Homemade Helping Hands
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tomsunax on instructables.com
DESCRIPTION:
Homemade helping hands fashioned from a pair of pliers. Rubber bands were wrapped around the handles to maintain grip.
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Jan 14, 2014 4:38 PM
DIYer
Until I saw this picture, I didn't realize that I had a third hand sitting in my toolbox.
Nov 03, 2013 8:33 AM
daveward
This soldering task , as pictured, must be one of the most repeated in the electrical world and there doesn't seem to be a perfectly easy tool to hold those two wires. There is a million dollar tool waiting to be created.
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DIY Helping Hands - comment on how to build a Helping Hands - 2 comments
DIYer says:
Jan 14, 2014 4:38 PM
Until I saw this picture, I didn't realize that I had a third hand sitting in my toolbox.
daveward says:
Nov 03, 2013 8:33 AM
This soldering task , as pictured, must be one of the most repeated in the electrical world and there doesn't seem to be a perfectly easy tool to hold those two wires. There is a million dollar tool waiting to be created.
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