Helping Hands tool

[xtian]

I have helping hands like this:

[img768]http://www.scalemodelguide.com/wp-conte ... _hands.jpg[/img]

It's a great tool, but could be better. The ball joints are uneven and don't articulate well. And the clips are too small and weak for some jobs.

Anyone have a better alternative?

This one is interesting...four hands!: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Third-Hand-Help ... 0957130060

[vibratoking]

panavise...good for boards but not so much for devices.

I don't like the helping hands thing. We have a mess of them at work and they all collect dust, so I'm not alone.

[Blackburn]

I have this one.

http://www.cedist.com/products/S-THHM

I use it sometimes, but not too often. Does come in handy for soldering/desoldering things that aren't mounted.

[Reeltarded]

The name reminds me of that electric razor for women. The "No, I'm not shaving with a Norelco!!" Razor for women can found late nights masquerading as a "not a shaving solution" called No-No.

Helping hands make me angry. Know what would work? A squeezy clamp with a shoulder, an elbow, and two pinchers. We need an all-terrain thing that works better. Those things are like roc-em-soc-em robots.

Geeeeeeeeeeeelllllllhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

[Firestorm]

I want one with goosenecks that can bend to where you really need them.

[Leo_Gnardo]

I have helping hands like this:

:shock:I'd soak those fingers in Palmolive. Hey Madge, where's the Palmolive?

Got some like yours, don't know where they went. Panavise gets most of the credit for helping along. Sometimes I'll use a loose gator clip. Or else a rubber-band around the handle of a needle-nose pliers (got @ 5 different kinds. NN pliers, not rubber bands, wisenheimer. )

[xtian]

I want one with goosenecks that can bend to where you really need them.

Check out the link I posted:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Third-Hand-Help ... 0957130060

articulated, like Gorilla camera tripods!

[Leo_Gnardo]

Check out the link I posted:

Yow! that thing looks like it belongs in a monster movie. I could see doing some "claymation" style film with it.

[Structo]

Sure the generic 'Helping Hands' thing is built cheap but why pay more for a tool that works fine?

I think I paid $6 for mine.

I don't use the magnifying tool but when you are trying to work on something small (like a small pcb) and need to have something steady, (those over 50 will understand) it works fine.

But if you want to spend big bucks, more power to ya.