Re: Soldering irons: made in America but designed in Russia?

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From: Rich Grise
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:09

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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:05:29 +0000, Rich Grise wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:08:32 +0100, Allus Smith wrote:
>> 
>> Take soldering irons for example.  An ordinary soldering iron in the US
>> with unregulated temperature still has great big mofo screws holding the
>> tip.
> 
> I have one of these, and a desoldering iron like that; but I also have a
> Radio Shack "Princess" iron that uses tips that thread into the element.
> 
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062737
but mine has a pastel blue handle, and uses much smaller, cuter tips.

Cheers!
Rich

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