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Post  ian1954 Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:45 pm

Roddie has mentioned "Helping Hands" in a previous post. It is a useful gadget for holding and soldering bits and pieces together.

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It can be very fiddly to use. Adjusting the arms and crocodile clips can be frustrating and repetitive work isn't as straightforward as it could be.

I would be without one though - it has its place and trying to hold a soldering iron, solder and parts to be soldered together without one is difficult.

However, for certain tasks a jig is far better. By jig, I don't mean a variation of an Irish dance - although if you catch yourself with a 60W iron, a jig is often performed along with expletives.

This past weekend, I had a lot of soldering to do - 5 ESCs and 5 motors. Each motor requires 3 plugs (some of them tiny), the ESCs need 3 matching sockets plus a two wire battery connection.

That makes 40 joints ( not the things that you smoke - cigarettes do me fine (or not!)).

I came across this little jig and if you are into electrickery can recommend it or constructing something similar.

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It saved me quite a bit of time!
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Post  roddie Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:14 pm

I do like that! "Mr. Jig"... I would like to make one from something non-conductive.

Hey Ian.. how do you like this gadget? (looks like that thing in the "Phantasm" movie!!!  Affraid or WOW! )

I think it's for holding notes on your desk.. The arms are telescoping, to prioritize!  Laughing 

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Post  pkrankow Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:44 am

Take a length (4 inches to a foot) of solid copper wire, say #12 house wire, put an alligator clip on each end. The uses are many and varied when it comes to solder and paint.

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Post  roddie Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:53 am

pkrankow wrote:Take a length (4 inches to a foot) of solid copper wire, say #12 house wire, put an alligator clip on each end.  The uses are many and varied when it comes to solder and paint.

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That's an excellent idea Phil.. and so simple to make too! Lock it in a vise (or a set of locking pliers used for a base)... and you've got an extra hand!

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