Allen keys welding third hand

[southern_tango]

Hi,everybody i was digging into some old tools until saw this allen keys and came to my mind...a third hand,It's one of my first projects with the welder so very rought tig...sorry.
Just added a weight and copper tip and voila...

 

[raddksn]

I like that idea consider it stolen!

 

[Seiler]

I like it too! What is the copper tip from?

 

[rockwithjason]

stolen and i am running like hell

 

[signcrafter]

That's really cool.

 

[southern_tango]

I like it too! What is the copper tip from?

No idea ,one of those things that been into the toolbox for ages...

 

[steel 35]

Here is a thread I stold the idea from some time ago, post them up when your done.


http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74213

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

The third hand design is a classic beginning welding project and never loses its usefulness. I've been wanting to put a threaded coupler or a couple of nuts on the end so I could screw on different tips, but never got around to it. I've made a few for friends as well.

Adding a cross bar about 1/3 from the tip allows you to lay small sand bags or other weights to it for additional pressure as needed. I made mine out of rebar.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Interesting and I think it's going to come in handy for your TIG welding.

 

[Prototyper]

I made mine from 3/8" rod stock. I use giant washers around the neck for weight. I like the sliding/locking weight idea. For the tip of mine, I turned a point on it on the lathe. Comes in handy for the micro scale tig stuff. Works just the same for bigger stuff too. I have thought about making interchangeable points, as a vee tip would be nice on small round stuff.