Fruit picker

prusaprinters

<p>The 3D printed fruit picker hand is designed to be put on a long stick. The hand can be opened and closed using a string.</p><p>Necessary parts:</p><ul><li>Long stick with 18 mm diameter where it's connected to the picker hand</li><li>M4 x 20 mm screw &amp; nut</li><li>Optionally an M4 washer to put between the 3D printed parts</li></ul><p>The figs on the tree in my garden just started being ripe but some of them are difficult to reach because they're far up. At first I tried a simpler picker that was basically just some sort of basket on a long stick like <a href="https://www.printables.com/model/50835-simple-fruit-picker">this</a> one. Often it's hard to get the fruit to fall in the basket without damaging it so I decided to design a model that could grab the fruit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Use brims when printing this model. I marked the part which might get loose without a brim with a red arrow (see picture of my slicing settings).</p>