Homebrew PCBs

For those of yo who are looking for a decent iron for Toner Transfer. 
I posted a photo in the the Mycroft2152 folder in the photo section. 
My daughter bought one of these SKI WAX Irons for her boyfriend as a 
christmas present. The price was around $30 US.

I was impressed, Very well made, with a thermostat and a flat wide 
plate and best of all - no holes.

I was very tempted :).

Myc

Thanks!

That does look nice. Simple too.

I've got flat aluminum plate on mine, but I've never liked the section 
which attaches the original base to the iron body. It has a little bit 
of play in it (too "plastic'y"), and the pressure I've used with some 
of the PCB's hasn't helped it any.

If I think about replacing it, I may grab that.

You know what that dark joint material is by chance, and how nice is 
the temp control?

-George

I was allowed to takw it out of the box by my daughter :)

The black gasket material looked like the standard phenolic / thermoset resin.

Didn't get to plug it in and try out the thermostat, but seemd to have a decent range.

Myc


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "soffee83" <soffee83@y...> wrote:
>
> Thanks!
> 
> That does look nice. Simple too.
> 
> I've got flat aluminum plate on mine, but I've never liked the section 
> which attaches the original base to the iron body. It has a little bit 
> of play in it (too "plastic'y"), and the pressure I've used with some 
> of the PCB's hasn't helped it any.
> 
> If I think about replacing it, I may grab that.
> 
> You know what that dark joint material is by chance, and how nice is 
> the temp control?
> 
> -George
>




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