"SteveB" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@news.infowest.com... | | "Ignoramus22888" wrote in message | news:3pqdneG1wcxB8LrUnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com... | > On 2008-11-22, SteveB wrote: | >>
| >> "Ignoramus22888" wrote in message | >> news:SvednXUbsPsdaLvUnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com... | >>> When I weld some things, such as especially pipes, but other things | >>> also, I often want to hold then relatively firmly in a certain | >>> way. The limit would be something like 10 lbs weight. What I want is | >>> that I want this holder to be flexible and hold stuff in any | >>> position. I am not looking to buy a $30,000 5 ton welding positioner, | >>> but more like a work holder that could hold stuff. Something like an | >>> arm with ball joints. Numerous searches turned up nothing at all. Ay | >>> ideas will be greatly appreciated. | >>
| >> Iggy, my boy, I'm disappointed in you. In the real world, a pipeline | >> can't | >> be aligned and rotated so the weldor can weld flat all the time. YES, | >> YES, | >> YES, it is nice when you have a positioner to make it all easy. And the | >> welds do come out a LOT better. | >>
| >> However, if you ever want to call yourself a REAL weldor, you have to | >> take | >> it in any position, and weld it up right and x ray proof. But then, not | >> everyone has that opportunity to weld that many hours and burn that many | >> cans of rods to get there. | >>
| >> So yeah, it is really nice when you can flip stuff and make it all look | >> purty. | >>
| >> Still, work on your skills and hone them. It's like bowling. You learn | >> a | >> lot at first, and your average comes up fast. Then it slows down as you | >> learn the really fine points. Those fine points differentiate between a | >> weldor and a dauber. And they come slowly with doing it. | >>
| >> As for the positioner, just always to do the simplest thing. If you give | >> a | >> lazy man a job, they will find the easiest way to do it every time. And | >> surprise you. | >
| > Steve, maybe I was unclear, but my problem is that I only have two | > hands. Not three and especially not four. So a welding jig like that | > Harbor Freight one, would come real handy. I agree that if I was | > welding pipe, it would be good to learn to do in all positions. But my | > question was about putting small things together, or turning little | > tubes etc. | | A man can NOT have too many guns, fishing rods, cars, or CLAMPS! You will | soon find yourself cannabalizing a perfectly good clamp to make a one of a | kind clamp. Then making two more in case you ever misplace the special one. | | A positioner is nice, but, as I said in the alternative, make you some | Tinker Toy style pieces out of scrounge ....... like tire rims as a base | ....... various pieces of plate ....... various rollers .......... clamps | ....... tie downs ........ Then, when you need something special, go to | your Tinker Toy Erector set and have lots of components to align things. | | I made a device so I can chuck up pool cue shafts to spin them with a DeWalt | drill. That wasn't good enough, so I got some ball bearing wheeled dolly | things out of some curtain assembly so that it could spin by itself and I'd | have an extra hand. It makes it really easy to glue on a new tip, let it | dry, then chuck it up and sand off the excess. Most any craftsman have | these one of a kind pieces that they make to do special jobs. | | Just is some of us have more than others. | | hehe. | | Steve | |
Perhaps you could show some photos of your collection.