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Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:17 am
by 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 :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:

Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 5:09 pm
by Oscar
Nice implementation. I need to make myself one.

Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:50 pm
by Sanford
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3/4 stainless rod with silcon bronze on the points

Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 8:11 pm
by big gear head
I kept it simple.

Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 6:17 pm
by LtBadd
big gear head wrote:I kept it simple.
Holy cow! Looks like you spent some time on that weld buildup, what is it?

Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:39 pm
by 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.

Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:36 am
by rahtreelimbs
Image. I have since put silicon bronze on the tips.

Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:09 pm
by Superiorwelding

Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:16 pm
by 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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Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:53 pm
by 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

Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:08 pm
by 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.

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Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 5:30 pm
by LtBadd
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

Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:03 am
by Metal_pig2001
Hi to all

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

Regards

Ralph

Re: Show us your Third Hand

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:57 pm
by Boomer63
I love it! They look like little creatures that want to walk off, reproduce on their own and take over. LOL!