Monokote Iron Socks

[ronlock at comcast.net]

Baby socks also work pretty good as iron socks.  One, maybe two
socks will do a plane before the tip burns through.

Ron Lockhart


"Wayne Galligan" <wgalligan at goodsonacura.com>  [ Save address ]  
To:  <discussion at nsrca.org>  
Subject:  Re: Monokote help provided!  
Date:  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:02:41 -0600  
I will second that on the Century 21 iron.  Has the a nice smooth curve in
the shoe and the temp is nice and even.
 I use old cotton shirts to make the shoe protector.  The best I found so
far is a real soft cotton turtleneck that I bought for $12.  Washed it once
to soften it up a bit and then cut it up for use. It will make many iron
socks.  I think they are about $3.50 ea. at the LHD.

Wayne G.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ronlock at comcast.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: Monokote help provided!


> The best iron I've used is the Century 21.   Seems like it holds
temperature
> accurately, and shoe shape is generally convenient.
>
> Ron Lockhart
>
>
> EHaury at aol.com
> To:  discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject:  Re: Monokote help provided!
> Date:  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:43:56 EST
> Some of the best MK work I've done has been with Terry's method.
>
> Unfortunately there's a variable that crept in, that being the equipment.
My old faithful heatgun gave up the ghost! Three new guns and they're all
junk. One howls like a banshee and all three deliver heat somewhere besides
where they're aimed and each at different temps. I hate buying things that
then need be rebuild / engineered for them to work properly!
>
> Irons aren't much better. As someone in this thread mentioned, most have
uneven heat distribution over the sole. Some have a broad temp range for a
given setting. The low cost types with the bi-metal control are usually the
widest. I've had one with a solid state temp control fail high and flame a
sock within seconds. All in all a wide variation in performance of the usual
MK application equipment.
>
> I suspect that those with good equipment have good experiences with MK and
vice versa. If you're lucky enough to be the former, be wary if you replace
equipment.
>
> Earl

 
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