Helping Hand tool

Suggest or recommend suitable tools for use in constructing your model railway.
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purpledriver
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Helping Hand tool

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Got a helping hand with magnifying glass, should I heat shrink the clip jaws to protect the wires?
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The croc clip jaws will damage wire insulation. I use small peg like sprung clamps with plastic jaws and just clamp them in the croc jaws. These clamps can be bought for about £1 for a card of 10. Loads of jobs can be helped for the modeller.
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Any chance TDD you could post an image or a link? R-
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RogerB wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 8:26 pm Any chance TDD you could post an image or a link? R-
No problem Roger. Notice I removed the magnifier glass from mine as I prefer to wear head magnifier or a desk mounted illuminated magnifier for the "big" jobs.



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Thanks TDD. If anyone else is looking for them here is a link to the relevant eBay location.

Other suppliers are available :D .

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Thanks for the info.
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