When you’re soldering, you’ve got a lot to juggle: the soldering iron, the solder, and the two things you are connecting to each other. The helping hands let you place the items you’re soldering in a stable position. Use the clips to hold the item in place as shown in Figure 2-2. But once you start inserting items into the board, you need some way to keep them from moving. Placing a Component in the Board shows you how to do that.

Figure 2-2. Holding a PCB in the helping hands