Workshop notes
For more than a decade I've been developing a modular hand-tool system. Here's how the pieces work — and, plainly, which parts are still prototypes.
Status: prototype01Part
Every head joins the handle through the same one-handed coupling. Push a head onto the handle and the collar locks it automatically; turn the collar to release it. One handle can carry many different heads.
02Part
An indexed hinge sits between the handle and the head. Press the button on the handle and the head can pivot; let go and it locks at the nearest step. The head can meet a surface at a different angle — along a baseboard, under a cabinet toe-kick, or across a high shelf.
03Part
Handles come apart into segments that join with the same coupling, so the same parts can make a short hand tool or a long-handled one.
These are prototypes. I'm still refining the parts and the materials, and they are not yet the equipment I bring to every job. When a tool is ready for regular use on jobs, this page will say so.
Conventional, well-maintained cleaning equipment. If one of my own tools is ready for a task in your home, I'll mention it before I use it.