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<DIV>Some of the best MK work I've done has been with Terry's method. </DIV>
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<DIV>Unfortunately there's a variable that crept in, that being the equipment. My old faithful heatgun gave up the ghost! Three new guns and they're all junk. One howls like a banshee and all three deliver heat somewhere besides where they're aimed and each at different temps. I hate buying things that then need be rebuild / engineered for them to work properly! </DIV>
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<DIV>Irons aren't much better. As someone in this thread mentioned, most have uneven heat distribution over the sole. Some have a broad temp range for a given setting. The low cost types with the bi-metal control are usually the widest. I've had one with a solid state temp control fail high and flame a sock within seconds. All in all a wide variation in performance of the usual MK application equipment.</DIV>
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<DIV>I suspect that those with good equipment have good experiences with MK and vice versa. If you're lucky enough to be the former, be wary if you replace equipment. </DIV>
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<DIV>Earl</DIV></BODY></HTML>