Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Long Range Pole Grabber”.
Read your grabber tools are pretty useful, especially if you have limited mobility, but what, if you wanted to pick up something that was heavier or farther away? In that case, you could build your own pole mounted grabber tool. All you need is a few pieces of lumber and some mounting hardware start by cutting a section of 2×2, that’s about 15 inches long. This will be the stationary arm of the gripper. Next, we need to cut out the closing arm of the gripper.
To do this. Take a piece of 1×6 and trace the outline of an arch i made mine about 22 inches long and about an inch thick then cut out the shape with either a scroll saw or a jigsaw position. The two arms. The way that you want them to line up in the final assembly make a mark in the center of the boards, where they intersect, then drill a quarter inch hole at each location for the pivot bolt next drill, an 11 16 hole in the end of the 2X2 on the side that’s nearest to the pivot hole. This will be where we later mount the pole to attach the two boards together insert a washer onto a quarter, inch bolt and slide it through the 2×2, then add another washer and slide on the closing arm. Lastly, put on one more washer and add a nut to hold it all together. In order to close the gripper, you need to attach a pull cord to the back end of the closing arm, so drill another quarter inch hole there insert the end of a rope through the hole and tie it into a knot to hold it in place to Attach the gripper assembly to a pole just fit the threads on the end of the pole into the hole on the end of the stationary arm. If you size the hole correctly, you should be able to just screw them together to ensure that the gripper will open properly. I added a spring to pull the moving arm open. The easiest way to do this is to screw a hook into both boards, then attach an extension spring between them. Now you have a basic pole mounted gripper tool, but there are a lot of ways that you can modify and customize the design.
For instance, you can add a second closing arm for greater stability. You can add teeth to the inside to help it grip better. You can even add magnets for picking up small metal objects. Now that you have a long range gripper tool.
You just need to find some excuse to use it. You can clear dead branches out of trees. You can rescue a stuck kite use your imagination, thanks for watching and check back next week for more diy hacks and how to’s you .