[Dropbear79]

Hi all,
Just joined the forum and did a search on "third hand" with no apparent results so I thought I'd put one up myself...I just made it up tonight.
It's All stainless,the pipes about 60mm OD x 8mm thick(apologies to those who haven't converted yet )so plenty of weight in it...now all I need to do is find a use for the other 9 metres

In case you're wondering,the washer is for demonstration purposes only...

[Oscar]

Nice implementation. I need to make myself one.

[Sanford]

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3/4 stainless rod with silcon bronze on the points

[big gear head]

I kept it simple.

[LtBadd]

I kept it simple.

Holy cow! Looks like you spent some time on that weld buildup, what is it?

[big gear head]

You mean the aluminum? I was just playing with the pulse feature. I had never used it before and I thought I'd give it a try. I had some free time and I was board.

[rahtreelimbs]

. I have since put silicon bronze on the tips.

[Superiorwelding]

I'm going to give a link to a few pics on Instagram a try.
-Jonathan

https://instagram.com/p/1W_3fGjlc-/?tak ... iorwelding
https://instagram.com/p/vXOyO8DlZ3/?tak ... iorwelding
https://instagram.com/p/5hObpdjlQQ/?tak ... iorwelding
https://instagram.com/p/3083dgjlQj/?tak ... iorwelding

[Gavin Melville]

These "weights" come in various sizes, 4lb seems about right. Cheap, but very hard to drill, 30 seconds with Tig torch on DC solves that.

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[Welder2008]

This is a 6"x6" square plate 2" thick, 3/8" stainless round stock as the "finger" and "legs", with 1-1/4" ball bearings as the "feet" tig welded with 625 Inconel filler...

-Tony

[d.smith]

made this out of some random scrap I found laying in the bottom of a barrel. gets the job done! and definitely one of the most helpful tools I have.

[LtBadd]

This is a 6"x6" square plate 2" thick, 3/8" stainless round stock as the "finger" and "legs", with 1-1/4" ball bearings as the "feet" tig welded with 625 Inconel filler...

-Tony

Tony, I think you could hold down a horse with that!

[Metal_pig2001]

Hi to all

and here is my gold third hand



Well brass and Silicon Bronze actually.

Regards

Ralph

[Boomer63]

I love it! They look like little creatures that want to walk off, reproduce on their own and take over. LOL!