[TheForge] Way OT -- Bucket handles

Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer artgawk at thegrid.net
Wed Aug 21 19:07:06 EDT 2013


We go through a lot of plastic buckets here.
If you check  at the back door at bakeries, restaurants, pie shops and the like,
you can often pick them up for less than a buck a piece.
If you store them out of the sun, they last for years.

On Aug 21, 2013, at 3:03 PM, Bruce . wrote:

Many metal buckets have wire handles, or bales, of maybe 3/16" wire.  Hard
on the fingers when the bucket is heavy.  Household buckets usually have
plastic handles maybe 1/2" in dia that help a lot -- till they break.

I just spotted these in a pool-supply store, and they seem to work well as
bucket handles:
http://www.athomerecreation.net/cover-clips-6306

I actually bought some of these from the above store, one of which is near
me.  Note that if you search for these on-line, you may only find them at
much higher prices than 25c ea.  I don't know why the exorbitant mark-ups,
other than greed.  This place sells on-line, but I have no idea what the
shipping charges might be.

-- 
Bruce
NJ
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