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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I always thought the "fix" to a traditional soldiering iron was a hot air pencil.

[–] maccentric 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do those exist?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yep, for decades. They used to be much larger consuming the space of a large table. Now they are small units like this:

Just search for "surface mount rework" or the nickname "hot air pencil".