"COLIN LAMB" wrote in message
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If you do not have 1/2 a dozen rigs in your collection that start out like
that, you do not have much of a collection. I know some collectors that
consider every rig that is a bit less than perfect as a parts rig. That
is an admission of failure.

Colin K7FM
Sounds like my Weller TCP-1 collection !!

They all work from the 1966 black bakelite to the last Navy contract
1976/1977 versions

Just picked up a Weller (UK) version -- that has Bulgin plug. That plug
arrives later this week - and then this one will be mated with matching
iron.

When does it end? ever?

w9gb