Comments on: SEVEN WAYS TO GET A RAISE! (Jun, 1967) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/10/30/seven-ways-to-get-a-raise/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Tracy B http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/10/30/seven-ways-to-get-a-raise/comment-page-1/#comment-1072289 Tracy B Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:04:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8396#comment-1072289 I used my dad's weller gun to put together some heathkit ham equipment and a bench power supply in the '70's. Years (decades later) I bought my gun and it is the same model number as my dad's which he acquired in 1963. I used my dad’s weller gun to put together some heathkit ham equipment and a bench power supply in the ’70′s. Years (decades later) I bought my gun and it is the same model number as my dad’s which he acquired in 1963.

]]> By: Paul http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/10/30/seven-ways-to-get-a-raise/comment-page-1/#comment-1072255 Paul Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:09:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8396#comment-1072255 He can afford to buy her a fur coat now. He can afford to buy her a fur coat now.

]]> By: Nathan http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/10/30/seven-ways-to-get-a-raise/comment-page-1/#comment-1072229 Nathan Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:15:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8396#comment-1072229 I used the Weller gun on page 4 when I was a kid making a Heathkit radio, a digital clock, and fixing tube TV's, Mmmmmm good times! Thank you Weller. I used the Weller gun on page 4 when I was a kid making a Heathkit radio, a digital clock, and fixing tube TV’s, Mmmmmm good times! Thank you Weller.

]]> By: -DOUG- http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/10/30/seven-ways-to-get-a-raise/comment-page-1/#comment-1072223 -DOUG- Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:06:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8396#comment-1072223 I'm sorry, but that illustration can only be interpreted as suggesting an 8th way of getting that raise that isn't discussed in the article. I don't think that even in 1967 people would be quick to assume that's the wife celebrating the husband's raise. And I grew up with my Father using that Weller soldering gun. I think there's even a light shining from the gun onto the tip. Carl Weller got his patent for Dual Heat gun in 1941, not for the pistol grip as they were already in use, but for the fact that his would heat INSTANTLY, and hotter than the ordinary soldering iron. Like any good bench technician with a great idea, he tried to sell his idea to someone else. But he pieced together nearly 300 of them on his own, selling them to his fellow radio repairmen. After 5 years of this, demand was so great he was able to set up Weller Manufacturing Corp. to produce the dual heat gun. And, forward thinker that he was, he outsourced the production of the dual heat gun overseas and kept Americans out of work long before this ad ever ran. That could well be Weller in the ad. http://www.amazon.com/Weller-D550-Dual-Professional-Soldering/dp/B00002N5LO I'm amazed how cheap this gun is, to this day. That's actually a more powerful version. And just keeping in the theme of the post that asked: (Womp a deedah, womp a deedah, womp a deedah, womp a deedah) Happy TRAILSSSSSSSS----- to you, Until -- we meet -- again. . . . I’m sorry, but that illustration can only be interpreted as suggesting an 8th way of getting that raise that isn’t discussed in the article. I don’t think that even in 1967 people would be quick to assume that’s the wife celebrating the husband’s raise.

And I grew up with my Father using that Weller soldering gun. I think there’s even a light shining from the gun onto the tip. Carl Weller got his patent for Dual Heat gun in 1941, not for the pistol grip as they were already in use, but for the fact that his would heat INSTANTLY, and hotter than the ordinary soldering iron. Like any good bench technician with a great idea, he tried to sell his idea to someone else. But he pieced together nearly 300 of them on his own, selling them to his fellow radio repairmen. After 5 years of this, demand was so great he was able to set up Weller Manufacturing Corp. to produce the dual heat gun. And, forward thinker that he was, he outsourced the production of the dual heat gun overseas and kept Americans out of work long before this ad ever ran. That could well be Weller in the ad.

http://www.amazon.com/Weller-D.....B00002N5LO

I’m amazed how cheap this gun is, to this day. That’s actually a more powerful version. And just keeping in the theme of the post that asked:

(Womp a deedah, womp a deedah, womp a deedah, womp a deedah)
Happy TRAILSSSSSSSS—– to you,
Until — we meet — again. . . .

]]> By: Promotions http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/10/30/seven-ways-to-get-a-raise/comment-page-1/#comment-1072222 Promotions Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:56:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8396#comment-1072222 I see not much has changed in regards to getting raises. Impressing the people that control your paycheck still works. I see not much has changed in regards to getting raises. Impressing the people that control your paycheck still works.

]]> By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/10/30/seven-ways-to-get-a-raise/comment-page-1/#comment-1072220 Jari Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:04:19 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8396#comment-1072220 Swingin' 70's here I come! (da dididadah....da dididadah... AusTin Poweeeers, heees the maaan...) From the ad from the last page, how long have the Weller soldering irons have been around, as I own one? Swingin’ 70′s here I come! (da dididadah….da dididadah… AusTin Poweeeers, heees the maaan…) From the ad from the last page, how long have the Weller soldering irons have been around, as I own one?

]]> By: Tracy B http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/10/30/seven-ways-to-get-a-raise/comment-page-1/#comment-1072213 Tracy B Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:07:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8396#comment-1072213 Get a job with another company..... Get a job with another company…..

]]> By: Charlene http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/10/30/seven-ways-to-get-a-raise/comment-page-1/#comment-1072207 Charlene Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:39:07 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8396#comment-1072207 8. Stand in front of a door in a hideous dress waving your arms. That'll impress them. 8. Stand in front of a door in a hideous dress waving your arms. That’ll impress them.

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