Brother Bartius wrote:Chromedog. You must be one of the oldest Dakka posters around!!
30 years must be more than the average posters age.
BTW so am I. Not just as old as you but still above average.
On the original point, I'm seriously considering getting one. For that price you can't go wrong.
You aren't by any chance related to/or are the seller?
good pitch if you are

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Getting there.
Well aware of that - I'm double the age of the average member of my club).
Nope, not the seller.
Schoolmate's dad worked for the largest electonics kit maker in the country back then.
The magnifier on mine has been replaced with a third arm/clip (the magnifier only gets used for soldering small circuit boards)