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Ever put your mig gun down on a less than stable place and return to find a huge ball of wire growing where you thought you put it? Just follow the wire and you'll find it! Or......

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I like that rig, also my century MIG does not turn off the electricty to the fed wire when trigger is off, so any grounded contact with the extruded wire will ZAP! so thats a good solution for me. TY

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Harbor Freight sells one with a magnetic base for about $10 that holds the torch head (if you use it--don't ask) http://www.harborfreight.com/magnetic-mig-torch-rest-3642.html You could copy it or a better homebuilt is a short tube that you insert the torch head into.... your choice of mounts. The factory one takes into account the hot wire since the Harbor Freight machines are that way too.

I tend to just lay the torch down instead of using either which is really dumb...

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My old Hobart mig gun has a hanger hook on it and a coffee can with a little weight in it works fine. Then again mine is off when I release the trigger so hanging it is mostly to keep it clean and out of the way.

Still, that's a nice hanger and my torch can use one, heck, I have lots of stuff that'd benefit from such a hanger.

Thanks for the tip.

Frosty The Lucky.

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HF sells this one for $10.00. I was going to cut out a similar shape holder, but for $10 it's not worth the time and it includes a magnetic base.

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Short pieces of pipe ( or pipe pockets ) work. Large washers work. Permanent or temporary. Tack to the table and adjust to fit the need. Stick the nozzle through.

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