Glenn Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Show me your stock holders or third hands This one is by brickforgebeginner and a good use of available materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 In the last resort you can always hold it yourself LMAO!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Haha, its not so much that you Are holding the stock like that but...... Its Duct Taped to your Shoe!.... And it's Hot! Did you really heat it with it taped there then Hop over to the anvil? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Olson Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Thats funny. Could there be some photo shop goin on there Das? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 jeremy k, I see that I can expect you to give me the boot when I ask you for a hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Sorry - no photo shop - yes heated and hot punched in one taping to the foot - got a cramp in my leg by the time they took the picture, - definitely not a recommended procedure - just a doable possibility if needed - I did hot punch the hole 3/4's thru the first side though, during that picture. Oh and I noticed I do have an IFI shirt on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Stephens Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Jeremy, has now taken the space of the first image that comes to mind anytime I will ever be ask about 3erd hands. Well done sir!! I'm not as limber, talented, or any other descriptive phrase you want to insert, as he is. Having said that, here are the 2 that get the most use in my shop. Note that the stool has interchangeable "yokes" for holding long stock on edge for cutting in saw. Still laughing Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Well, one is the edge of the fencing. The other is an adjustable stand a friend gave me. Probably not hard to fabricate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Thanks for the laugh Jeremy, I needed one. I was going to commend you on a helper you couldn't trip over but realized how wrong I would've been. Are you wearing a left sneaker on that foot? Can't use that helper without two left feet. Oh thank you thank you, I needed a good straight line to get my head space onto the funny side, I didn't sleep much last night. In that situation I use my crotch. DANG!! Stupid Micro$oft (up?)dated itself and reorganized my files AGAIN! ARGHHH! I can't find a pic of my helpers. I have a few telescoping stands with dumpster salvaged box conveyor rollers and Ts I mounted on some old highway sign wind master stands a couple folding stands and a couple I made for heavy work. They telescope from about 18" to bench and drill press table heights. The worst thing is I have so many they're trip hazards. Of course that sort of describes the floor in my shop if you get off cleared paths and work spaces. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 here's mine. All hand forged/traditional joinery. I have found I need a 3/8"x2" or so ring underneath the legs for more weight and to keep them from bending out of plane. The movable shaft was forged down with my tenoning tool(basically a top and bottom spring fuller) to about a 6" length, then filed a bit to fit the opening. Then I forge welded on a piece of round stock to get my final length. It is a roller type. I believe I used 3/4" pipe with a piece of 5/8" solid round inside. You can see the two tenons ready to be peened. I have 3 of them. One for long iron at the forge, and one on each side of my anvil, 25# lil giant, or post vice. The legs were fun. 2 pieces of 3/8"x2". One edge bent to a "vee", the other forge welded to it with a "tee" weld. Its hard to see, but rhe leg ends were folded back and forgewelded to create the raised feet. The frame piece was made from 1/4"x1". I used a "cleft weld" to the shaft, then twisted and forged the frame so the flats are as you see. A little file work amd it created a nice transition/detail from vertical to horizontal. The bottom boss was from 1-1/4" solid square with a 5/8" top tenon forge welded into the pipe and a 3/8" tenon on the bottom to attach the legs. Playing in the fire is fun,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 The one on my portable forge is light but works well for what I normally do. Diamond holes on the frame, front and back stop twisting and allow for the 3/8" stock bar to be slid in and out as needed. The dogs slide as well so they can be stowed for travel. the whole rod stows in the leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 For the propane forge, just a swing up bar attached to the cart. No picture of the stand for the coal forge, made out of exhaust pipe one piece slides into the other with a wing bolt to lock it at different heights and a roller at the top, like the one Das posted (can also be used with the propane forge for very long stock). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Very basic: a pipe welded vertically to a wheel rim and drilled and tapped for a big shopmade thumbscrew, a vertical inner piece with a crossbar welded on. The only details of interest are a welded-in V-block for round stock* and a ring to anchor one of my motorcycle-chain-and-bell-clapper holddowns. *per the recommendation of jlpservicesinc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 The second propane forge building class I went to at SOFA (over 15 years ago now); the forge shells were made from Oxy welding tanks. When I got home I welded a piece of sq tubing to it and slid a slightly smaller piece of sq stock in it. It's small enough that it "locks" when canted and slides easily when slightly rotated. I actually did this on both sides of the forge so I can have a third hand for both the front and back simultaneously---picture of the back because that's what was easiest to get to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I’ve been using a speaker stand that someone left in one of my mom’s rent houses. I’d really like to build a forged dead man deadman but haven’t gotten around to it yet. I had to do a lot of hunting even to find a picture of one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Took a picture of the stand for another thread. Here it is, old chair base, exhaust pipe welded to it, another piece slides inside & locked with a wing bolt roller welded on top. Serves double duty for the radial arm saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeltree Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 1st is the adjustable with different holders 2nd is a multi use stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicon Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Another light and portable solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 nice job Wicon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenskpr Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Better late than never.. My deadman from a workshop 2 years ago in Johnstown, PA with the CMA crew. IMG_0418.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 All I can say is Awesome! What a joy to work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Ingenious design, I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Nice helper! How close a fit is the hole in the lock to the shaft? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenskpr Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 It just makes it, frosty. Less than 0.125" there's a bit of wiggle so you can disengage it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 You got it just right, it's smooooth. I also have to comment on the couch, that has to be the nicest shop couch I think I've ever seen. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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