As I work alone most of the time I sometimes run into situations where I need to be at 2 places at once so I can observe what’s going on……..say trying to figure out exactly where the new proportioning valve I just installed was leaking at . Kind of hard to push the bake pedal and watch the fitting at the same time.

This is where the video camera on the cell phone comes in handy. The problem a lot of times is finding a place to set the phone so it can capture what I need to look at. I ran into this a few years ago and set this outfit up.

A while back I bought a few high intensity shop lights on these bases to set around the cars I was painting to eliminate shadows. I eventually permanently mounted the lights on the shop walls so the bases became excess. I also had a small drill press vice that I no longer used so that was added to the top (with one bolt loosely installed so that it can be swiveled). Being able to set the height can be a big help.

And no I don’t clamp the phone in the vice, just set the jaws wide enough that it sits in between them.





I don’t use it all that often but it sure is nice to have when I need it.



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