Abstract: An improved welding torch holder including a flat longitudinal member having clamping means to hold a welding torch, a block member having an arm to attach to a gantry or welding fixture, the block member having defined internally therein a passageway for slidably receiving the longitudinal member therethrough, means cooperating with said block member and said longitudinal member to provide reciprocation therebetween, a friction bar interposed in said passageway between said longitudinal member and said block member, means carried by the block member to urge the friction bar against one surface of the longitudinal member to cause secure retention of the longitudinal member at any desired position.