Archive for January, 2010
Reader Ingenuity: Clean Contacts to Improve Connection
After Robert came to us with some great improvement ideas for our rechargeable soldering irons, we just had to share. We’re especially thrilled with his maintainance of the contact points, and you can bet we are looking into his other ideas as well. Here’s his letter:
I have used Wahl (Editor’s note: Wahl = Iso-Tip) Cordless [...]
Reader Ingenuity: Battery Repair for Obsolete Irons
Good news! (Especially for those of you with older Iso-Tip soldering irons.) We’ve learned that Batteries Plus can rebuild old Iso-Tip batteries. So, if you happen to own a model we no longer manufacture, Batteries Plus may be able to help extend the tool’s life by rebuilding the battery. One of our fellow Wisconsinites passed [...]
Thoughts from Mike Rowe that more people need to hear…
You think you know, but you don’t. Watching this talk by Mike Rowe, the host of the Discover Channel’s Dirty Jobs, will make you think twice about what you think you know. Ah…to be humbled by experience. Classic.
