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Originally Posted by IanBland
I did buy a "helping hands" from Maplin (remember them?) that was total pants. The parts had to be held in place by tightening fiddly little plastic knobs which of course stripped in my attempts to get them tight enough to stop moving. Waste of money, except for the magnifying glass bit which I kept for general use.
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I bought one from a guy who has several tables of tools at our local flea market.
It has real wing nuts as opposed to the pressed tin ones.
It works well and has a solid metal base for stability.