Mini-Vise For Small Circuit Card Soldering

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I love my quad-hands, but the long arms do me almost no good and it's hard to get the flexible arms to hold small circuit cards level. I designed my own small, super simple vise to use with my quad hands setup. It's mainly used for USB microscope soldering but could be used for other tasks. The knob protrudes below the base so you need to use this near the edge of the quad hands. This is such a small vise that making the knob small enough to avoid protruding below the bottom would make it hard to use anyway. There are numerous grooves on each face so the circuit card can be tilted for specialty soldering. There are examples in the pictures - feel free to make fun of my soldering ability. Of course, I love 3D printing, but don't hesitate to purchase screws, nuts, etc. as I don't feel that small 3D printed threads are worth the trouble and not sure they would work for this anyway. You should be able to drive the #10 screw through the handle with cordless screwdriver, or even by hand. I put a dab of super glue on it just to make sure it doesn't move. The #6 can be standard or self tapping and will go in by hand easily. Magnets are a press fit on the bottom with about .002" interference so not to bad to push in. Nut is same story. Design was done in Fusion 360. I have a pana-vise version of this same thing coming out soon also. Stay tuned.