Purpose-built helping hands (image by joebeone, used under CC BY 2.0)
Have your cheap chinese set of helping hands vanished in your messy workshop? Or are they too flimsy for the job?
Grab a pair of pliers and a sturdy rubber band. Wrap it a couple of times around the handles and voilá!
The holding angle might be somewhat more limited than those purpose-built tools. On the other hand, thanks to their higher weight, I find the pliers to be steadier and to provide a firmer grip. You can pile them up to some extent too, to change the angle
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