This same thing happened to me - I was about 35 at the time and I threw the
soldering iron across the room and it landed on the rya shag rug, burning an
outline of the iron into the wool rug.
I've still got the scar - see, right here...
and the project was a HW-202...
-Rex-
K1HI
Rex Lint
Merrimack, NH
WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi
-----Original Message-----
> Phil Townsend wrote:
>>
>> I was 12 years old... I think it was a Heathkit HW ???
>> I woke up early ready to sling solder. My bed was next to my
>> "shack/workbench".
>> The parents and sister were all sleeping...
>> Then it happened...
>> A large blob of solder slipped off the iron onto Mr Happy! (My new best
>> friend)
>> Shrieking and shouting... the blob "stuck".
>> The noise from my room awakened Sister and her sleepover friend. (The one
>> I had the sweets for.)
>> They stormed into my room followed by Mom and Dad.
>> Sisters friend was first into the room causing her to squeal as she tried
>> to turn around and run out of the door she just came into.
>> Thereby running into Sis and parents.
>> The solder was still stuck and still hot.
>> By parents wanted to call the Doctor...but I had enough humiliation for
>> one day so my Mom gave me the ointment and that was that.
>> Durring breakfast no one said anything about the early morning "event".
>>
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