Homemade "Flaps" Protect Padlocks From Weather
Here's a simple "nut gatherer" I made by cutting off the bottom of an empty plastic laundry softener bottle. I screw the bottle to the end of a 34-in. long stick and use it to collect walnuts and hickory nuts. I have arthritis and a bad back so this device really comes in handy. I just dump the nuts into a 5-gal. bucket.
To protect all my padlocks from the weather I cover them with homemade "flaps". The one shown in the photo is a 5 by 8-in. piece of plastic fiber woven material. I inserted a 4-in. length of no. 9 galvanized wire near the bottom edge of the flap. Whenever I want to unlock the padlock I lift the flip up and attach the wire inside it to a small magnet that I mounted above the padlock. I've used inner tubes to make other protective flaps. I haven't had any locks get wet and freeze ever since I started using this idea. (Bill Reeks, D.I.Y. Sawmills, U.S. Hwy. 231 South, Box 7104B, Cromwell, Ky. 42333 ph 270 274-3361)
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Homemade "Flaps" Protect Padlocks From Weather SECURITY/SAFETY Ideas 28-2-42 Here's a simple "nut gatherer" I made by cutting off the bottom of an empty plastic laundry softener bottle. I screw the bottle to the end of a 34-in. long stick and use it to collect walnuts and hickory nuts. I have arthritis and a bad back so this device really comes in handy. I just dump the nuts into a 5-gal. bucket.
To protect all my padlocks from the weather I cover them with homemade "flaps". The one shown in the photo is a 5 by 8-in. piece of plastic fiber woven material. I inserted a 4-in. length of no. 9 galvanized wire near the bottom edge of the flap. Whenever I want to unlock the padlock I lift the flip up and attach the wire inside it to a small magnet that I mounted above the padlock. I've used inner tubes to make other protective flaps. I haven't had any locks get wet and freeze ever since I started using this idea. (Bill Reeks, D.I.Y. Sawmills, U.S. Hwy. 231 South, Box 7104B, Cromwell, Ky. 42333 ph 270 274-3361)
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