joe's one.
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Interesting.  It looks like the same pump in your photo.  I wonder what the pump was supposed to look like and why it would have been changed.  I don't feel so bad now about changing the design.

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I guess he made the comment based on something he saw in your vid but didn't elaborate more.

He certainly has a wonderful collection and probably the best in NZ. I guess you saw the NIB units of which some look just like the day they were made. Those couple of 3ft long units hanging on the wall are quite impressive as are the the couple on the floor alongside all the irons.

Funny I picked right out one I'd given him which is a small Primus Kero blowlamp that has curved steel rod folding handles that flip back to hug the tank so to be more compact in storage. That one and the other tautech donated one a more common and little larger Primus he has multiples of.

joeqsmith:
I would be interested to know if your friend has ever seen an iron like that small one I showed  (not my home made one for electronics, but the old one found with one of the torches).   

In one of the photos, on the top shelf, there appears to be some sort of very large shell casing.  Looks like about 100mm.  Any idea what it is?

Everyone I have shown their collection to has been impressed.   The large torches are jaw dropping.    Does he ever run them?  If so, any videos of one of the large ones in action? 

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