We do welding holder for placing your own hands

Greetings dear master and mistress, you again with another Mikhalych homebrew twig. Today we will make a new holder for the welding electrodes from any scrap materials. For work use steel pipe, nut, pin, washer, shrink well and then one that is))

I always ask my readers not to take everything as a precise guide to action, and to understand how the idea that you can refine according to their needs.

Introduction I get bad, because I am not a professional hack, so let's get straight to business.

Take the metal tube 20 mm in diameter, which is the body of grip. For the hull enough pipe length of 18-20 cm. The pipe can be smaller or larger, and perhaps thicker, does not matter, rummage in the shed at home and probably find pieces. The main thing that it was not made of stainless steel.

Retreating from the edge of 1 cm and make notes. Here we will drill a hole of 3 mm for respective electrode.

Next drill 3 mm making the through hole (indicated by red line), we insert here the electrode. Further, I propose to extend the functionality of grip and make another hole for the electrode of 4 mm, as these two dimensions the most running in the home. Additional opening for quadruple may be drilled perpendicular to the first opening (indicated by a white line).

On the other side of the pipe anchoring nut, which will serve as a guide for the clamping pin.

We catch nut welded to the casing pipe. You can immediately scald thorough.

Of course shovchik need to refine, although it is exclusively for aesthetes and not a mandatory procedure.

Now insert the clamping pin and screwed into it until the drilled hole electrode. It is clear that the bolts and nuts must be the same size and thread, just in case))

pin length should be 6-8 cm longer than the length of the tube.

Here are photos from the other side. Stud is screwed to the opening and it will serve for clamping the electrode.

Back in the ass. Here at the end of the stud is screwed another nut.

You can immediately grab the nut to the stud, literally one droplet.

Then welded metal washer end face of the nut, as shown in the photo. At this stage it is already well-scald nut, stud and washer. All welding, we no longer need.

To fasten welded washer terminal. Fasten tightly. Well it is clear why, here later reconnect the cable.

Next, isolate the handle by means of a conventional shrinking, it will be enough. You can use what you like, from a conventional electrical tape and ending with a rubber hose.

Insulation is chosen based on the workload of the welding machine. If you are welding on an ongoing basis and draw a long continuous seams, then of course this shrinking quickly come into disrepair, and you need something more powerful. And if like me, weld hoe, shovel brew, grab a rack under the cucumbers, then the shrinking will be enough to head.

Here's a handle you get in the end. Now connect these things invention.

Good clamp the cable in the terminal. Extra piece clamping bolt better crop, but it will cling to the sleeve.

Now insert the electrode into the drilled hole it.

Then you already understand. By rotating the pin clockwise you clamp electrode in place. Well, if you want to absolutely everything in the mind, in the end of the stud where it is pressed against the electrode, make Bulgarian notch to pin tightly wraps the electrode.

Here is ready for your electrode holder. Small, compact and functional.

And yet, do not forget to isolate the total for the part where you have a terminal with a cable. I just smeared mastic asphalt, leaving only the thread. While you can and leave the Exposed site, so even funnier would be)))

So that is all. I am waiting for comments from Kulibin about the viability of the design. Probably will be the thoughts and ideas for improving the of grip. I would be interested in reading the thoughts of smart people.

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