Monokote help provided!

[Brian Young]

My 21st Century quit working. I opened it up to have a
look and a solder joint had failed. FIxed that and its
been ok since. I also dont build much though.


--- Terry Terrenoire <amad2terry at juno.com> wrote:
> Ted: you can get a replacement shoe for the Monokote
> iron, and make it
> good as new.
> My experience with the 21st Century iron has been
> just the opposite. I've
> had mine since they came out 10 years or so ago, and
> have just had to
> replace the shoe once. I build 8-10 planes a year,
> so maybe it just likes
> to be used and not hidden in a closet!!!! :)
> 
> Terry T.
> 
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 07:31:12 -0600 "Ted Sander"
> <tedsander at comcast.net>
> writes:
> Hey Michael – just in time.  I was thinking of
> polluting the list with a
> “Test” to see if I could post messages (haven’t been
> able to for
> months!).  Now I can send a legit response!
> The 21st Century iron is very good – excellent temp
> response, great shape
> on the shoe for working in all the tight spots.  I
> frequently don’t even
> need to think about firing up my little Monokote
> trim iron.  The bad –
> I’ve found that it just doesn’t last.  I’ve had 3
> burn up on me in the
> last 5 yrs, and I’m not a very prolific builder
> (couple of three planes a
> year).  At some point, the thermostat sticks on, the
> iron overheats, and
> then fails completely – no heat again.  I still buy
> them – but it is the
> one electrical item in my house that I NEVER leave
> plugged in when I’m
> not around, even for potty breaks, etc……just can’t
> be trusted!
> Now, my old Monokote iron continues to work like a
> champ after almost 30
> yrs.  Too bad it’s so scratched that it’s only use
> is in place of 80
> grit!
> Ted
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
> On Behalf Of michael Medlin
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:20 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Monokote help provided!
> 
> 
> 
> I'm looking to buy a new iron to cover my Focus 2
> and was looking at the
> coverite 21st century with the heat setting knob in
> the handle. It claims
> to hold heat within 3 degrees . Does anyone have any
> experience with this
> iron as far as quality and life expectancy? Thanks,
> Michael
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: EHaury at aol.com 
> To: discussion at nsrca.org 
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Monokote help provided!
> 
> 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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