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Dropbear79
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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 :D )so plenty of weight in it...now all I need to do is find a use for the other 9 metres :lol:

In case you're wondering,the washer is for demonstration purposes only... :mrgreen:
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Nice implementation. I need to make myself one.
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3/4 stainless rod with silcon bronze on the points
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I kept it simple.
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big gear head wrote:I kept it simple.
Holy cow! Looks like you spent some time on that weld buildup, what is it?
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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.
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Image. I have since put silicon bronze on the tips.
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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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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
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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.

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Welder2008 wrote: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! :o
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Hi to all

and here is my gold third hand :)
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Well brass and Silicon Bronze actually.

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