Ideas for holding figures

[sidcharles]

55 minutes ago, Bainford said:

Like most aspects of the hobby, there is no one-and-done solution. ...

i heartily agree. but writing & speaking should be directed to the audience for which it is meant.

following & reading the OP's posts implied there were some challenges which are becoming noticeable and might require some compensation.

i vehemently support individual innovation, and decision, in all facets of life.  

[Matt Bacon]

There this version that sits on the bench on a heavy base:

https://a.co/d/1TvwCQc

(Amazon.com link, shortened so it isn’t showing a preview)

best,

M.

Edited September 2 by Matt Bacon

[Bainford]

2 hours ago, sidcharles said:

i heartily agree. but writing & speaking should be directed to the audience for which it is meant.

Writing for an audience should also include at least an attempt at proper grammar.

And, whom exactly do you believe to have been the intended audience? My comment was directed at a specific audience, and a general audience. The specific audience both quoted and addressed my comments, so I guess I hit that mark. The more general audience is the forum at large, on whose behalf you are not required to comment, further adding to the asininity of you remark.

Furthermore, it is not your remit to steer the direction of the discussion on behalf of the OP. He's an old hat at this stuff. He doesn't need you to hold his hand.

[sidcharles]

52 minutes ago, Bainford said:

Writing for an audience should also include at least an attempt at proper grammar.

And, whom exactly do you believe to have been the intended audience? My comment was directed at a specific audience, and a general audience. The specific audience both quoted and addressed my comments, so I guess I hit that mark. The more general audience is the forum at large, on whose behalf you are not required to comment, further adding to the asininity of you remark.

Furthermore, it is not your remit to steer the direction of the discussion on behalf of the OP. He's an old hat at this stuff. He doesn't need you to hold his hand.

you want me to use big letters, huh? i don't like 'em all that much.

usually when someone starts a thread, that person would be the audience.

methinks you've gotten a pebble in your sandal, and believe i'm the one who snuck it there.

it was most likely there long before i came down the 'pike.

#2. that's not bad all things considered.

[peteski]

I also dislikke sloppy writting. After all you are not addressing bunch of uneducated yahoos here.  You are addressing your fellow modelers. I'm far from perfect when it comes to my writing style (English is a second language for me), but I do try to make my posts reasonably clear, with proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling.  With automatic spell checkers this is quite easy.

I would venture a statement that their writing style is often related to a person's intelligence level.

Edited September 3 by peteski

[sidcharles]

i certainly cannot disagree with that.

[sidcharles]

here's a like clamp but much smaller diameter than the one i have or have seen. i still would not call it ideal, but since i saw no need to start a new thread, figured this was a good place to stick it:

 

 

Edited September 12 by sidcharles

[R. Thorne]

Still another possibility.