Dick, Like you, I bought one of Fred's products, except I went for the
BT100 (much larger) err err err and have been extremely satisfied with it's
operation. Neat tool, has saved me mucho time in the field doing connectors
etc. Not something that will work on a windy day at the top of the tower,
but suffices nonetheless. His silver solder and aluminum solder pastes are
excellent too!
73,
Scott
KA1CLX
At 09:04 PM 10/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Just a note to recommend the Solder-It BT-50 portable butane soldering iron.
>There have just been too many outdoor projects this fall requiring a
>soldering iron and I got tired of dragging extension cords around.
>
>The BT-50 is inexpensive and works extremely well. It comes with a soldering
>head, pencil tip and a flame head. I bought three additional chisel-point
>tips, in sizes up to 7mm(!) and a hot air blower (good for heat shrink
>tubing.) At full blast, I measured the pencil tip temperature at 450F within
>a few seconds of turn on. It got up to 735F within a minute or so. The 7mm
>chisel tip made it to 800F. Design, construction and workmanship are
>excellent.
>
>The best part of my experience was the fine customer service provided by the
>company. My flame head fit a little too tightly over the nozzle (it could
>have been widened with a screwdriver but I didn't realize that), and the
>nozzle pulled out of the tool when I tried to pull off the flame head. This
>permanently disabled the tool. I sent an e-mail reporting this to Fred Doob
>that night and decided to leave a message on his answering machine. He
>actually answered at 10 PM EST and I was able to describe the problem to
>him. He shipped a replacement BT-50 and flame head Priority mail the next
>day, with a prepaid return envelope for the old parts. All at Solder-It's
>expense. Two days later I'm in business. Now that's prompt and convenient
>service. Other manufacturers take note!
>
>Check it out at http://www.solder-it.com/ (I'm not affiliated in any way
>with Solder-It.)
>
>73, Dick, WC1M
>
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