Retriever - Cheap & cheerful homebrew!

[WorcsWuss]

I quite fancied one of those telescopic Stein retriever thingummies but to be honest I thought it a bit rich for me.

So, being a resourceful sort and having a shedfull of junk I decided to fashion one for myself.

 

It's a short telescopic paint roller handle from Travis Perkins which I straightened out a bit, cut a bit off, bent some more and then buffed the tip smooth with the Dremel. Length of accesory cord & a Stein tool clip in the other end et voila!

 

540mm long closed, extends to 920mm. Handle & pole are aluminium & hook end / 2nd stage extension is stainless.

 

Not perfect but I'm sure it will be just super for what I want!

[WorcsWuss]

Footnote:

Hook end is not the profile I was aiming for, was after something far more compact but, for the same reason that this contraption hasn't worked out as cheaply as it should have, I could only go so far before catastrophe!

[littlerob]

looks like that will do the job at a fraction of the cost

[littlerob]

shame about the bench vice

[WorcsWuss]

Should do.... not sure what the cost of a replacement vice will be though!

[littlerob]

it depends on the size of the vice i do have one laid about in the yard as i have a work bench with a 10ton one the chipper has a 1ton mounted to it and i have around the 5 ton one laid about in the yard

[WorcsWuss]

Fortunately it's only a diddly one, under 40 quid I think....

So it's cost me the same as a Stein retriever! Ar&e!

[treequip]

I have a few of these up to a huge triple extension one

2' - 4' SUPERHANDLE EXTENSION POLE - RoDO

 

They are US made and strong as you like ideal for retrievers and pole saws

[RobRainford]

i reckon thats where the stein retreiver inventor got his idea!

 

i think youve got a bit of excessive play in the vice there

[fergusonforestry]

get it welded mine has been, 2nd hand when i got it welded up at the same spot had loads of abuse an hasnt failed me yet