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G6Tanuki · 17th Aug 2019, 9:36 pm

I had one of their 15W 'precision' irons in times-past, but just like its Dee-Gee and Wolf equivalents the bit seized into the heater-part and trying to drill the snapped-off remains was a path-to-failuire.

[I also had an Enthoven "Superspeed" iron which used a carbon heater-element which got crazily-hot within five seconds of pressing the power-on ring]

Personally, I'd treat Solons, Dee-gees and Wolfs as interesting antiques rather than something I would use in everyday radio-repair operations. The world's moved-on, and now we have temperature-controlled soldering-stations that can deliver 50W of heat when-needed but control this to within +/- 25 Centigrade.

17th Aug 2019, 9:36 pm	#23
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,007	Re: Henley Solon iron I had one of their 15W 'precision' irons in times-past, but just like its Dee-Gee and Wolf equivalents the bit seized into the heater-part and trying to drill the snapped-off remains was a path-to-failuire. [I also had an Enthoven "Superspeed" iron which used a carbon heater-element which got crazily-hot within five seconds of pressing the power-on ring] Personally, I'd treat Solons, Dee-gees and Wolfs as interesting antiques rather than something I would use in everyday radio-repair operations. The world's moved-on, and now we have temperature-controlled soldering-stations that can deliver 50W of heat when-needed but control this to within +/- 25 Centigrade.