"Canning Magnet"

"Canning Magnet" FARM HOME Food 26-2-30 Retired rancher Ruben Lungren of Worland, Wyo., recently sent FARM SHOW photos of a "canning magnet" he came up with to pull canning jar lids out of boiling water without burning his fingers. The "Magna Grab", as he calls it, consists of a 5-in. long wooden dowel with a magnet on one end and a short nylon loop at the other end. The magnet is about the size of a dime and is 1/8 in. thick. "It eliminates the need to pour out the hot water or use something like a spoon to fish the lids out," says Lungren. "I do a lot of canning and got tired of trying to use a spoon to lift the lids out. I've given a few Magna-Grabs to friends and neighbors. Some people with arthritic fingers have found it helps them pick up earrings, chains, pins and other small articles." Sells for just $1.40 plus S&H. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ruben Lungren, Spare Time Enterprise, 520 Obie Sue, Worland, Wyo. 82401 (ph 307 347-2271).

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