Monokote help provided!

Mon Mar 22 07:30:48 AKST 2004

Bill, 

Mine broke there also.  I think the plastic gets weak from the heat.  I sent it back to them and they mailed me a new one back, no questions asked.   Very good PR on their part.

Wayne G.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Glaze 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 9:27 AM
  Subject: Re: Monokote help provided!

  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.

--- 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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