{"id":9027,"date":"2006-06-25T22:05:16","date_gmt":"2006-06-25T22:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=9027"},"modified":"2006-06-25T22:05:16","modified_gmt":"2006-06-25T22:05:16","slug":"third-hand-gets-diy-finger-grafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=9027","title":{"rendered":"Third Hand Gets DIY Finger Grafts"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve made the point here several times in the past that the “Helping Hand” (also called a “Third Hand”) is a crucial tool in doing successful electronics work. We recommend having at least two. On the wonderful, marvelous Instructables, a builder shows<\/a> how easy it is to add your own ball-socketed, adjustable “fingers” to your Hand. The more fingers the merrier, we say. <\/p>\n

In another Instructable<\/a>, he shows a “why the hell didn’t *I* think of that?” way of tweaking the set-up of your Helping Hand unit to make it much more useful for small PCBs and other close-in work (hint: it involves ditching that magnifying “finger” that’s rarely used — at least my scratched up, crappy plastic one isn’t — I have an honest-to-goodness glass one on my second Hand).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve made the point here several times in the past that the “Helping Hand” (also called a “Third Hand”) is a crucial tool in doing successful electronics work. We recommend having at least two. On the wonderful, marvelous Instructables, a builder shows how easy it is to add your own ball-socketed, adjustable “fingers” to your … <\/p>\n

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