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Originally Posted by SuperB70
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I've made these for years - but I use copper plate (thin) which you can just cut or bend to your need -- or I smash the end of a piece of copper pipe. Not having a handle that is at a preset angle and length, is handier for me than a tool like this. Works the same either way -- there's just handier "versions" getting the same job done.
Once you really have a handle on welding you find you don't need this kind of stuff 98% of the time I can buzz a hole up without this aid... but these kinds of tools (homemade or otherwise)... can help a guy out in a hurry.
If you're by yourself -- a small piece of copper just snipped off a sheet - can be held in place using a magnet spanning the copper (since copper isn't magnetic) as a backer... Finding something - or someone - to hold this tool takes more time than my quickie fix. LOL That has worked for me if I'm trying to slick a firewall where your arms won't quite get there from here.
and the area you're plugging is too small to make a fill piece.