The Universal No-Touch Access Tool!
Added 2020-05-18 20:00:15 +0000 UTCWhy use your hands to operate filthy unsanitary knobs and buttons? Do you eat soup with your hands? Are we animals? Of course not! It's time for new traditions. It's time for the Universal No-Touch Access Tool! No more worries, just opened doors. Enjoy, and Be Safe!
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I'm amazed such a simple trick works so well, even on knobs!
2020-05-31 01:43:31 +0000 UTCImpressive with the round door knobs. Sleeves of my sweaters are getting stretched using them to grab doorknobs with. :)
2020-05-20 22:25:15 +0000 UTCJust an exercise in tool design - I thought it would be a challenge to make a tool that could grab a round door knob without any moving parts.
Fran Blanche
2020-05-20 13:21:40 +0000 UTCYea!
Fran Blanche
2020-05-20 13:20:53 +0000 UTCI found with this design a compressive grippy material worked best.
Fran Blanche
2020-05-20 13:20:30 +0000 UTCi added a turnbuckle with a ibolt at one end and a hook at the other end. to my keychain, its pretty handy. especcially with my keys on a lanyard around my neck, i can grab a door and open itpretty easy .. not so good on the round nobs as yours. now i want to make a small palm of hand snail. where the antenni are those cloths hooks and the eyes the screws. gonna need a wrist strap or something. but yay.. fun makering.
Adric Menning
2020-05-19 22:57:00 +0000 UTCI'm hooked!
BobC
2020-05-19 02:26:19 +0000 UTCFirst comment I saw, literally while thinking the exact same thing. XD
Travis Snoozy
2020-05-19 00:41:13 +0000 UTCCool!
William Alsing
2020-05-18 23:13:58 +0000 UTCalso, a handy weapon, just in case
BiggieJohn
2020-05-18 23:08:51 +0000 UTCI 3d print a tool to do that.
2020-05-18 22:39:23 +0000 UTCThat thing needs a holster!
2020-05-18 22:26:52 +0000 UTCThat's brilliant. Even in non-pandemic times, this device looks like it'd be a huge help to senior citizens and other people that may find operating knobs and handles challenging from a strength perspective.
OzRetrocomp
2020-05-18 22:24:00 +0000 UTCExcellent Fran!!!👍
Darrell Ashby
2020-05-18 22:09:32 +0000 UTCLove it! Thanks Fran!
2020-05-18 22:01:54 +0000 UTCThe thing that impresses me about this version is that it actually works on round knobs as well: most of the other versions I’ve seen are limited to pushing/pulling and need more accessible door furniture. Well done! Ewen
Ewen McNeill
2020-05-18 21:35:19 +0000 UTCNecessity is the mother of invention. Very simple but clever.
David Peaker
2020-05-18 21:00:28 +0000 UTCTell you what Fran, a lot of folks are "MacGyvers" but you take it to the next level. :-)
Paul Pruss
2020-05-18 20:48:26 +0000 UTCBrilliant, can we have 1 million by next week? Seriously though, Brilliant!
Dr Andy Hill
2020-05-18 20:46:31 +0000 UTCI predict a hundred copies - but this is where it all started.
Techmoan
2020-05-18 20:43:07 +0000 UTCNice tool and great to see you creating again. Thanks for sharing.
David Blake
2020-05-18 20:37:00 +0000 UTCThat's about the cleverest thing I have ever seen.....but then I'm 82 and don't get around much! LOL Great job Fran!
Carol K Stouffer
2020-05-18 20:32:58 +0000 UTCMaybe instead of adding tape to the hooks, two pieces of heat-shrink tube would work also?
2020-05-18 20:32:02 +0000 UTCWell the dirty end never needs to be cleaned - just let it be dirty.
Fran Blanche
2020-05-18 20:09:19 +0000 UTCThere are a couple companies making devices like this, but I've been quite disappointed by them. The primary issue I've had is that they are usually a keychain type, and the hook is too small to grab many door handles. I don't think yours will have that problem on account of decent size hooks. And all done using inexpensive and readily available parts, love it!
Nick95
2020-05-18 20:09:02 +0000 UTCSeems like something that would be awesome to make out of copper, then it'd be naturally antimicrobial too! In addition to its antimicrobial properties, it would also be shiny, if a bit heavy...
Nick95
2020-05-18 20:03:32 +0000 UTC
