The phrase "a set of hands" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a group of people who are available to help or work on a task, often in a context where physical assistance is needed.
Example: "We need a set of hands to help us move the furniture this weekend."
Alternatives: "a group of helpers" or "a team of workers".
In 1909, a British man named Percy Douglas-Hamilton patented a set of hands, one attached to each side of the car, which could be illuminated to indicate a coming turn.
This time, however, the weapon of choice was not a gun, but a set of hands, used in an apparent chokehold on an asthmatic Staten Island man named Eric Garner — a tactic that, as it turns out, is forbidden by the NYPD.
When welcoming corporate chiefs, Forbes often assigned each of his four sons a set of hands to shake"to hit up for advertising," recalls his eldest son, Steve, before the sunset games of gin rummy.
S: So, how do you think you're going to be able to manage the people in your lab? M: Well, um, y'know, right off the bat, I really just want a set of hands, I'm not really looking for, y'know, somebody who's going to try to get too far off bat.
In the Sheffield data-set, each patient had a set of hands and feet X-rays at one time-point.
A stranger mailed the Hayes family a set of hand-sewn bumpers for each of the cribs.
Mr. Lair worked out a set of hand signals for the mahouts to cue the elephants while he was conducting.
At home, many children own a set of hand-me-downs and spend their days baby-sitting.
Respondents evaluated a set of hand-drawn forest profile diagrams designed to illustrate different levels and combinations of the mentioned three forest characteristics.
However, any statistical or machine learning classifier could be used in combination with a set of hand-crafted features for tissue classification.
Much of his early work included installation art and conceptual soft sculptures, notably a set of hand-sewn burlap bags filled with sand.
