We have all seen the commercials, now read how it really works – sparky
Reading Bill Macrone at PC Magazine is the win to John Dvorak’s wang. Instead of hearing Dvorak bang out another column based on how his eggs and baby flesh are sitting that morning, Machrone tells us about how he’s been using his Cold Head soldering iron to weld together Fender Blues Junior amps. I give him an ‘E’ for ‘awEsome.’
And he likes it, too—apparently the carbon-tipped unit is great for average-sized joints, but doesn’t have enough juice to do the big work. That’s okay, because you’ll want to keep around a traditional heat iron for other stuff like heat-shrink tubing and writing poems to your girlfriend in your arm (“moonlight shadow, welcome to the jungle/is there a sweeter word than ‘conjugal?'”). Considering how cheaply you can pick up a cold heat yourself ($20 at ThinkGeek), it sounds like it really is worth adding to your tweakers aresenal.
It’s Cool to Be Cold [PCMag]
Originally from Gizmodo