Knew it had a specific purpose, now I know what. Thanks :)

You are very welcome!

That's a Bell System soldering iron...I used one just like it as a frame worker. I spent my day running wire jumpers from the field side of the Main frame to the equipment side that provides dial tone.

Thanks for the compliment. Was having serious doubts about using a tripod for camera work. I need to be able to move the camera around a good bit when doing radios. You would love my cobbled together mount I came up with. Its a standard mount (modified of course) but I stuck it on one of my bench microscope swing arm mounts. Its a old dental microscope with a swing arm attachment. Just pull the microscope head out and clamp on the mount. Ended up working out really well.

I tell you bro. It really helped the quality. Not that I had any problems before, but it was like watching a new person shooting videos. Well done. I felt the same way when I started out, thinking mounting the camera was going to limit what I was doing. But I have gotten many compliments on my video quality and camera work. Even though I am a noob lol.

+The Radio Shop Yep, complete newbie at it to. Learning as I go.

Makes a good billy club in a pinch. :)

MikesRadioRepair please contact me 317-796-2289

Think you mean SN62 solder. 62+39=101, numbers should add up to 100. :) SN62 silver solder is a SN62 (tin) PB36 (lead) AG2 (silver) composition. Yep, tip size is very important. If someone plans on working on all three types or vintage of electronics (point to point, thru hole and SMD) then its a good idea to get a couple of different size tips.

Ooops, typo! :) I was thinking, maybe that big ol' horse leg of an iron you have, that's probably the best iron to do SMD work! Demo that in your upcoming video on the topic! :)

Thanks for the compliment. The Pace videos are ok but mainly what I call "sales" videos. Nothing wrong with that, just advertising what they sell. Probably the best videos are by a Pace man but on his own UKposts channel. Marc Seigel is his name and definitely has tin and lead for blood, a true soldering god. :)

Alexander Hartdegen If you mean my large multiprocess machine it is made by Pace. They can run into several thousand dollars new depending on the size of the base unit and how many hand pieces you get. If you mean the simple solder sucker or sucker ball desoldering irons you can get them on Amazon or Ebay.

yes I mean the simple solder sucker (the little model). Ok I will check again, I very love this tiny model. Thanks for your videos.

Poorly made clones of the real thing. Tips last nowhere close to as long as the real thing. For companies, the liability of using a non certified piece of equipment.

MikesRadioRepair I am very sorry for late response. Your soldering video is so good and has attention to minor details. I think you are a disciple of Marc siegel. I like pace too but for my hobby needs its way too expensive. Thank you for your response.