{"id":6100,"date":"2019-05-24T16:13:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T20:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/?p=6100"},"modified":"2019-07-16T07:41:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T11:41:15","slug":"led-ring-3x-magnifier-pcb-bench-vise-with-helping-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/24\/led-ring-3x-magnifier-pcb-bench-vise-with-helping-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: LED Ring Magnifier PCB Bench Vise with Helping Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>3rd hand tools are a must-have when working with soldering.  You need something to hold the PCB, the solder, and the soldering iron.  Basically any project where you need a (wait for it&#8230;) 3rd hand!  A magnifying glass is also helpful for those with aging eyes.  My friends at Banggood.com sent my this to check out and I have to say I&#8217;m impressed.   Read on..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BGmagnefier-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BGmagnefier-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BGmagnefier.jpg 529w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Before receiving this, I had <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"make my own (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/09\/3d-print-electronics-soldering-3rd-hand\/\" target=\"_blank\">made my own<\/a> with a combination of 3D printed pieces and pre-made arms.  Although it&#8217;s worked fine, the lack of lighting around the magnifying glass made it hard to see the work piece due to shadows.  This product solves that problem and thensome. It has a tough build,  3 switchable light modes (warm, natural and cool) as well as brightness settings.  It does have it&#8217;s small annoyances however.  Hop down to the video review below to see it in action.  You can get yours <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.banggood.com\/USB-LED-3X-Magnifier-PCB-Fixture-Bench-Vise-Table-Clamp-Soldering-Helping-Hand-Soldering-Station-Third-Hand-Tool-with-5Pcs-Flexible-Arms-p-1416688.html?p=R90804949020201412E4\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> over at Banggood.com.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LED Ring 3X Magnifier PCB Bench Vise with Helping Hands - Banggood.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NcvrmAoZFxA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3rd hand tools are a must-have when working with soldering. You need something to hold the PCB, the solder, and the soldering iron. Basically any project where you need a (wait for it&#8230;) 3rd hand! A magnifying glass is also helpful for those with aging eyes. My friends at Banggood.com sent my this to check out and I have to say I&#8217;m impressed. Read on.. Before receiving this, I had made my own with a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/24\/led-ring-3x-magnifier-pcb-bench-vise-with-helping-hands\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,44],"tags":[64,194],"class_list":["post-6100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronics","category-reviews","tag-arduino","tag-soldering","has_thumb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BGmagnefier.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pK41j-1Ao","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6100"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6115,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6100\/revisions\/6115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}