On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:11:06 -0800, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

Here a tool I made this week, I call it a socket on a stick. I made it to
attach the water lines to my bathroom sink, as there isn't enough clearance
up there to tighten it with a wrench (you can barely get yer fingers up in
there).

The socket was fifty cents from a pawnshop, which was cut using a thin
abrasive disk in an angle grinder. I left a small shoulder on the base of
the socket to keep it from sliding off of the hexagon nut it will tighten.

The socket and the stick were welded together using 6013 GMAW rod and a
Miller buzzbox; I was very surprised at how easy it was to weld these
together (yes my welds look like turkeysh*t, but they will function in this
application).

Here's a few more thousand words:

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/SocketStick01.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/SocketStick02.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/SocketStick03.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/SocketStick04.jpg

Jon

Neatly done, Jon! I wouldn't call those turkeysh*t welds at all, but
you may have higher standards than I. They look OK to me. Not as
pretty as TIG might do but who can see them under the sink anyway?

Don Foreman wrote:


Neatly done, Jon! I wouldn't call those turkeysh*t welds at all, but
you may have higher standards than I. They look OK to me. Not as
pretty as TIG might do but who can see them under the sink anyway?

Thanks Don, I appreciate it. I do admit my welding has gotten a lot better
in the year or two that I've had the buzzbox in the carport. It's nice to
be able to actually weld stuff when you need to; opens up a lot of
opportunities beyond using fasteners.

Jon