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  • Jigs are going to be your friend. I’d also recommend a good articulated PCB vice. I’ve seen some 3D printed ones, or you can buy a Panavise if you’re a millionaire.

    An easy-ish way to solder one-handed would be to use stencils and solder paste. The paste can hold components in place (weakly tho) and you can melt the solder either with a standard iron, hot air reflow iron, or even a soldering hotplate or oven. The hotplate and oven will be limiting though because it will reflow the entire board and will more or less limit you to single sided component layouts.

    Alternatively I have used this goofy grip in the past. It takes a lot of dexterity though!