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

[Brian Kemp]

Another option you may already have is a plastic chip clip - the kind of 
clip that you use to seal a big bag of potato chips or similar.  The 
have some weight so they may stay in place for light work.  They are 
long enough that you can put a wire at each end, meeting in the middle 
to solder.  They are also long enough that you can have the wire in one 
end and clip the other to something nearby, perhaps to a clump of wires, 
if working in a semi-confined space.

Brian

On 5/11/2018 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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