I found this advertisement awhile ago, my Dad found it in 1954 I guess because he used this same make - model soldering gun in his business in Del Rio, Texas when I was but a brat, he had "Queen City Radio & TV" and he did maintenance work for USBP & TDPS & local PD & Sheriff's office, installs, trouble shooting, tower maintenance, repeaters, etc. This little Weller Junior was like an appendage, even after we moved to Va in '59 and he was hired at GE … he worked a lot with this gun.
I still have the gun and his work bench which has a transformer under it which powers a bench gun. Dad died in '69, I have other soldering guns, but this thing still rocks. Every time I use it, it's like Dad is there. I've used it on home projects, kits, slot car chassis as a kid, stereos in cars, the bikes, etc. I can hear him telling me to be careful or to put it down when I was in my early years like even just 4-5-6-7 years old, being an inquisitive brat with his dad on a service call. "Son, that's not a toy" … I liked seeing the lights come on, it was like "a ray-gun" in my mind then.
Bakelight housing, probably used up 50+ tips? No telling the yards of Kester Flux Core Solder it's melted. I think it's been dropped before, but it works. No Velcro used, but yeah … zip ties & duck tape … and some 3M Super 33 too. Like an old friend it is.
I still have the gun and his work bench which has a transformer under it which powers a bench gun. Dad died in '69, I have other soldering guns, but this thing still rocks. Every time I use it, it's like Dad is there. I've used it on home projects, kits, slot car chassis as a kid, stereos in cars, the bikes, etc. I can hear him telling me to be careful or to put it down when I was in my early years like even just 4-5-6-7 years old, being an inquisitive brat with his dad on a service call. "Son, that's not a toy" … I liked seeing the lights come on, it was like "a ray-gun" in my mind then.
Bakelight housing, probably used up 50+ tips? No telling the yards of Kester Flux Core Solder it's melted. I think it's been dropped before, but it works. No Velcro used, but yeah … zip ties & duck tape … and some 3M Super 33 too. Like an old friend it is.