Can anyone tell me what kind of Old Tool this is?

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well im a spry 21 and i used one in school too.

but maybe my school just hated replacing old tools.

its definitely a soldering iron. tough enough to use, them type. ill stick with a tig welder

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]
I remember using a soldering iron just like that in my first metalwork lesson at school - there was a little gas-powered bench-top furnace for heating it up. it was very difficult to use.
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Yep, I remember those - junior high school metal shop, 1966. ( I hate to think it qualifies as an antique … )

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[QUOTE=DanBlather]
Me three. We also had an asbestos pad to solder on.
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I remember that too. Damn. I’m a codger.

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Peter O’?

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[QUOTE=outlierrn]
Obligatory drive-by Cow Tool posting
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DANG! You beat me to it. I came in to post that it was obviously a cow tool.

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[QUOTE=MonaLizaT]
DANG! You beat me to it. I came in to post that it was obviously a cow tool.
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Not to sound too silly, but what’s a cow tool?

[QUOTE=FordPrefect]

A wireless soldering iron, how ultra-modern cool is that?
Sooo, what kind of saws did you pick up?
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A 1946 Delta Table saw. :slight_smile: Still fires Right up too! I think the previous owner liked his tools and so he adapted the electrical socket slightly over the years…

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[QUOTE=Phlosphr]
Not to sound too silly, but what’s a cow tool?

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It’s a reference to a famously obscure Far Side comic.

You can add me to the list of people that used the old non-electric soldering irons in shop class, that would be the mid to late 1970s.

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No no. Guys. It’s a soldering iron!

[QUOTE=Phlosphr]
Not to sound too silly, but what’s a cow tool?
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I couldn’t find a pic, but here’s a description.

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[QUOTE=GaryM]
Rub it on your body before tinning it!

You do know that blocks of Sal Ammoniac are/were used to clean the tip before tinning, right?
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All right, I think I’ve figured out what Doper I’m going to send it to. What’s your address?

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Roy Underhill had a 18 or so year old girl tinsmith on his show one time. She was a wizard with that thing.

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[QUOTE=Twoflower]
Yep, I remember those - junior high school metal shop, 1966. ( I hate to think it qualifies as an antique … )
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Not at all. I used nonelectric soldering irons in metal shop to make ugly tin cans like you probably did. That was in 1981, only a couple of years ago. :rolleyes:

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There’s no tool like an old tool.

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[QUOTE=MikeS]
There’s no tool like an old tool.
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Hey! You misspelled fool..

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I think it’s pretty clear that what we have here is an ocarina.

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Actually, the answer is Rio, by Duran Duran.

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]
Actually, the answer is Rio, by Duran Duran.
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But played on an ocarina right?

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[QUOTE=Phlosphr]
A 1946 Delta Table saw. :slight_smile: Still fires Right up too! I think the previous owner liked his tools and so he adapted the electrical socket slightly over the years…
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Nice snag! Is it pretty clean or is it a fixer-upper?

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It’s a soldering iron. And might not be all that old. I used one a lot on the range, where we didn’t have electricity, but worked from a campfire.

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[QUOTE=Cluricaun]
But played on an ocarina right?
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Yes, but only for 20 minutes. At the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

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Don’t fret you so called old codgers, I’m 38 and co-own a metal working shop. I used a soldering iron like this last Thursday to patch a hole in a big brass pot.

We’ve tried electric crap on our brass lamps and decided the old way works best.

I loves old barn stuff. I use a wood frame hacksaw all the time too.