My third hand damages wires insulation because it's holding them too tight. Any tips how to avoid this?
Third hand damages insulation
insulationsoldering
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There's some sort of lacquer on the wires to prevent them from shorting. You can try to scrape this off and solder them - soldering will also prevent them from fraying. A bit of heatshrink wouldn't hurt either.
Something like this may help. Just google "solder helping hand"
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Best Answer
Wrap the teeth in heat-shrink tubing or electrical tape. It will still hold just as tightly, but without the teeth, the pressure on the wire being held will be less.