Helping Hands - 100 Cent Weight Upgrade

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I took the Helping hands from @MicroMotorWarehouse, split it open, and made cavities to hold up to 100 pennies as additional mass. $1 in pennies will add a lot of mass to the base and make it more stable. Print, add the pennies, then glue the bottom to the top securing the pennies inside. Adding a bit of glue to the pennies themselves will prevent them rattling about. Epoxy or super glue (CA glue) should work. Epoxy alligator clips to the ends of the loc-line tubes. I added a small magnifying glass to mine: the added mass of the pennies allows this to work without tipping over. Once the base glue has cured, use epoxy to glue tubes in place. Test fit first: if needed, trim a bit of the threads off of the base of the loc-line tube. The base is not threaded, but the glue will hold it all in place.