What it is is obvious – a washer welded to a thin nail.
But why is it? Now that is a peculiarly Australian story. Here (at least in the state I live in) petrol stations have the irritating practice of removing the pin from the petrol bowser handle so you cannot click it on – allowing you to wander off to wash windscreens etc. So this is my little bit of creativity for the day. My own personal pin allowing me to automatically fill the car without having to hold the handle down. It fits into the place where the pins have been removed and can be carried with me on my key ring.
This particular version is for Peter. And no I am not making them to order as my welder is not really designed for this fine work and tends to blow holes through the metal.
I know it is not up there we with the great bits of creativity on RedBubble but it is at least useful. And it was a little bit creative to make it.
And where was it made. Following is a picture of my workshop in all its chaos.
jlynn, 3 months ago
Very inventive:)
Darren Sharp, 3 months ago
Well done mate i will get the production line running!!!
Cathie Tranent
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3 months ago
For those not welderly inclined, a common minsup clip will do the same! My hubby has one on his keyring for that very purpose ….
Nice work!
Silvia Manuela, 3 months ago
Good idea, and chaos is good too.
Ashlee Maegan, 3 months ago
It looks like organised chaos! And that’s a very useful thing indeed!!
butchart, 3 months ago
indeed need feeds creativity….(bad paraphrasing i know) and out of choas comes genius(more bad paraphrasing) but it seems worthy of this clever little gas pump shiv…...................bravo…........b
Randy Monteith, 3 months ago
Martin – I work for Bombardier in the Check and Test department. We are constanly making up new and unusuall tools to make a job easier or even possible. The good thing now is we get paid for them. Its amazing how everyone thinks and comes up with the simplest or unuasual tools to make like easier
Pilgrim
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3 months ago
One may ask of why go to all the trouble of using a nail and welding. The main reason is that the entire bunch of keys needs to hang from this thing so it needs to be pretty solid. (the other reason is I like welding!).
One may also ask why the petrol stations remove the pins. I asked a friend who worked in a station and the reason they do is because some people would hang the handle up without clicking it off and this gave the very remove possibility when they restarted the pumps in the morning that one would be on and spew petrol on the ground (it wont happen between users however as when you pull the handle out of the bowser it resets). Therefore my little tool doesnt cause any grief as I take it with me.
Cathleen Taraw..., 3 months ago
You smart cookie – get it patented, quick! Before I do lol. It is annoying, which nong thought it was a good idea to do that?