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

[mawktheone]

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

[Twoflower]

@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.

Yep, I remember those - junior high school metal shop, 1966. ( I hate to think it qualifies as an antique … )

[Mangetout]

@DanBlather

Me three. We also had an asbestos pad to solder on.

I remember that too. Damn. I’m a codger.

[Ludovic]

Peter O’?

[MonaLizaT]

@outlierrn

Obligatory drive-by Cow Tool posting

DANG! You beat me to it. I came in to post that it was obviously a cow tool.

[Phlosphr]

@MonaLizaT

DANG! You beat me to it. I came in to post that it was obviously a cow tool.

Not to sound too silly, but what’s a cow tool?

@FordPrefect

A wireless soldering iron, how ultra-modern cool is that?
Sooo, what kind of saws did you pick up?

A 1946 Delta Table saw. Still fires Right up too! I think the previous owner liked his tools and so he adapted the electrical socket slightly over the years…

[Laughing_Lagomorph]

@Phlosphr

Not to sound too silly, but what’s a cow tool?

…

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.

[Randy_Seltzer]

No no. Guys. It’s a soldering iron!

@Phlosphr

Not to sound too silly, but what’s a cow tool?

I couldn’t find a pic, but here’s a description.

[Sal_Ammoniac]

@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?

All right, I think I’ve figured out what Doper I’m going to send it to. What’s your address?

[Oslo_Ostragoth]

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

[cornflakes]

@Twoflower

Yep, I remember those - junior high school metal shop, 1966. ( I hate to think it qualifies as an antique … )

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:

[MikeS]

There’s no tool like an old tool.

[GaryM]

@MikeS

There’s no tool like an old tool.

Hey! You misspelled fool…

[Cluricaun]

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

[Mangetout]

Actually, the answer is Rio, by Duran Duran.

[Cluricaun]

@Mangetout

Actually, the answer is Rio, by Duran Duran.

But played on an ocarina right?

[FordPrefect]

@Phlosphr

A 1946 Delta Table saw. Still fires Right up too! I think the previous owner liked his tools and so he adapted the electrical socket slightly over the years…

Nice snag! Is it pretty clean or is it a fixer-upper?

[Malachi_Throne]

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.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

@Cluricaun

But played on an ocarina right?

Yes, but only for 20 minutes. At the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

[Mr.Goob]

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.