Annealer torch head clamp?

[dantiff2]

Does anyone know what the clamp/ holder is called that holds the propane torch head on the commercial annealers and where I can buy one? I'm done with resting my torch on items to get the proper setting. Thanks
Dan

 

[PhilKeil]

When we had our company, i would buy in bulk from a company called Gem. But you can get them at https://www.mcmaster.com/products/clamps/variance-indicator-clamps-2~/

 

[Gray420]

That looks like the ugly annealer, I have one as well and torch attachment is my biggest grip as well. I can see you are fighting the same battle as me with the torch head adjustment nob jammed up against the casing inserts. I removed that to eliminate that issue. I bought a hose for me, it is not ideal but works better. I am sure someone on here has figured out something better.

 

[MrK.]

Seems like you could make do with an uncoated burette clamp from a high school science lab.

https://www.unitedsci.com/catalog/p...e-clamp-boss-head-uncoated-jaws/category/127/

 

[dantiff2]

That looks like the ugly annealer, I have one as well and torch attachment is my biggest grip as well. I can see you are fighting the same battle as me with the torch head adjustment nob jammed up against the casing inserts. I removed that to eliminate that issue. I bought a hose for me, it is not ideal but works better. I am sure someone on here has figured out something better.

The picture is just for reference. I do not have that unit but a homemade one. For now I’m just resting my torch on a dowel but it’s very easy to bump. I’d like to find the clamp/ slider bar in the picture to add to my unit. I can’t find that same setup anywhere. It needs to slide in and out while pointing the torch head 90*. Thanks
Dan

 

[jpx2rk]

I have one of the EP 2.0 annealers, and they include a U shaped clamp that fits or clamps over/around the propane bottle and the sides/legs of the clamp act as feet to support or hold the nozzle in position. I found some smooth T nuts that screw on to the threaded end of the clamp so it's stable on the workbench. I can adjust the position of the torch head with various things to get it in the position needed like flooring samples from a big box store, etc.

 

[Killick]

Make your own...for cheap.

 

[jpjulian]

My Annealeaze came with a muffler pipe clamp which fits around the propane bottle. Works fine. Any hardware store should be able to fix you up. Cheap!

 

[209jones]

Thinking Annealeze has the easiest solution, they use about a 4" muffler clamp on the Gen3 version, their Gen2 has a clamp setup on the face of the case that is sort of similar to the one in OP's pic. Think the muffler clamp is probably simplest to adjust.

 

[dantiff2]

Thanks for all the replies. I intended to mount the bottle in the back of my unit and run a hose around to the mount/ clamp and have a nice little grab and go package but may end up with the muffler clamp setup, if I cannot find what I’m looking for.
Dan