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Spring Hook Tool: Push/Pull/Lifter Combo

Submitted by mussont

Type(s): Electronics/Gadget, Hand Tool
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http://www.hmcelectronics.com/cgi-bin/scripts/product/8630-0001/
$3 (US, estimated)

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I picked up one of these years ago when I was working on tape recorders (audio/vidio) for replacing belts. Now I keep one in my kit and use it to manipulate all kinds of things in hard-to-reach places.
One end has a hook for grabbing and pulling. The other end is designed to push things around.
The tool is about 1/8" diameter and almost 8-1/2" long.

Tool is available online from HMC Electronics. But you can probably find it in your local electronics shop.

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OK, the one mentioned here is really nice, but if you don't have that handy, you can make a small substitute. I invented this years ago for clearing out dot-matrix printers that had jammed up with the tractor-feed edges from fanfold paper. It also works well for getting floppy disk parts out of the drive.

Take a large paper clip, straighten out all but the smallest turn, and bend the end at a right angle to make a hook about an eighth of an inch long.

-- Bob
Posted by rjk2tx on April 09, 2007 at 20:34:22 Pacific Time