Quote Originally Posted by Nick79 View Post
Third hand an old idea - and many very cost effective products are available - but will still cost a little more than $2.00; but you did have some material "on hand"
How many are produced and available is unquestionable, plenty are, yet none apparent in local retail.

I did 7 years worth of miniature and sub-miniature electronic assembly, much of it under a microscope. Those tools offered nothing compatible with repairs-in-place work. Cost effective is subjective; that market leans toward assembly benches, clean rooms and ESD garb.

Many examples depend on a heavy base, or excess height for say, under dash of a car. Articulating arms require fiddly adjustments, both of which positioned above something to steady elbows or arms, along with excess width outside 'work area'.
Mine is thin, low and narrow, compact enough for pocket or parts tray, cheap as can be, perfectly adapted to splicing, and I've seen none combining 2 means of attachment...not worthy of a patent, yet total up unique enough to qualify.

"On hand" to us, means remnants or odd bits that turn up, not scrap. Scrap applies for materials too small to hold or cut.