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- Ross Herbert
September 25, 2007, 10:33 am

I wonder if anyone has one of these soldering irons circa 1960 ->
commonly used by Telecom/Telstra techs on 50V. They usually had a red
bakelite handle and the heater element was spiral wrapped with
stainless wire. The M100 series took a 1/4" diameter soldering tip.
I need just the handle parts because I have spare elements and tips.
Royel don't support tthis iron nowadays.
If anyone has one they wish to part with please contact me.

Re: Looking for old Adcola M100 series soldering iron

Geez Ross, haven't seen one of these in years.
The last 50v irons used in Telstra were Weller TCP types.
Other than soldering jumpers on old solder tag blocks on MDFs I can't see a
use for them.
I will ask a few of the old boys if they still have one lurking in the shed.
Cheers,
Alan

Re: Looking for old Adcola M100 series soldering iron
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:06:03 +0800, "Alan Rutlidge"

red
tips.
see a
the shed.
Thanks Alan. The M100 was a very reliable soldering iron in its time
and I just want to restore one for my old tool collection. I have the
little brother to the M100 (the Adcola M60/M70 series) with the 3mm
dia tips.
Before the Adcola there was the Birko 100W (still got mine in working
order). Very useful for those old 40/40, 80/80, 100/100 dist boxes or
MDF terminals. Those terminals sucked heat out of the tip like you
were soldering directly to copper heat sink and you needed a 100W iron
when doing a long job.
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