How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

A flexible grip is an extremely useful device that almost everyone has needed at least once in their life. And most masters need it every day.
Did your keys fall into the sewer grate, did a bolt fall to the bottom of the engine, or did the drain hole become clogged? A flexible grip will help. And this is not a complete list of where this device can be useful.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Will need


  • Steel spring.
  • Wire 2-3 mm.
  • Connection terminal
  • Thin PVC tube.
  • A piece of heat shrink.
  • Spring stop.

Manufacturing of flexible gripper


We need to find a small steel spring. We will use it to make the capture itself.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Let's stretch it by holding it in a vice and pulling it out with pliers.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Cut 4 identical pieces from the resulting wire.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Take one part from the double connecting terminal. Insert 4 pieces of wire into it and tighten with a screw.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Next, take a 1.5 meter piece of thick wire.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

And screw it to the second half of the terminal.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

The terminal screws must be cut off with a hacksaw.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

The thin ends of the wire must be bent at the ends and bent from the center.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Insert the wire with the grip into a thin PVC tube.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Next you need to find the spring stop.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Let's take it apart and take out the spring.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

We will put the spring from it on a strand of thick wire. We grind off the screw, drill it and thread a wire through it, bend it and fix it.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Next, we will put the emphasis on the entire structure.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

We will pass a pin made of the same wire through the pre-drilled hole and fix it by bending it.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

We will put heat shrink on this place and use a hair dryer.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

The flexible grip is ready.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

For convenience, you can glue round pieces to make it convenient to work.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Now, with the help of such a useful tool, you can get anything from the most inaccessible places.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Even the keys from the sewer, even a bolt from the bottom of the car crankcase.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

Cleaning the sewer drain is also not a problem.
How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

How to make a flexible grip for the hardest to reach places

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