Introduction: Simple Helping Hands
Helping hands are designed to hold wires and components in place while you solder them, you can buy good helping hands from the shops quite cheaply but when I made these I was in the middle of a project and didn't want to stop to go to the shops, making things yourself is fun anyway !
The basic principle is two crocodile clips held up in the air.
Steps:
1- Cut a square of wood
2- Drill two holes
3- Screw two large screws through the holes
4- Glue screws in place
5- Duc-tape underneath to stop scratching
6- Solder 2 crocodile clips to the tops of the screws
7- Put electrical tape around the sides because it looks cool :)
Thats it !
They took me about 5 minutes to make and were really useful when i was soldering.
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5 years ago on Introduction
Counter sink where the screws are and that should stop from
making marks on your table. Doodado
9 years ago on Introduction
instead of wires to hang the clips in the air, i used aluminium foil and rolled it up and then twisted it to make it strong and used that! much more cheaper and easier to find in the house!
11 years ago on Introduction
If the board is thick enough, you could always countersink so the head of the screws are below the surface of the wood - no scratching that way.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
Yea i did countersink but i put the tape there just to be sure, i was going to say i countersunk the screw heads but i forgot the word hehe.
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
They make a sticky back felt that you could put on the bottom to finish it off. just a thought
10 years ago on Introduction
cool. i like how simple it is
10 years ago on Introduction
Nice project. Could prove to be very useful. What's the instructables chat room/ where is it?
11 years ago on Introduction
no but its annoying when people clog the forums with random stuff
11 years ago on Introduction
cmon you have 11 isnt that enough
11 years ago on Introduction
enough comments
11 years ago on Introduction
I had a science teacher who made some like this only he used 12 gauge solid copper wire instead of screws, that way you can adjust the position some.
11 years ago on Introduction
Of course, my wife thinks I should soak in the tub for awhile.....mostly she thinks I should soak my head ;-)
11 years ago on Introduction
LOL I wasn't asking, I was just indicating where I will be soon off to ;-)
11 years ago on Introduction
This morning....all I really need is just a shower :-)
11 years ago on Introduction
:-) Now, if I could just get my wife to do this.....she is ALWAYS misplacing things *sigh*
11 years ago on Introduction
Many of us do this, it isn't so much memory loss, since there are THREE types of memory: the first and shortest forgets in about 30-90 seconds, and if you don't do something to move it into the more intermediate short term memory, it will go away.
Try this; which I did to get myself in the habit of paying attention to what I was doing: when I put something important down, I would look at it for a moment, and think in my head it is right there and look at what was around it. After a few times, I started doing it without the mental dialogue and I now rarely misplace things like that anymore. :-) Hope this helps!
11 years ago on Introduction
cool
11 years ago on Introduction
cool :P might catch fire when soldering though :S
11 years ago on Introduction
If you use some reasonably heavy gauge solid core wire, like 16 AWG or 18 AWG , you can put that in instead of screws and you can have flexible arms for your helping hands device.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
Thats a good suggestion