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Starting on an RCA140
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I eventually realized I need a soldering gun and ordered one from Amazon.

At the same time I also realized the flush cutter I ordered yesterday hadn't come and despite the page saying "Arriving today" the tracking showed "not shipped."
I call Amazon and immediately was offered both refund on the existing tool and then suggested I order the new one and it would be also refunded.
Mighty generous of them.
So I will have either one, or two, free flush cutters.

The iron I need because some parts are soldered directly to the chassis, and in a couple of places I was not able to desolder leads even with my iron at 850F (in some cases it did work). Instead of killing my good smaller iron, I will have an industrial one that is made for these kinds of jobs.

And the reason was...couple of those tabs I need unbent are tacked with solder and I need to clean it first.

The indexed claw arrived and it is a great tool, actually. Well-made (or so it seems), "Titan" is the name, the price is reasonable. And the claw is sharp to start with (the lady's foot would require sharpening).

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078L62SGQ?ref..._title_0_0

   

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Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-25-2026, 08:23 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 05-25-2026, 10:04 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-25-2026, 10:13 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 05-25-2026, 11:05 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 05-26-2026, 01:06 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-26-2026, 09:13 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-27-2026, 09:25 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-27-2026, 09:44 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 05-28-2026, 02:40 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-28-2026, 02:50 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 05-28-2026, 09:36 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 05-28-2026, 09:58 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Joe Rossi - 05-29-2026, 06:28 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-29-2026, 08:08 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 05-29-2026, 09:04 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-29-2026, 09:08 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 05-29-2026, 09:58 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-29-2026, 10:15 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 05-29-2026, 11:09 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-30-2026, 10:17 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 05-30-2026, 10:54 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-30-2026, 11:06 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 05-30-2026, 11:33 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 05-30-2026, 11:38 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 05-31-2026, 09:35 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 05-31-2026, 10:53 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Joe Rossi - 06-01-2026, 12:59 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-01-2026, 08:03 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-01-2026, 09:37 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-01-2026, 10:20 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 06-01-2026, 04:25 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-01-2026, 04:30 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-01-2026, 09:38 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-01-2026, 10:08 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-01-2026, 10:20 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by RodB - 06-01-2026, 10:28 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-01-2026, 10:53 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 06-01-2026, 11:25 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-02-2026, 12:01 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-02-2026, 08:29 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-03-2026, 08:46 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-04-2026, 12:46 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-04-2026, 07:35 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 06-05-2026, 12:43 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-05-2026, 12:53 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-05-2026, 07:49 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-05-2026, 08:51 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-05-2026, 10:25 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-05-2026, 10:34 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Joe Rossi - 06-06-2026, 05:06 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-06-2026, 11:48 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 06-06-2026, 12:53 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by RodB - 06-06-2026, 01:22 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-06-2026, 02:45 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-06-2026, 09:02 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 06-06-2026, 10:43 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-07-2026, 12:25 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Joe Rossi - 06-07-2026, 05:45 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by KCMike - 06-07-2026, 07:53 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Steve D - 06-07-2026, 11:45 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-07-2026, 12:02 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-07-2026, 09:27 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-07-2026, 09:43 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-07-2026, 10:00 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-07-2026, 10:22 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-08-2026, 08:07 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-08-2026, 08:36 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-12-2026, 08:17 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-12-2026, 10:53 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-13-2026, 10:21 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Joe Rossi - 06-13-2026, 07:43 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-13-2026, 10:17 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-13-2026, 11:50 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-14-2026, 05:22 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by KCMike - 06-14-2026, 06:23 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-14-2026, 06:46 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 06-15-2026, 03:32 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-15-2026, 08:34 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-15-2026, 10:53 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-16-2026, 01:33 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-16-2026, 08:00 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 06-16-2026, 08:31 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 06-16-2026, 08:41 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-16-2026, 09:28 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 06-16-2026, 09:29 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 06-17-2026, 01:59 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-12-2026, 07:49 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-12-2026, 08:41 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 07-13-2026, 02:07 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-13-2026, 03:42 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-13-2026, 09:27 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 07-13-2026, 10:59 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by radiorich - 07-13-2026, 11:02 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 07-14-2026, 02:48 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-14-2026, 09:13 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 07-14-2026, 12:27 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-14-2026, 01:55 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 07-14-2026, 02:33 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-14-2026, 10:44 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-16-2026, 09:02 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by KCMike - 07-17-2026, 09:08 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-17-2026, 09:45 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-17-2026, 09:20 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-18-2026, 08:33 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 07-19-2026, 02:01 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by MrFixr55 - 07-19-2026, 10:19 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-19-2026, 10:32 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by RodB - 07-19-2026, 11:05 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-19-2026, 02:12 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 07-19-2026, 04:41 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-19-2026, 04:43 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-19-2026, 04:54 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-20-2026, 08:34 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by MrFixr55 - 07-20-2026, 11:07 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-21-2026, 08:24 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-21-2026, 12:00 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 07-21-2026, 01:07 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-21-2026, 01:55 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Arran - 07-21-2026, 07:37 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-21-2026, 10:01 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 07-26-2026, 10:18 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by MrFixr55 - 07-27-2026, 08:50 AM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 08-15-2026, 04:52 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Joe Rossi - 08-15-2026, 09:08 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by David - 08-16-2026, 01:16 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 08-16-2026, 02:28 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by David - 08-16-2026, 03:07 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by Joe Rossi - 08-16-2026, 03:42 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by morzh - 08-16-2026, 04:15 PM
RE: Starting on an RCA140 - by MrFixr55 - 08-16-2026, 07:21 PM



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