Better Helping Hands

by rctestbench | June 15, 2013 | (23) Posted in Tips

 

I make one good set of helping hands out of two. This makes the helping hands much sturdier for soldering and makes it much more versatile by making the arms easier to position exactly where you want them. I also show how i modified the clip arms to make them fit better and easier to adjust.

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gailenjensen on June 16, 2013
I like it! I have the single unit and get very frustrated since the base will move.
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DennisSwe on June 19, 2013
after I did see this one... me and my brother bought two "Zoidbergs" and made one "Mutant Zoindberg" for me and a "Super Mutant Zoidberg" for my brother :D

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg149/Dennan24/2013-06-19205546_zps21ef9a3a.jpg
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thejosh108 on June 17, 2013
thanks for this tip, I picked up 2 sets of helping hands today to try it out, it is a much better setup.
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apache64 on June 29, 2013
Great idea, I bought a second helping hand yesterday, and tried it, and boy does it improve the experience, thanks a lot for so may good ideas, especially with the clips.
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sailorJohn on June 16, 2013
Try screwing your bases to the small board you were working on for stability then along side put a strip of wood with 3 holes drilled in it to hold bullet connectors while you solder them and maybe a broom handle spring clamp to hole your soldering iron. special thx to Kenny for the idea!
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Buzz Bomb on June 17, 2013
Great idea!
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NoUsername on June 17, 2013
I like what you have done with the two helping hands. Is the white item you have everything on wood or ceramic? Thanx for sharing!
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boarding pass on June 17, 2013
excellent idea, i have been frustrated by mine for ages i will now mod it similar to yours thanks for sharing!!!
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vjacheslav.tsygankov on June 22, 2013
Awesome!! God idea. Keep going!
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Yogenh on April 27, 2014
I will have to get me a setup like that. It looks great and works nice

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