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At first I was like, "Thanks- yet another tool that I 'have' to buy now that I know it exists." And then I remembered that I have a 3D printer...
And for those without a 3D printer, you can get plastic pellets that are made for molding. I've made several hub tools, or as I like to call them, "Hub Turds".
And for those without a 3D printer, you can get plastic pellets that are made for molding. I've made several hub tools, or as I like to call them, "Hub Turds".
And now is the time a picture is worth a 1000 words....
As far as the custom shape.....it could be more helpful to a person that is suffering from severe arthritis, is possibly missing some fingers or can not grip the one with the different shape edges that is shorter.
I've made a couple out of 3/4" plywood and some..3/8"(?) dowel. Trace out a 4-6" circle, use a hole boring bit to drill around the circle for the finger grooves, then cut the circle out, drill a couple holes one size under the dowel in the middle that are spaced to fit the hub groove and pound the dowel in with some glue. Throw a couple heavy coats of paint,sealer,oil,etc. on it and it'll last forever. And if it does get lost/broke/whatever..it didn't cost much and takes 15 minutes to duplicate.