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Looking for a good helping hands

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KL27x:
I have bought helping hands 2 or 3 times, and I always ended up scrapping the as a waste of space.

I seem to manage ok without anything fancy. Big Clive style holding two wire ends in one hand, or just meeting up the one end with the loose wire, wherever it wants to sit still.

FriedMule:
Would it be possible to just use some loose alligator clips or hemostats and just clamp the two parts together and solder?
You can get them in many sizes and I don't think that they do take solder easy.

beanflying:
I have a few sets of these on the bench. I use them for connectors or even mid to thin gauge wires. The crushing style of latch on hemostats would be an issue for a lot of what we do IMO.

The alligator clips I used when I made my helping hands were ok for most jobs but things like kynar or thinly shielded wire would be a nono.

John B:

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These ones are pretty good with some modification. They're cheap, but not that stable because the base is small and not that heavy. (Cost proportional to weight of raw materials after all)

I welded some plate over the hole on a 1.25kg cast iron exercise weight, then screw clamped the base of that helper onto the weight. It's now ultra sturdy and stable.

I also soldered the alligator clips to the arms, because they're only press fit, and work themselves loose over time.

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