Magnetically Clamped Soldering Fingers/Helping Hands

This project holds wires firmly together for soldering.  I designed it to magnetically clamp to the steel plate that I use as a base for soldering.

• Magnetic attachment allows flexible positioning of grippers, and prevents them slipping.
• Grippers can be located as close together or as far apart as required.

Files

I have provided a Fusion360 project to allow for easy customisation.

I have provided an STL file for no-fuss printing.

Instructions

No special print settings are required - the defaults for PLA should work fine.

Print two copies of the STL file.  The item is symmetric, and so can be used as the left and right sides.

Glue two 5x1mm disc magnets into the base of each gripper.

Parts

There are many suitably sized magnets. An example is: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003974778044.html

There are many steel plates that will work with the grippers.  Some examples are:

www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004444389237.html

www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006076120064.html

www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003156175982.html