A New Soldering Iron
p. 97 · Read in the full issue
EVERY resident of the Pacific Islands is called upon sooner or later to do a soldering job; and, therefore, every Islands resident will be interested in a new electric soldering iron which is now being manufactured in Melbourne.
The old type of electric soldering iron operates on low voltages, by the usual resistance wire; but the new iron ap
parently works on a completely different principle. It will operate from either a 4-volt step-down transformer or from a 4-6 volt accumulator. The pressing down of a switch for a few seconds gives the iron sufficient heat to do most kinds of soldering.
The iron will be marketed shortly by Messrs. R. H. Cunningham & Co., of Mel bourne. It can be operated from either a car battery or local machines carrying alternating current.