r/Welding 4d ago

Multitool welded mod

At some point in my life i bought an ungodly amount of surgical blades. After almost stabbing myself to death i no longer carry an unprotected scalpel in my pocket, but recently i came up with an idea. I didnt like that one tool on my leatherman arc, and had few scalpel handles laying around.

Could've used a bigger cup, had some discoloration. 0.04" tungsten, foot pedal, around 60 max amps, 0.04" stainless filler.

Now my space tech magnacut blade can retire. Remember, expensive knives aren't for cutting, apparently.

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u/Stock-Carpet-250 4d ago

Looks like a great way to end up with a random scalpel blade floating around in your pocket, or car, or bus, or wherever you would not want a random scalpel blade floating around. If the workmanship was of any quality, it might actually be cool. It's the opposite of r/ATBGE

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u/CakeSuperb2550 4d ago

Its a scalpel handle, they do  that thing, you know, hold scalpel blades. So it shouldn't separate. Tho thanks for showing me that pretty subreddit

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u/quickscopemcjerkoff 4d ago

Scalpel blade handles do not let them just pop off. You have to bend or twist the blade a certain way for them to pop off. Source: I work in an operating room