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I am fairly sure I bought this when I was ~14 at a actual RadioShack. I have several other spools but when you are hobbyist that has too littlie time on your hands, things like this last a long time. Well, that and I forget where the hell I packed things when moving so I buy more stuff.

I was working on a minor project and thought it was funny and that you might agree. Also, ive owned several of those "fire starter" irons they used to sell. Ive upgraded but still use some fairly basic stuff. @stupidbird

I am fairly sure I bought this when I was ~14 at a actual RadioShack. I have several other spools but when you are hobbyist that has too littlie time on your hands, things like this last a long time. Well, that and I forget where the hell I packed things when moving so I buy more stuff. I was working on a minor project and thought it was funny and that you might agree. Also, ive owned several of those "fire starter" irons they used to sell. Ive upgraded but still use some fairly basic stuff. @stupidbird

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Some of their components were shit. For example, they sold a LM337 regulator - I swear those were floor sweepings because I could build the example circuit in the data manual and they'd self-destruct with noise.

Tools, solder, wire? No problem at all. They used to sell Pratt-Read rebrands and even had Xcelite tools for a while before Cooper moved them to China.