Next project: A thumb for the mini-excavator.

Because I've been kinda needing it for a while and now I do even more.

In case you don't know what it is, it's the same as yours - an opposable thumb for gripping things. Try lifting a pencil without using your thumb. Or a concrete beam or a log.

The cardboard mockup I made last year, but I wasn't really happy with it and with some more excavator experience under my belt I did think of several improvements, like making it adjustable.

Sifted through my scrap metal and found some suitable steel.

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