Weller Helping Hands with 4 Magnetic Arms | WLACCHHM-02

If you're like me, you're often in the garage tinkering on something alone. These are helpful set of hands to have around. I used my to solder wires on my motorcycle. I found it helpful as the base fit into smaller access points in my motorcycle where i needed to solder wire connections directly on the bike. Easy to reconfigure unit to get the claws where I needed, even putting both on the same side. Magnifying class seemed helpful, but I did not use due to the tightness of my workspace. I highly suggest adding heat-shrink to the claws. They are strong and seemed they would cut into wire casing on smaller wires. My wiring work on my motorcycle would have been significantly more difficult without this unit. Even my spouses hands would have been more difficult because her hands are still larger than this unit.

Works great for me! I highly recommend this product!

I always struggled finding ways to hold my joints together - usually on autos or motorcycles and found it hard to get good joints. Then I tried these helping hands and they are a game changer. The fact that all 4 arms can be attached separately to any magnetic surface makes it easy to hold wires in the right position. My only 2 complaints are pretty minor, and both to do with positioning the arms. First is that the arms won't fold over on themselves very tightly, so it's harder to mount an arm to the top of a surface and loop around to hold a wire from the top side & near the base of the arm. They work better in relatively straight orientations. The second is that the clamps are threaded into the end of each arm and they like to come loose when I'm trying to orient my wires.

It comes in a nice compact box. The weight of the stand is great for small electronics, but will topple for heavier items like glasses. It's easy to use and has strong clasps. Stays still and stiff when you need it to due to its twist tight grips. Very adjustable and looks great. The magnifying glass works like a charm!

I purchased this for my sis who had some pieces from one & wanted help how they went back together. I went on the net lookin' for an 'exact' match w/ hers (kinda old school, built to last) & that's EXACTLY what I got. Def-fin-net-ley worth the coupla bucks more. I'm good & she's happy as a duck swimming' inna pond, PLUS she's got the kicker of having an extra EXTRA (alligator clip, fit fine) hand. Yeah!!, score 1 for Team Bill

Not much to say. It's an extra set of hands and help to see those little connections when soldering. I had one of the flexible arm types but they don't work as well as this one does. Seems sturdy, works well.

Too small

if you are a fly fisherman and like me your vision is not as good as it used to be. This will help.very good tool to have.

Justo lo que buscaba, lo estoy usando para hacer fotografía de productos, Perfecto para sostener elementos. Materiales de muy buena calidad, la base es pesada pero Justo para que no se mueva a la hora de usarse. Recomendada

3. und 4. Hand (und ruhige Hand xd) und besseres sehen, einfach toll

Winzig kleine Hysterese von Ärmer, feste Haltung durch Magnete. Bedenklich ist zwar der Preis, aber wer sich leisten kann wird mit dem Spaß an der Arbeit belohnt.

You would expect a Weller product to be thoughtfully designed, but this is not the case here. Two major issues with this product, make it unfit for purpose:1. The magnets are positioned 1+ mm away from the base plate, resulting into a very weak magnetic bonding with the base plate. It appears as if the gap was left intentionally to protect the magnets (from getting shuttered accidentally) and allow for a self-adhesive felt or rubber piece to be attached, to absorb any shock and noise caused when you attach the helping hands to the metallic base plate.However, no such rubber or felt stickers were included in the packaging. As a matter of fact, the magnetic bonding is so weak that there is no need!2. The helping hands are fairly rigid and strong. This is a good thing. but they are too long for the small size of the base plate. I struggled to put them into the right position and that would leave only 5 cm of working space, i.e. only to fit a tiny PCB. If you take away two helping hands, you have more working space but, then, why pay much more for 4 helping hands if you can only use 2 of them? If you already have a large, thick base plate, these helping hands will be more useful.Overall, I cannot recommend this item. Weak magnetic bonding and too small base plate make it unfit for purpose.

A really useful tool for dealing with delicate items that need to held when working on them. The magnifier is a bonus when repairing small items. A great tool for any workbox