{"id":52690,"date":"2022-02-03T12:35:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T10:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lion-test-sites.co.za\/mica-new\/?p=52690"},"modified":"2022-09-14T11:36:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:36:15","slug":"your-very-own-kitchen-helping-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lion-test-sites.co.za\/mica-new\/your-very-own-kitchen-helping-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Your very own kitchen helping hand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you are faced with having to hold a container with one hand while you use your other hand to try to remove a screw-top lid, and it\u2019s just not working because you cannot bring enough torque to the effort, this handy third hand is your helping hand to the rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As said, it\u2019s no beauty, but this device does have one saving beauty spot\u2026 thanks to its design, it self-adjusts itself to whatever diameter of container you need to open that you are likely to find in your kitchen (subject of course to the diameter being so large that the container won\u2019t even fit into the device, or so small that it cannot be gripped at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not something you will use every day, but it is one of those kitchen (or workshop) helpers that when you need it, it will do the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In passing, the whole unit is quite long when fully extended (560mm) and even when fully closed it is still 460mm long. This is because when you are opening of closing a container you usually do so a little way from your body. This unit helps you do that particularly when you are using a strap opener on the lid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these materials, apart from the washers, 6mm gutter bolts, dome nuts, nylon strap and door weather-proofing rubber strip are SA pine offcuts from earlier projects, so the cost is minimal. Hence the materials are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n