Canning lid tool

cults3d

My wife is getting into canning and needed a magnetic tool to keep from handling her sterile lids with her hands. I went on Amazon and looked at the prices of them and decided that I could design and print the same thing for only an investment of a little PLA, a little time, and a 12.7mm magnet we had laying around as part of a package she had for making fridge magnets. The handle itself is designed so you can use it to de-bubble your canned food before lidding. Warning you now, I forgot to write down the measurements and made the hole for the magnet 12.5mm, so you might have to either scale up the print a little or shave down the magnet some if you are using a 12.7mm magnet. To finish the PLA to make it food safe, a heavy coat of shellac will protect it.