Frank,
Try out this web site. Click on the product list link and you may
find anything you have been complaining about.
http://www.usstuff.com/index.htmMike MacLean
60 Sprite (not American made, but that's O.K.)
Frank Clarici wrote:
> Where do people buy QUALITY tools these days.
> My brand new crapsman drill smoked while I was inserting a drill bit.
> Yes it never got to drill a hole, it smoked on start up.
>
> And my crapsman soldering gun was another chinese joke so I smashed it
> and bought a Weller, known name brand in soldering guns, I bought the
> best one (make that the most expensive one) Home Defect's competion
> had to offer. Yup it B-LOWES, and one would think that after 20
> minutes of pulling the trigger it should melt solder, that little curl
> of solder supplied with the gun, it didn't even burn my finger when I
> touched it. It was a bit warm, but it's also 75* out tonight so it was
> probably room temperature.
> Trash out of the box.
> I think to save myself all this greif and aggravation I will go out
> and buy some new tools and throw them in the trash can on my way out
> of china, I mean on my way out of the mall. (same difference)
>
> Can someone tell me where I can go to buy a REAL soldering iron?
> One that gets hot enough to melt solder and one that lasts more than 1
> day? Maybe even one made in the USA or Europe by people who can read.
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