Helping Hands

I started to buy a set of "Helping Hands" today in a store, and then it occurred to me--I have a 3D printer!  So just now I looked on Thingiverse and, sure enough, there is a Helping Hands thing here:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:14012

And the more basic ball and socket pieces are here:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5578

I think I will print the ball and socket pieces and put them on a block of wood for a quick but useful set of helping hands.  I have some alligator clips to stick in the ends to complete the build.

This would have been very useful when I was building the MendelMax in the first place.  Used to own a set but I think I left them at a friend's house.  No worries now that I can print out physical objects.  :)

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