Deluxe Magnetic Grasshopper, Welding Finger, Copper Spindle + Magnetic V-Pad Base + Anti-tipping Bolt (10"), AGH270, Strong Hand Tools

It's a gadget, but a well-made and well-designed one. The magnets are extremely powerful and articulating, so they can adapt to a variety of flat and curved surfaces. The spring is strong enough to hold light pieces in place, without actual clamping. Those magnets are situated several inches away from the contact tip, but you should make sure to keep them away from heat.The company makes a less expensive version with only a sharp tip, but I think the reversible (flat/sharp tip) model is much more versatile.It's a tool that you don't realize you need until you use it.

just what i needed. really good quality and it worked great

Works well and saved me from making one.

Very impressed with the parts and the quality:)

wasn't sure what i could use it with until i had an issue grounding my part

Great

We are a welding and fabrication company with 90% of our work being field work. We have made and bought several grasshoppers for grounding to the bevel while welding. Some were magnetic and others weren’t. Problem we had was when the pipe was wiggled to correct high/low or set the gap the ground would fall off just about the time you were ready to tack it.They were all to top heavy, large ground clamp on the top, some swiveled upwards so you could get around cage clamps and then they would fall off. We resorted to a bungy cord which wasn’t bad until you really started putting some pipe on the ground. It took about 30 seconds to wrap the bungy, which isn’t long. However, when your doing 30 joints in a day it adds up.The Stronghand ground (grasshopper) is light weight, not top heavy. We made a whip with a lug to connect to the grasshopper and an LC40 on the other to connect to our ground lead. Line up the connection point, drop it on and it’s stuck. Roll it to around 10-11 o’clock and start your weld. Swap sides, roll it towards 1-2 o’clock. Quick and easy, quick being the keyword. When your done, pop it off the pipe and stick it to the side of your rig and roll on to the next one.We bought two different versions and they cost around $60. Magnets hold very well. We’ve been using it on 4” pipe and sticks great! Powercrete (bore pipe) it’s ok but that stuff causes problems with a lot of magnetic tools. Tips on the one we bought are replaceable also.Very happy with these grasshoppers from Stronghand!!