DIY Helping Hands Soldering Station

In this tutorial I am going to show how we can make a super flexible helping hands soldering station using basic materials which are low coast and can be found easily in nearby stores. This 4$ helping hands soldering station looks decent and can perform all the tasks that a commercial helping hands soldering station can do.

• 10 Gauge plastic coated single string metal wire
• Block of wood (15x30 Cm)
• Alligator Pins
• Some different sizes of steel rods
• Solder Holder (Or) Thick metal wire
• Solder tip cleaner (Or) A small container with steel scrubber
• A (7X10Cm) metal sheet
• Wood Finish Oil
• 5V White LED Light
• Hand drill and other tools

• Take the hand drill with a long 5mm diameter rod.
• Mark a point on rod for length of the arm.
• Take the metal wire and roll on the rod to make the spring.
• Similarly make few more springs.
• Take the same metal wire and double it using drill.
• This double wire is going to act as core for helping hands.

• Take the wooden block and mark the positions where you want to place your helping hands, solder holder, lead wire holder and solder tip cleaner.
• Drill the appropriate holes at the marks you made.
• For placing the helping hand drill a hole of spring diameter.
• Inside the same hole drill a hole of core diameter.

• Put the cores and springs in the respective holes using glue.
• Take the heat shrink tubes and the alligator pins.
• Fix the alligator pin using super glue.
• After the glue dries position the heat shrink tube and shrink it.
• Put the heat shrink tubes on the teeth's of the alligator pins.
• Glue a 5V LED light on a flexible hand.

Note: You can even put a magnifier and a small DC fan on the flexible hand.

• Fix the container with screws on to the wood.
• Place the scrubber and put the lid.
• To this lid make a opening.
• Fix the solder iron holder and a small rod for lead wire holder.
• Apply the wood finishing oil.

You can use a commercial solder holder and commercial solder tip cleaner instead.