found fantastic tool

[moe7404]

ya know when you pay a low price for something, then you understand the idea "you get what you pay for". well not so with this radio shack tool. its a mini soldering iron. its about 5 inchs long, with a soldering tip and a blowtorch tip. its a small one but should do heat shrink tubeing fine. it runs useing butane lighter fuel. equivalent to a 30-70w electric iron, flame temp rang 572-1022 f. r/s number 64-2188. the main thing is it works very very good, the temp adjuster works very good, this has been a weak spot on others. very easy to hold and move around, now you dont have a coard in your way, with the soldering tip on it stays running UPSIDEDOWN, if theres enough butane in it. with the soldering tip on when you first tight it the flame is on outside but wait on it, the flame will soon pop to the inside, it has a cap that has a lighter on it. down side: only that you have to buy fuel for it, and r/s does not sell it, ill bet w/mart does. price? $21.99

 

[Rolex]

I have a couple of the Bernz O Matic versions of it. Any hardware store will sell the fuel for it.

 

[olds97_lss]

I have one of the berzomatic ones and I liked it when it was new, but something happened with the soldering tip. The flame never goes back inside, which can be a real pain and it doesn't get nearly as hot as it should. Not sure what I did to it, but it was really handy before that happened.

 

[Rolex]

Sounds like the spring is broken or something is stuck. You pull the tip by the plastic ring, light it through the hole, then close it. If you look through the hole you'll see the ceramic screen glowing red. If that's been broken, that's your problem.

 

[olds97_lss]

Mine must be older as there isn't anything ceramic in it. It's just a small wad of fiberglass from what I can tell.