Re: new tool
I can appreciate your ingenuity. I have a sloppy old 2-ton rolling floorjack I use pretty often and get frustrated when you can't get a good enough grip on the handle to be able to turn the pressure screw out for letting the jack down with greasy or dirty hands. To remedy this once and for all time, I made my own tool with the same type of end that you have from a scrap piece of pipe, broken screwdriver, metal sleeve with a hole drilled thru and a piece of steel rod to use as a crank/lever. Required a little cutting, grinding drilling and welding to make. When not in use I just throw it on top of the floorjack so its there when I need it.
If most folks are like me, we use the tools that we have that will work even if they are a little inconvenient, modify substandard tools to make them better, and manufacture our own tools out of necessity. I've got a whole toolbox of homemade tools and then some. I'm guessing I'm not alone.
Hope you have good luck marketing your new tool.
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