When I looked at the soldering station listed earlier, I saw this advertised on the side of the page and the price is cheaper than I have ever seen one of these things, even from Chinese eBay sellers. Dick Smith currently sells this item on their own eBay store for $8.99. They are about $12 from Jaycar.
$5.99 for C&C is a good deal. It might also come in handy as a cheapy to add to an order to get it over $50 so you can use the 10forme $10 off over $50 deal currently on.
What's the normal price for the one shown?
Incomparable.
Officework price match ~£3,320.25
They are normally 14.95, the cheapest ive seen is 4.99, I bought one recently, they are much smaller than you think
So one needs to buy two, first one is to see the second one…
thanks OP I've always needed one but never got one till now
IMO these things are crap for soldering circuit boards. I much prefer to just slap the PBB directly onto the table/desk/bench.
Or carefully in a vice
If only Smith was missing in the title ;-)
Dick
SmithHelping Hands with Magnifier
Good for tinning wire ends before actual soldering in place.
You need DS glasses if you need a magnifying glass and crocodile clips to hold a wire for tinning.
Sir, do you have 3 arms?
Something easily learnt over years of practice.
Like cracking an egg in one hand.
Random. I'd started looking for one of these.
Someone always does!
Oo always thought how handy one of these would be for work, soldering leads into terminals and doing pin connections on serial leads etc. I'll buy it myself and be a company man.
Didn't know I needed one of these things until I saw it. Thanks OP. Will come in handy for some intricate crafts
I got one for $10 last year. They come in very handy for soldering jobs etc.
Would this be good for shaving my junk?
Sure! Just clamp it with both clips, adjust magnifying glass so it's not blurry and you're all good to go
you will need a more powerful magnifying glass. Probably the Hubble.
How big is the magnifying glass? Anyone know? Also is the magnifying glass made of glass or plastic?
Just picked mine up, its made of glass and it has a diameter of around 7cm
👍 ordered one. Would be good and a bit extra safety as the Flux smoke doesn't flow in your eyes.
correct, it goes around the glass and into your eyes.
I bet if i did a search for helping hands, most of the responses won't look like that.
I have one of these and I honestly couldn't recommend it. It's just a bit too cheapily made. I have to regularly re-crimp (with little success) the alligator clips onto their rods and getting a good angle with these is a little awkward. I'd suggest going for something a bit more robust/expensive. As for what that is - I don't know - I'm in the market for one myself.
While I also wouldn't necessarily recommend it, at $5 if you don't have anything else and can't be bothered finding something better then I say go for it. It gets the job done, much better than nothing.
what is better?
There is a great one with Gollapod arms that I've used. http://www.instructables.com/id/Improved-GorillaPod-Helping-… this type of thing.
Why it does say $6.58 rather than 5.99? Is there a code to apply or just simply they have bumped up the price?
GST?
yeah saw it at $6.58… i guess the sales over.
I'm heading down to pick mine up from Emporium at lunchtime. Maybe I needn't have switched to my large backpack…
I got one that looks virtually identical to this from DX.com
Be careful about leaving this out where sunlight can hit it, I have a massive burn on my sofa to show for it.
You can also use this in a similar way to zap ants on a sunny day. .
Picked mine up and was well worth the money. It is useful if you want one .
this one is better…