Category
Tools
Year of manufacture/creation
the 1930s
Place of manufacture/creation
Germany
Size
Height: 20 cm
Width: 10 cm
Length: 32 cm
Weight: 1.5 kg
Material
copper, steel, brass, wood
Museum/Storage location
Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Date of admission to the museum
1992
Rights to the exhibit
Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Rights to digital images
public domain
Tags
Exhibit description
A soldering iron serves to join elements which are resistant to high temperatures.
For this purpose, a special binding material is used, called solder. To some extent, soldering resembles glueing: once heated, the solder melts and sets, joining together pieces of metal or glass.
This particular soldering iron is powered with gas. A gas burner heated the soldering tip, which then heated the solder.
Before this exhibit made its way to the museum, it was used in the workshop of the gasworks in Paczków.