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Handy Holding tool

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:06 pm
by McLeod
I was going through my bits n bobs box tonight and came across some bits that gave me an idea.
Coen has a neat handle for when he's painting tank hulls etc, you've probably seen it in his videos or you may have something similar.

I found a couple of old transit bolts from a washing machine which I thought would go perfectly with the length of dowel from the bottom of a canvas wardrobe cover - so I cannibalised the wardrobe lol.

So I trimmed one of the washers/stoppers down a bit and cut a lenghth of dowel.

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I drilled a pilot hole for the screw in the end of the dowel and stuck the larger washer over the end.

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Then washer and rubber washer on the screw, Et Voila one tank holding spray tool :D

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My thanks to Coen for the inspiration for this :bow::

Re: Handy Holding tool

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:13 pm
by UKscalemodeller
ooohh, I have the transit bolts from the washer somewhere in the garage :o)

Re: Handy Holding tool

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:16 pm
by Lee
I bet EVERY one of us has kept the transit bolts from their washing machine.....lol

Re: Handy Holding tool

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:21 pm
by McLeod
I don't even know if they were from my last washer, I used to work in Comet so I could have picked them up from there lol

Re: Handy Holding tool

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:29 am
by Coen
Clever boy!!!!
You officially Rock McLeod.

Re: Handy Holding tool

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 4:18 am
by Pstrasdine
very cool I know I will us this

Re: Handy Holding tool

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:12 am
by NorthernSwede
Really cool. I¨m off to scavenge wardrobes and transit bolts.

Re: Handy Holding tool

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 9:41 am
by Smudge
A great piece of thinking outside of the box McLeod, looks really cool and a very useful piece of kit