Show me your 3RD / Third hands !!!!

Hey all,so I made this thread to show off mine and everyone's third hand.We all know imagination goes a far way so show us your little helper!.For those who dont know what a third hand is its a homemade tool that is used to hold down parts together for them to be welded.The advantages of having a third hand is great because it helps keeping your work piece stationary and provides proper ground. I will start off with mine first.

Jody has a video explaining it.
http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/...hird-hand.html

All my parts were bought at home depot which are:5/16 iron rod,3lbs sledge hammer,3/8 nut&bolt and 3" chisel with a budget of $30.I used silicon bronze on the end to prevent any unwanted arcing and to provide a better ground.
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I was wondering why you attached the chisel with a nut and bolt (and why you used a chisel to begin with) and then I saw the last picture. Very nice!

Yeah ,I originally planned on cutting the Chisel#in half but after seeing what it did to my saw blade haha I had no choice but to have a change of heart and made it the way I did which turn out to be great.

I still need to get around to making one of these. I tend to just make myself struggle or burn my fingers holding little pieces :/

I knew there was a reason I saved those Nordictrack Weights All those Years ago....

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And you know,,, you can never have too much Ground ;)

It's looks great blaster and it looks like you have screws holding the weights to the shaft which is good for when you want more or less down force.

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Originally Posted by Jason

I still need to get around to making one of these. I tend to just make myself struggle or burn my fingers holding little pieces :/

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Trust me you will save yourself a lot of grief.What I notice is my arc starts are a lot better due to better grounding,I use to have a lot of sputtering when welding and now I know why.It will make your work a breeze and for some one what welds a lot of polished aluminum pipes this thing paid for itself the first time I used it.