DIY Helping/Third Hand for Soldering

Things needed for this Project:
Printing Files from Thingiverse:
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3/8BSP Flexible Pipe from China //Aliexpress affiliate
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10x Alligator Clips from China //Aliexpress affiliate
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Questions? Put them in the comments ;)

[@aryanmishra5591]

Man that way of attaching the clips to the pipe is just genius.

[@MakenModify]

Thank you ;)

[@johnmichaels4330]

Great info, tyvm. Subed

[@jonbrumbaugh332]

Setting female end on the arms in boiling water for about 20-30 seconds can expand the plastic enough to force them together more easily

[@MakenModify]

Thanks for this tip, will try it next time ;)

[@CandleStick21]

The alligator clips link to alliexpress is bad. Do you have a size of clip or a new link for some that will work? Great design!

[@paulb8264]

Wow, I can't believe 3D printing has gotten good enough to print threaded holes. Very impressive. Very nice nice tutorial. Just curious why didn't you just epoxy/glue the clamps into the nozzles? They should rotate well enough at the knuckles to allow for positioning the clamps. That way way there is no need to phaff about removing them and fighting to get them back on.

[@MakenModify]

good point, not sure if that would work so, you can't rotate the elemts of the pipe so easy. As showen it needs a lot of force to put those back in place an its not that easy to even bend the pipe. But one could add a lever i guess ;)

[@certified-forklifter]

awesome! does the plastic pipe smell strong?

[@MakenModify]

Hm... Mine doesn't smell at all... Should it?

[@certified-forklifter]

ich frag mal auf Deutsch, ich hoffe es ist kein Problem: Ist das Plastik von den Armen so dass es giftig/stark stinkt? Aber vielen Dank für die Antwort, tolles Video!@@MakenModify

[@MakenModify]

@@certified-forklifter kein Problem, ne stinkt gar nicht, giftig wird es vermutlich auch nicht sein. Die Schläuche sind normal für Kühlmittel und werden mit der Hand eingestellt also vermutlich nicht giftiger als all alles ander aus China ;) aber als Strohhalm würde ich es trotzdem nicht verwenden 😬

[@certified-forklifter]

danke :)@@MakenModify

[@TheMrFrontera]

Thanks for sharing. I like this design vs a lot of the others i've seen. I've never 3D printed anything before. Would it be as simple as me just downloading the file and bringing it to someone to 3D print? I go to a university that has a "makers society" where i can pay them to print it. I don't have 3D modeling software on my computer currently, so I am wondering if i need to change any of the settings or any settings that I would need to tell them to set when printing. Can you please provide me with the any answers that may be needed when taking it to get printed?

[@MakenModify]

yes, you should be fine with downloading the STL-File. Print settings are up to you/them, you don't need 100% infill, 30-50 should be just fine. Layer hight is also not that important, i would go with 0.2 mm. And material, depends on you. most things I print are PLA, but everything else should be good too. If you sometimes use hot air neer the mount you should maybe go for ABS... But I think they will explain the rest to you ;)

[@filobolla3897]

Are the arms sturdy enough? do they support well a pcb even for desoldering? On my helping hand the board fall when i suck with my desoldering pump

[@MakenModify]

they are quiet sturdy, ok for desoldering but not great. They get a lot stiffer if you shorten them, but that's a compromise you have to decide on ;)

[@filobolla3897]

Make'n'Modify Danke mate, I'll try

[@danielelbaztm3706]

the best

[@uAslan53]

Schade das du dich dazu entschlossen hast englisch zu reden. Das deutsche publikum ist wohl nicht genug

[@MakenModify]

ja das is so ne Sache, der Hauptgrund ist, dass ich möchte, dass jeder die Möglichkeit hat die Videos zu verstehen und Englisch is da nun mal der kleinste gemeinsame Nenner ;)

[@FatBastardPipes]

Hello, and why "couldn't you talk" ? 😆​