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« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2008, 03:49:21 am »
Those blocks are most likely magnesium blocks. Thunderbird supply, and Bernie's Lapidary sells them.
They help the soldering process by reflecting the heat back to the piece you are soldering and you can push pins in them no problem.
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