On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 00:28:34 -0500, "D.Reid"
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"Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired" wrote in message
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Roger wrote:
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:10:43 GMT, "LP"
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D.Reid wrote:

"Forceps"???...what the hell are "FORCEPS"???
I been in the "trade" for 30 years and I never heard of nuttin called
forceps!!!...that had anything to do with cleco's...


I'm willing to wager that you were never in the Navy. I know Bob was &
I have heard other Navy guys call them forceps. Different lingo in
different circles. Given theat the tool isn't used to ply anything,
forceps might even be a more accurate term. Sorry that the world
doesn't conform to your expectations.

Daniel


If someone at work ask to borrow my forceps, he or she would get a deer
in
the headlight look. However, third drawer down on the right is my CLECO
pliers. Oh yeah, 23 years in the NAVY.


I've worked with and around electronics most of my life and computers
since they came on the scene. If you ask for my forceps that is
exactly what is in the second drawer down in the smaller tool box,
right along with a bunch of dentists tools. I think there are probably
a couple of scalpels in there too.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


They make terrific heat sinks.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Right you are Dan...I use them for just that purpose quite often...as long
as I'm soldering. If I'm Oxy/Acy welding they dont work so "hot" !
Dave...down in Florida.

That's a # 3 ought, not a #3! But... even then they are a tad
anemic and a bit light on the mass for a heat sink. OTOH I guess
the #3 is better than a "Rosebud" tip:-)) Every time I use that last
one it makes me glad I leased the full size tanks.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com