just made a stand for the smiths little torch

[bills makes]

was messing around in the workshop and thought i would make a stand for the little torch as i begrudge paying around £30 for a smiths stand so got to work on it and this is the result i am very happy with it . I made it from the base of a broken helping hand and a peg board hook threaded the bar 3 nuts and there you go simple and cost me nothing .

[Dennis]

Following a long standing maxim: try to use what you already have. Very satisfying to use a stand stand you have made yourself. Dennis.

[china]

Good one I always like to make shop equipment if I can, usually ends up costing much less that commercial items and gives a lot of satisfaction, only problem
is I can never put anything the bin in case I may use it one day.

[enigma]

Good idea, I could do with something for mine too, have to tell my husband LOL

[Stirring Moose]

I hate waste and I hate spending money I don't have to so this gets a massive thumbs up from me. A number of my tools are either built up from bits I had lying about, or they're items I've picked up for pennies as scrap and then given a new job in life. The only note of caution (which predictably I had to learn the hard way!) is don't let the tail wag the dog. If it is going to take a week to make the tool for a five minute job, sometimes it really is better to bite the bullet and buy the "real thing".

S.M.

[trialuser]

Another easy bodge which seems to work well is to wrap a few turns of coat hanger wire or similar around the torch and screw a magnet somewhere.
Mine is a 20 quid knock off, but a genuine one may even have some steel in it somewhere and may not require the wire.
Rare earth magnet and hasn't fallen off in 2 years.