[sdiy] A better pair of helper hands?

[Mattias Rickardsson]

On 16 September 2012 15:11, Justin Owen <juzowen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Years ago I bought one of those two arm/crocodile clip plus magnifying glass things like this:
>
> http://www.rapidonline.com/Tools-Equipment/Assembly-aid-30478

I just bought a couple just like that one to my work, and noticed that
they were a tiny bit different from my own one: the crocodile clips
are held by a screw instead of sitting around an arm. The screw is too
small to turn comfortably, and it deforms the crocodile clip shaft
making it fit very badly and easily come loose again. Quite
unexplainable choice of construction. Might be worth to check for that
detail when buying those.

Otherwise, it's not the best tool, but at least it's cheap. They could
have skipped the magnifying glass, really, it's just too heavy and
gets in my way... I never use it. :-)

/mr