How to hold stuff in place while working on it?

>>1204961
vice/vise

in reality a set of helping hands is as much use in machining as in soldering.
i.e. none.

>>1204965
>in reality a set of helping hands is as much use in machining as in soldering.
Have you never soldered before or are you just a moron? You can't hold multiple objects at different angles in a single vice, and you can't use multiple vices easily

>>1204971
i have never successfully used a set of helping hands. i find proper pcb holder can be useful but with a little dexterity practice you can hold a board and component while feeding solder with one hand and iron in the other, certainly don't need mr wobbly shite over there.

mechanical is much easier, you clamp whatever you are working on, bolt in one hand nut in the other. couldn't be any simpler?

>>1204961
>Is there an equivalent tool for machining?
vise grips

Acquire friends you degenerate or learn to be dexterious as fuck.

>>1205021
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>>1204961
for electronics work, panavise does what nintendon't

soft jaws vise is good for when you've got precision machined surfaces you shouldn't clamp, but fuck it you're gonna clamp it anyway

bench vise is the normal choice for fitters

leg vise is more durable than a bench vise if you're regularly sledgehammering on parts

or get a fixturing table if you've got unlimited money