Aaaah yes, the "sweet" smell of salammoniac. I am glad to hear that you still have your box. I have no idea what happened to mine. My boss has one of those irons collecting dust in his office. Craig Cullum, Engineering Technologist, AMTELCO e: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] f: 608 838 8367 v: 608 838 4194, or 4197, x128 Please visit us at www.amtelco.com "I couldn't wait for success . . . so I went ahead without it." Jonathan Winters "I don't rely on inspiration. It's unreliable. I just get up in the morning and I go to work." Nick Cave > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stadem, Richard D. > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:11 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] Hashing-Out Hatching > > LOL! Once you have mastered soldering galvanized stainless steel sheet > metal with exothermal iron sticks and 50/50 solder and rosin flux, > everything else is easy! > I made that tool box in 7th grade in 1966, gave it to my dad on Father's > Day. He was so impressed with it, he used it for 30 years and actually > deeded it to back to me in his will. > I still have it and I still use it. It was an open box with an overhead > gantry-style handle and fits neatly inside of another tool box. None of > the seams have broken yet. > > Sadly, none of this is possible today. The schools would be horrified if > a gas-fired urn were being used. Just think of the liability. And to > think of exposing the students to a solder made of 50% of that dangerous > lead! And we quenched the molten solder with rags soaked in dihydrogen > monoxide! My God, what were we thinking? --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------