Never Hit Your Thumbs Again
By Paul Lapczynski
This past summer I was hanging poultry wire for some poultry stables, and if I’d had the ThumbSaver I could’ve saved my thumb some pain and lowered my stress level by about 200 percent. This is one of those products you look at and say, “I could’ve made that.”
A small groove with a magnet in it holds the fastener so you can hammer away, while keeping your thumb out of harm’s way. FW Tools currently packages a standard and a mini size ThumbSaver together for about $20.
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February 2nd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
That’s nice, but $20 is pretty steep for a magnet on a stick =/
I usually use a long nose in a pinch.
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:32 pm
But then you might hit your nose… ;*X
February 2nd, 2009 at 2:36 pm
That one made me laugh.
February 2nd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Extra credit for Geoff.
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Here is a tool for fence and poultry staples:
http://www.kencove.com/fence/detail.php?code=TDSDW
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Needlenose pliers work great for this. I can’t see buying this tool, even though it’s a good idea. It’s just one more thing to carry around in the nailbags. But I agree w/ Cyrano. I could glue a magnet to a stick for much cheaper…
February 2nd, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Fred and JT- thanks for the poultry staple tips, I will give them try next year since we are getting more birds. I think I had more poultry staples in the yard that in the fence!
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:11 pm
I’m not going to say what I’m thinking. I’m trying really hard to do better.
February 4th, 2009 at 10:23 am
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February 5th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
When I was a little kid, an old trim carpenter taught me to never to hold a nail between my thumb and index finger. rather hold the nail between your index and middle fingers with you palm facing up. This makes it easier to to start small nails w/out hitting you hand, and if you do it is much less painful. I have always held nails this way ever since. This technique works very well with fencing staples.
March 28th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
I would put a magnet on a piece of steel long before i buy this and i would use nedle nose pliers before that so to me this is of no use but it is a good idea
June 5th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
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