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How to solder with only one hand (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by machine2918@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I very recently became paralyzed in my left (and dominant) arm, fingers and foot, which believe it or not, was not planned for.

The timing was pretty bad, as I've just purchased a couple of ESP3266-boards, a soldering kit and two pressure mats with the the end goal of making a basic bad sensor (one mat for my girlfriend and my side). (Here's the guide I intend to follow: Make your own bed sensor)

The obvious issue is how one, as easily as possible, can accomplish this? Main issues right now are that I can't hold the board, the wires or anything in my hand.

Any and all tips are greatly appreciated.

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[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Well I hate to hear that, but I appreciate your optimism on it.

https://www.instructables.com/Build-a-One-Handed-Soldering-Tool-20-Effortless-So/

I've seen a sort of equivalent for welding with just a feed wire, maybe something like this could work. I'm guessing if not, some fancy clamps that can be held in many orientations would do it, something like this

[–] wiccan2@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've had some success using a solder gun as above.

You load a spool on the back and it feeds it through to the tip when you pull the trigger. It's one less thing to position in the helper grips others have suggested.