A different design of "helping hands"

This is my design of the seemingly popular "helping hands". My design is very simple to buld also.

Step 1 Tools needed for the construction

The supplies include:
1 small piece of plexiglass or wood to use as the base
wire easily bendable yet firm
2 small screws with large heads
1 1" bolt wiht washer and nut
2 clothespins,aligator clips ect
2 drill dits 1 to use to drill pilot holes for the 2 screws mentioned above, the other 1 size larger than the bolt mentioned above
a countersink
a power drill
needle nose pliers
and a bit to drive the 2 large-headed screws
patience

Comments

[jay-mann--]

hey umm just wonderin what do these helpin hands actually do???

[cross99]

lol, a helping hand is used in electronics to hold projects while soldering to them, example: you use it to hold a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) while you solder the wire to it or any other project you are soldering, you just use the helping hands to hold it so basically, thats what a helping hand do ;-)

[mjones]

cut the ends of the clothes pins flat, they are much more useful that way

[!Andrew_Modder!]

ehh... nice post but Iv seen better (bottom weight not very heavy, and Clothspins!!?!?.)

[maker-x]

the pics are just rubbish!

[VIRON]

Reminds me of the time I screwed down a sponge and a coiled up coat hanger to make a soldering station for a $5 soldering iron. (Nostalgia)

[frank113]

well Junkyard John, i was reffering to soldering the aligator clips i didnt have at the time, that being the case i substituted clothespins

[Junkyard John]

Soldering iron plus wood equals burn equals getting charcoal all over your soldering project.

[Junkyard John]

At least thats how I picture it. I'm probably wrong.

[VelvetElvis]

Elegant in its simplicity. Solid copper house wire would work well with this (probably 10 ga. or 8 ga.)

[westfw]

I used a random steel case as a base, and mounted clips on magnets. You can see it here: http://www.geocities.com/westfw/finjig/finjiga.html (probably does't rate yet another instructable.) Mine was aimed at model rocket construction, but there's no reason it couldn't be used for other things.