What is this for ?

[HacksawParticipant @hacksaw]

[HacksawParticipant @hacksaw]

It was on my late fathers workbench . It's about bank card size .. He made 4mm scale locos shim brass … from Garbage or a tool ?

[Mick B1Participant @mickb1]

It's a stand for a soldering iron or a pyrography pen (which is almost the same thing), almost invariably sold bundled with them.

You bend the 'Y' up to make the cradle for the tool – usually the barrel of the soldering iron.

Doesn't look like your dad ever used it – he might've had some other rest, or not used the iron much.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

The small screws secure it to a bit of wood

Something slides into the proud section

[Bill PhinnParticipant @billphinn90025]

Yes, as Mick says, it's a soldering iron stand that typically comes with low cost irons. It's not fit for purpose in my experience.

[HacksawParticipant @hacksaw]

Brilliant thanks ! I can put that to use !!

In fact i'll make some bigger ones for my angle grinders !!

[HacksawParticipant @hacksaw]

I thought it could be a book mark / paper clip for holding plans !

[Mike HurleyParticipant @mikehurley60381]

Bend the Y shaped bit up at an angle, flip it up and attach a picture of your wife / sweetheart / partner / dog on the other side and you have an instant super-cheap photo frame to sit in your workshop and delight your days!

I've obviously had too much chocolate over Easter

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, I knew I had one somewhere, and came across it while looking for something else, and it is for holding a Pyro craft tool. There is a picture of it on the box in its almost flat state, and I had to bend this one up, when I was perusing the tool and reading the instructions, as you do.

I haven't even used this yet, I think I bought it from Maplin electronics when they were selling everything at a big discount price in the last days before the local store closed. It was cheap enough for a maybe have a go with it, but haven't got around to it yet.

Regards Nick.

[Bill PhinnParticipant @billphinn90025]

Posted by Nicholas Farr on 16/04/2023 14:42:23:

Hi, I knew I had one somewhere, and came across it while looking for something else, and it is for holding a Pyro craft tool.

It's not just for holding a Pyro-Master tool, Nick. The fold-out stand that comes with it is no different from the one that, as I said above, comes included with low cost soldering irons.

I was given my Pyro-Master tool set 14 years ago. It was my only soldering iron until recently. It works fine for small jobs.

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Bill, yes I understand they could also be used for soldering irons, I was just saying the one I have was for my Pyro kit, and it came flat like the one in the photo that Hacksaw posted.

Regards Nick.

[HacksawParticipant @hacksaw]

I did a buy in Lidl this morning .Gas powered soldering irons for 16 quid . Actually , it is a bit naff , (weak ) ..I just tried it …but there you go…I've bought it now .

The hot bit doesn't touch ,and burn , the workbench when you put it down , so that rest is useful for resting a fag whilst soldering

 

Edited By Hacksaw on 16/04/2023 17:50:31

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