sudomod

Afternoon (UK) All

found this while looking for a decent set of helping hands. Might help someone else

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1877826

Cheers

These work very well, are cheap and work better than 3D printed parts. You can make a solid wood base and screw them in. I did end up 3D printing a ball and socket for the ends which I attached alligator clips to. You can 3D print all type of attachments for it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-8-Nozzle-Oil- ... SwdjNZFFqD

HoolyHoo wrote: ↑

Fri May 12, 2017 8:44 am

These work very well, are cheap and work better than 3D printed parts. You can make a solid wood base and screw them in. I did end up 3D printing a ball and socket for the ends which I attached alligator clips to. You can 3D print all type of attachments for it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-8-Nozzle-Oil- ... SwdjNZFFqD

Could you share the 3d printed part files you used to do that? Seems like something I may wan to to use in the future. Cheap enough and they would work much better than my current helping hands.

rodocop wrote: ↑

Fri May 12, 2017 4:12 pm

HoolyHoo wrote: ↑

Fri May 12, 2017 8:44 am

These work very well, are cheap and work better than 3D printed parts. You can make a solid wood base and screw them in. I did end up 3D printing a ball and socket for the ends which I attached alligator clips to. You can 3D print all type of attachments for it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-8-Nozzle-Oil- ... SwdjNZFFqD

Could you share the 3d printed part files you used to do that? Seems like something I may wan to to use in the future. Cheap enough and they would work much better than my current helping hands.

Hmm, not sure I still have them but this is what it looks like. Cost me like $3.
You could just attach the alligator clips to the orange end directly and hot glue. I just wanted a way to rotate more easily. Like I said though, with a 3D printer you could adapt any kind of attachment for an extraction fan or whatever. Much cheaper than this.