Does anyone recall a modeller’s tip on how to adapt a 3 foot reacher/grabber with a 90 degree bend to use to pick up cars that are “just out of reach”. I meant to build this when I saw it and it may be “dog eared” in the pile of MRs next to the john but if anyone can point me to the correct isse, I would really appreciate it.
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How were you planning on uncoupling them or is this for picking up cars that have fallen off the track?
Ahhhh . . . planning. If I were planning I’d plan on not ever having the cars go off the track BUT you are correct, I don’t have a plan for that circumstance. I am mostly experiencing loss of reach exactly equal to the increase in my girth and I remember this tip where I think the guy used a 90 degree PVC elbow and spliced it into the grabber.
Does that ring a bell?
Oh, how about Grip N’ Grab Car Retriever, page 30, April 2008 MR? Is that it?
Thank you. I’ll order that back issue from Kalmbach.
Check your e-mail. I responded to your e-mail. There wasn’t much to the article, as it was a Workshop item. In my e-mail I quoted the paragraph containing the information that was most pertinent.
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