I saw a really cool soldering helping hand tool at my local amateur radio club meeting. So I did a search and found and printed https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2757071 by Mistertech. I really like the original, but being a mechanical engineer I wanted to redesign it to work the way I need and to take better advantage of how a 3D printer makes parts.
The things I wanted different are the following;
This is my result. I included a step model in the file list, so if you want to do a remix, you won't have to go through the process of curve fitting the .stl files.
Print two copies each of the rotating and static jaws and one base. I printed mine on my Creality Ender 3 Pro using HTPLA+ (3D870 from Nature Works) filament from Fusion Filaments
Helping_Hands_Redo_v23.step | 899.6KB | |
Jim_Solder_Fingers_Base.stl | 345.4KB | |
Jim_Solder_Fingers_Jaw_Rotating.stl | 372.0KB | |
Jim_Solder_Fingers_Jaw_Static.stl | 385.5KB |