"Jman" wrote in message
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Hey People,

Concerning this "Attaching a Bearing to Mild Steel" thread.... does
anyone have any good suggestions for tools that can be made or tools
that can be bought so that a person could HOLD these ODD types of
metal together WHILE using both hands to BRAZE with ? I seem to be
having a difficult time "CREATING" or "FINDING" decent Clamps or
'third hands' that can hold "AWKWARD" objects firmly in place. Any
suggestions on how to HOLD items firmly together such as the Bearing
and Rods or SIMILAR 'weird shaped' steel objects would be greatly
appreciated !


OK let's take Iggy's example of 9/16 rod and a 1' ball. If you have a chunk
of 7/32 material this will raise the level of the rod so the center is in
line with the ball.

If you were to dimple the end of the rod, it would set snugly in the ball.
You can clamp the rod down to 7/32 plate sitting on the top of the welding
table, and then use another block 1/2 inch to restrain the ball against
the end of the rod.

If you had a bunch of them to do you could make a dedicated fixture, but for
onesy twosys this method works just fine.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.