[Shop-talk] "helping hand" for soldering - recommendation?

[RONALD GRIFFING]

I use the $4.99 from Harbor Freight:

https://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?dir=asc&order=EAScore%2Cf%2CEAFeatured+Weight%2Cf%2CSale+Rank%2Cf&q=helping+hands

> On May 11, 2018 at 8:10 AM Lee Daniels wrote:
> 
> 
>     I'm very good at making a mess of an easy soldering job. And I've often flung
>     molten solder as the wire I was holding slipped out of the pliers I held
>     between my pinkies while using my other two hands to hold the iron and solder.
>     A bench vise and vise-grips come in handy too --- but I really need to spend
>     the $20 on a tool designed for the job.
> 
>     I'm amazed at some of the low prices on these. Any recommendations?
>     This one looks functional for only $7.85 - http://a.co/cG779c2
>     I like the included light with this one: http://a.co/85Quo6B - $14.99
>     Really cool, but probably overkill for me: http://a.co/b8oLqhk - $37.96
> 
>     Thoughts?
>     thanks!
>     Lee
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