On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:52:42 EST
[email protected] wrote:

> Looks good John!
>  
> What I am intrigued by is the ingenious method of tempering the
> soldering bit! Could you please enlighten us as to which grape
> variety is best or is this a continuing work in progress?


Hello Pat, LF,

As an experimentally minded person I do of course keep an open mind on
these matters, and conduct regular trials to determine which varietal
gives the best results (both for soldering and for manual telegraphy!)

Currently I find the Chilean Carmenère to be good value!

Bottoms up!


John