For the handyman in your life who’s too prone to asking “Hey, would you mind holding this for me for a sec?,” relief may be right around the corner. This Helping Hands rig is like one of the little dual-clamp tools modelmakers use, but on steroids. While the retailer, Harbor Freight Tools, is known more for low price than durable construction, the rig certainly looks sturdy enough €” with fully manuverable locking pliers and a base for mounting to a heavy workbench; it’s advertised as a welding accessory, but we’ve already thought of a half-dozen other projects we could use it for. And now that we’re thinking about gifts for the handyman, he (or she) would probably love the Gorilla aluminum or fiberglass ladders that can adjust into 20 different positions. It can be an extension ladder, a scaffold, a twin stepladder or a stairway ladder and each use can be adjusted to many different heights. A 17-foot one from Gorilla Ladders is $179. You may never hear, “Hey, can you come hold this so I don’t fall” again, either.