Third Hand

[Nick Danger]

Bought a drill press a little while ago and felt the compulsion to make holes in things:

 

[Gepetto]

Bought a drill press a little while ago and felt the compulsion to make holes in things:

Nice
Who makes the gooseneck things with alligator clips?

 

[laatsch55]

The gooseneck things we use to move coolant on lathes so they stay where ya point it...you can buy all kinds of tips for em..,..

 

[laatsch55]

You can snap em apart at any of the joints and make em longer or shorter or what ever..

 

[laatsch55]

Never thought of using them like that though, gonna have to get me some....don't know who makes em though...

 

[Nick Danger]

Flexible tubing I picked up here. I used some generic banana clips and with a little bending with some jewels pliers, they fit nice and snug in the nozzle ends. Used the press to drill holes through nozzles and clips so I could run some wiring through both to keep them together.

Idea was an Instructable I came across a while ago.

The tubing I used is a slightly different size than the Loc- Line brand and is not compatible with their accessories.

 

[Nick Danger]

Never thought of using them like that though, gonna have to get me some....don't know who makes em though...

Be glad to send you a few, Lee.

 

[Nick Danger]

You can snap em apart at any of the joints and make em longer or shorter or what ever..

If you have the strength of a mountain gorilla! These suckers fit SNUGLY. The Loc- Line brand actually sells a tool for assembly/ disassembly.

 

[laatsch55]

That's ok Doug, I can get some up here...

 

[NavLinear]

That is a cool application for the flex tubing - we use these for our CNC machine and I would have never thought of using them for something else. I'm thinking Doug that you can use two of those extra hands to hold a couple of components while you're soldering and the third could hold a spliff.

 

[Fishoz]

I think you should patent that! So many ways to use it.

 

[Nick Danger]

That is a cool application for the flex tubing - we use these for our CNC machine and I would have never thought of using them for something else. I'm thinking Doug that you can use two of those extra hands to hold a couple of components while you're soldering and the third could hold a spliff.

Keep the blood pressure down as I melt holes into my PCB.......

 

[Nick Danger]

3rd Hand putting in time today

Normally I would allow my solder sucker to hang off the table and bounce on my leg to let me know where it was located:



Well, that's no fun.

Was glad to have it to hold a component and magnifying glass so I could snap a picture:

 

[laatsch55]

Too cool Doug!