A while ago under the subject of drain cleaners people mentioned a flexible
device with small fingers for picking up small objects. I believe they are
called mechanical fingers not mechanic's fingers. Yes Mechanic's do use them
for grabbing fallen objects. The mechanical fingers, I believe comes from
having to move an actuator to open the fingers.
Art
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:34 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] drain cleaners
I think they're called mechanic's fingers because they can be used to
retrieve small items that fall into a radiator, or some other hard-to-reach
place.
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010, Bob Kennedy wrote:
> Those are called mechanics fingers. Don't know why, I was a mechanic for
years and never used them on anything I worked on... I can see where they'd
be useful in grabbing clumps of stuff like hair or maybe a rag.
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