Let’s DIY this overpriced helping hands ;)

[guavatone]

http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Tools_by_Job/Tools_for_Electronics_and_Pickups/Soldering/StewMac_Solder_Monster.html?utm_campaign=M5900&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NPA&utm_content=M5900_O_20180316

I thought this looked like the bees knees when I saw this until I saw the price tag.  I can't Think of the kids toy off hand but I think those blue ‘tentacles’ are available somewhere. 

 

[Gold]

Those look like lubricant hoses for a CNC cutter. Any gooose neck should do.

 

[abbey road d enfer]

http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Tools_by_Job/Tools_for_Electronics_and_Pickups/Soldering/StewMac_Solder_Monster.html?utm_campaign=M5900&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NPA&utm_content=M5900_O_20180316

I thought this looked like the bees knees when I saw this until I saw the price tag.  I can't Think of the kids toy off hand but I think those blue ‘tentacles’ are available somewhere.

They are commonly available as boom arms for action cameras, but not cheap.

 

[PRR]

Five feet, $31.
Two 13" chunks, larger diameter, $10.

Loc-line, Kool Mist, and Snap Flow seem to be major brands.

 

[guavatone]

Good call Gold.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/6-x-Plastic-Flexible-Water-Oil-Coolant-Pipe-Hose-L6/172519218868?epid=2113019884&hash=item282af25eb4:g:8s8AAOSw4DJYmWPr

Those things look 1/2” think and 2nfeet long. The photo’s probably doctored and it’s a small dude working on a kiddie guitar.  Typical goosenecks are annoyingly imprecise. Unlubrication and CNC leads to extremity losses so I guess they should be sturdy f-ers.  Good find PRR.

Same color as the CNC  tubing and the orange connectors. Even a clear tubing for inhalation of your fave substance or a gas mask attachment.  I think the clear tube gives it away.

 

[PRR]

The lube-squirt joint-tube can be flexed all day as various parts go through the lathe. Longevity may also be useful if you do $200 jobs on guitars all day long.

For most DIY, coathanger wire will do, and no shipping charge. It will break in a few hundred bends, but if you don't kink it it may survive years of DIY. And replacement wire is readily available, easily changed in a moment when your mind is elsewhere. The steel may take glues and binding-wire better than plastic. In many cases a sharp bend in the wire will hold in a hole (base or gator-clip) easier than adapting to slick lumpy plastic flex.

Yes, the plastic flex looks KEWL. How many folks come to your shop to admire your third hand?

 

[CJ]

stew-mac is a rip, our music store never buys from them unless absolutely necessary.

allparts is a lot cheaper,

anybody use this place? man are they cheap>

https://www.taydaelectronics.com/

hold the solder in your teeth and save $$$

 

[scott2000]

I've never used them but have seen their Ebay store when I was looking for a certain pot (insert Beavis)......

.....Can't remember the reviews or feedback though........

 

[Gold]

How many folks come to your shop to admire your third hand?

Not many and no one ever returns after I show them my third hand.  8)

 

[Scodiddly]

I can't imagine that being useful compared to the regular gizmos. I myself am happy if I've just got a Panavise, but I'm a little weird when it comes to soldering.