Some time ago I saw a soldering iron designed for pipework. It had a 
circular clamp tip. It went around the whole pipe joint.

This meant that any idiot could evenly heat the solder joint in one 
operation.

I can't seem to find them now. Are they still available and can anyone 
suggest where to buy one?

Thanks

Alan Brown

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:43:47 +0100, "Alan Brown"  babbled
like a waterfall and said:


>Some time ago I saw a soldering iron designed for pipework. It had a 
>circular clamp tip. It went around the whole pipe joint.
>
>This meant that any idiot could evenly heat the solder joint in one 
>operation.
>
>I can't seem to find them now. Are they still available and can anyone 
>suggest where to buy one?
>
>Thanks
>
>Alan Brown
>

Maplins had them a while ago and they are in professional use.

In article <42b2a964$0$2058$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net>,
	"Alan Brown"  writes:

> Some time ago I saw a soldering iron designed for pipework. It had a 
> circular clamp tip. It went around the whole pipe joint.
> 
> This meant that any idiot could evenly heat the solder joint in one 
> operation.
> 
> I can't seem to find them now. Are they still available and can anyone 
> suggest where to buy one?


They don't work very well -- they aren't anything like powerful
enough and don't necessarily make good enough contact with the
pipe. (as reported by a friend -- I always use a blow lamp)

-- 
Andrew Gabriel

Made by Antex I seem to recall.

-- 
Marcus

I like people, they are bio-degradable !.

In article <42b2c239$0$38043$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk>, Andrew
Gabriel  writes

>In article <42b2a964$0$2058$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net>,
>       "Alan Brown"  writes:
>> Some time ago I saw a soldering iron designed for pipework. It had a 
>> circular clamp tip. It went around the whole pipe joint.
>> 
>> This meant that any idiot could evenly heat the solder joint in one 
>> operation.
>> 
>> I can't seem to find them now. Are they still available and can anyone 
>> suggest where to buy one?
>
>They don't work very well -- they aren't anything like powerful
>enough and don't necessarily make good enough contact with the
>pipe. (as reported by a friend -- I always use a blow lamp)


Indeed they were a toy, I have one that was used exactly once (actually
one half time as it failed to make a decent joint). To answer the original
question they were made by antex and called pipemaster I think, best
avoided but google shows them still available for around 35quid. A
blowlamp really is a lot easier/better.
-- 
fred

"Alan Brown"  wrote in message 
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> Some time ago I saw a soldering iron designed for pipework. It had a 
> circular clamp tip. It went around the whole pipe joint.
>
> This meant that any idiot could evenly heat the solder joint in one 
> operation.
>
> I can't seem to find them now. Are they still available and can anyone 
> suggest where to buy one?
>
> Thanks
>
> Alan Brown
>

b and q sell them

mrcheerful