Monokote help provided!

[Bill Glaze]

I've had problems with the 21st Century irons.  I've broken several in 
half where the handle joins the shoe.  In fact, one I bought at a hobby 
shop was broken when I opened the box. (thankfully, I opened it in the 
Hobby Shop.)  Still my favorite, though.  And, they've been promptly 
replaced at no charge.  So, to cover myself, (har!) I own 3 of them.  
Don't know if anyone else has the same problem, though.

Bill Glaze

Brian Young wrote:

>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.
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>--- Terry Terrenoire <amad2terry at juno.com> wrote:
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>>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!
>>
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>>
>>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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>>
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