After shopping online for a valve spring remover, as soon as I recovered from sticker shock I made one.
The main parts were scrap: part of an old AC window unit support and a piece of 1" channel. The only new parts were four pop rivets and a cotter pin. I think the total cost was a little south of 25¢. Here's how it works: http://youtu.be/GFYufrn2dqk.
I think I'll splurge and add a bolt so I don't have to squeeze by hand.
Leave the bolt off so it doubles as a grip exerciser. Good going Steve. Always love a thinking mans creative shop solutions.
Steve,
You can also use it in the kitchen to lift pasta out of boiling water!
Or at the BBQ grill.
You can use that top piece to pull large dandelions out of your lawn. The lower piece will work better on the baby dandelions.
they're also good for picking spiders off the floor?
Steve continues to amaze! Would anyone agree he has too much free time?
Neat little back-scratcher you got there Steve! Run that through the assembly line process and I bet you can get it down to one pop rivet!
I keep finding the oddest things in the garage or basement and never remember where I bought them. This 24" remover is a Sanap-on #S-9088-B:
Garnet
Here's the new improved version. This is getting expensive. I think it's pretty near half a dollar now.
I've thought this before but never said it.
"I wish this Steve Jelf was my neighbor"