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I have a trailing truck kit from Precision Scale that I need to solder together. The tongue is pretty thick Doubt my iron would do the job!

If it is something small for occasional use a Butane hand held would work.  You don't need a bunch of interchangeable tips for different small jobs.

https://www.amazon.com/Proxxon...er-MFB/dp/B000S89ZNW

A little better than the Dremel

John

@Craftech posted:

If it is something small for occasional use a Butane hand held would work.  You don't need a bunch of interchangeable tips for different small jobs.

https://www.amazon.com/Proxxon...er-MFB/dp/B000S89ZNW

A little better than the Dremel

John

I use one of these also for quick access to heat.  I really like my pencil torch better though, since it screws onto a bottle with a 3 foot hose and is smaller and has better flame adjust. But this would work fine for what he needs.

There are many different ideas on board here, all good.  For my self I use the good old stand by BernzOmatic, a  butane hand held that can be purchased almost any where.  I do cheat and eliminate the two step safety detent for one hand operation simply to favor my joint pain.

Early on I watched my electrical subcontractor use one of these for soldering wire connections and he was streaming along like a sewing machine.  Ever since then I trained like crazy to imitate his work.  When you have lots of drop connections to make,  being both safe and  comfortable with using a flame your work will be quick and secure.

@Craftech posted:

If it is something small for occasional use a Butane hand held would work.  You don't need a bunch of interchangeable tips for different small jobs.

https://www.amazon.com/Proxxon...er-MFB/dp/B000S89ZNW

A little better than the Dremel

John

I got a similar one at Lowes, works fine.

Funny thing...I started a topic and posted a link just like you, got an email saying the Admins deleted the link due to that South American River not being a sponsor of the forum.  Selective censorship I suppose

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