I've been trying hard to get the radio shed all cleaned up and test benches with vintage tools up and going. Taking much longer than I though. So cleaning up the bench I hope to use a soldering bench? This no name iron was there. Anyone recognize it?
I don't know, but it looks like the type that takes a copper rod held in with a setscrew. I've got one of those sold by Montgomery Ward, and it has replaced the propane heated soldering coppers I used before when soldering up architectural sheet metal: less fuss, and a steady heat.
Radio shed?
Here's my Dad and Grandfather in Saigon in October of '68.
Chilly
Looks to me like a vintage American Beauty, made at the time by the American Electric Heater Co. of Detroit. American Beauty is still in business:
https://americanbeautytools.com/soldering-iron-3158 (https://americanbeautytools.com/soldering-iron-3158)
(http://www.stevenjohnson.com/soldering/pics/american-beauty-3138.jpg)
http://www.stevenjohnson.com/soldering/electricirons.htm (http://www.stevenjohnson.com/soldering/electricirons.htm) (scroll down)
It's comforting and slightly amazing to find companies like that still in operation.
Many had the name or logo stamped into the insulator ring, but after using phosphoric acid I still do not see anything. "even" using the magnifying lamp, so chances are it was made by one company then sold under another brand name. I did check the resistance and the heater is good. Back in the day they used copper, now they use a copper alloy but which one?