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Steves S-20 Build Site.
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Date: 10-1-2015
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Number of Hours: 3.00
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Brief Description: Irons!
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I am exciting to have reached the covering stage of the project! The first thing I need to do is calibrate my iron to 1) 250 degrees, 2) 300 degrees, and 3) 350 degrees.
I had done lots of research and made some posts to determine what the best iron would be, and the general response was to watch the garage sales and pick up several old irons and test them to find the best, I didn't make it to any garage sales, so I purchased several different economical irons and thought I would test and pick the best one.
I used a pair of oven thermometers to watch the temperatures. Two of the irons I bought had temperature swings of 30 to 50 degrees, which made it difficult to calibrate for temperatures that are only 50 degrees apart. The third iron just let out a bit of smoke and quit working all together....
After a few frustrating evenings of fighting these irons, taking them apart and trying to modify them, and not being able to calibrate any of them within 50 degrees, I gave up.
I then purchased an expensive Rowenta iron hoping that it would hold the temperatures better. This one was even worse as there was a 60 degree temperature difference between one area of the heat surface and another. == Guess what my wife is getting for Christmas this year.....
Given that I had purchased 4 irons at this point, and spent several says trying to get them calibrated within any reasonable range, I decide it was time to just bite the bullet and I purchased a Toko T18 waxing iron. I still needed to calibrate it as the temperature reading was slightly off, but it holds the temperature within 3-4 degrees. It is good to have once the purchase price is accepted....
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Iron DragRaces...
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The end results.... (empty beer cans are not a coincidence..)
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The Winner!
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