Customer Reviews

SE Magnifier/Third Hand

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I bought this stand to fix my micro rc heli, and it was almost perfect, but not quite.

Not much to this really, just a stand with two (tight) alligator clips and a magnifying glass on a relatively heavy base. The problem is pretty much every piece of this stand pivots. This is good one hand that you can adjust everything, but bad because really even tightened all the way, some joints may pivot without you wanting them to, thereby causing the stand to fall over.

The stand would have been perfect if the main bar had some way of locking into place, but even so it's 5 bucks, I can't complain much.

The Helping Hands/ Magnifying glass is a big help when trying to hold something small--like jewelry--and work on it. I modified mine a bit by moving one of the arms so that instead of the magnifying glass being in the middle, it's on the end. Since everything can be slid around, the magnifying glass can still be over what I'm working on, and I have the 'hands' close enough together to hold smaller things. I also put a strip of electrical tape around the clips to put a little protection between them and what I'm holding, so there's no risk of scratching what I'm working on. The base is surprisingly heavy so I can use it for anything small enough to fit on there and balance. The one other thing it could use is a light--to me that would give it a 5 out of 5 rating. It was very inexpensive, and worth way more than it cost. I'm very pleased with the purchase and will recommend it to my friends.

Everytime I get it set up, stable and ready to do a project it falls over

A lot of times when working with small item you never have the space or hands so you drop what you have in your hands but with this SE Magnifier/ Third hand you can work a lot more easy it is a very god help

Great for people who work with jewelry, or electronics. I really needed something like this with a light, however, found that this works out pretty well.

I do not know why I waited so long to order one of these. This is really one of the most helpful tools I have purchased in a long time. Wonderful item at a great price. You can't go wrong.

The Helping hands is a pretty awesome tool. I saw this thing on an online video and thought they looked cool and would help with my painting projects and purchased it from amazon, its even cooler in person. My only issue is that I wish it had extra clamps, but I guess I can purchase the claps seperately.

A lot of people recommend this for PCB work. I have found that it scratches PCB's, and doesn't hold them up very well. I use some small spring clamps clipped into to the clips it comes with, it keeps them from scratching whatever I'm working on. If you are going to be doing PCB, you should probably get a Panavise Jr. This product is really good for making cables though. It's good for clipping a connector into one end, and the wire into the other. The magnifying glass is difficult to use while soldering, but it might be better for other uses. You also can't get it far enough away to really see anything.

This magnifying glass is totally to little. Its sitting on my shelf, because you really can't use it for nothing. Its not worth the money.