Magnetic pick-up tool for Petanque balls

A convenient picker-upper - not only for the elderly

Author: Carel Stoltz, Maarssen, Netherlands

Online since: 29/11/2007, Number of visits: 413866

A lift for steel petanque balls

Picking up petanque ball with magnet

I am a passionate petanque player. During each game, it means to repeatedly aim, throw, compare, and heatedly discuss the outcome of each turn, then - whether satisfied or not - bend to retrieve the steel balls for the next round. All that is fun but, well, for the somewhat older petanque players, it can be rather tiring.

To make it physically less tiring, I ordered a magnet with eyelet BD-OTN-40 and then tied a rope to the eyelet. This homemade magnetic pick-up tool allows me to retrieve the petanque balls without having to bend over.

We, at supermagnete.nl, only hope that the similarity to certain battle weapons of the Middle Ages does not lead to out-of-control discussions as to the winner of each turn!

Note from the supermagnete team:

The mentioned magnet with eyelet might be too strong for your purposes. In most cases, the smaller eyelet magnets BD-OTN-32 or BD-OTN-25 are sufficient to pick up a standard ball.
The used magnet is very strong. Magnet and petanque ball are coming together hard, which can damage or break the magnet. Using the magnetic hook outside will cause it to rust over time. Please review our safety tips when you try this application.

Magnetic petanque picker-upper made with 3D printer

U. Bär, author of the project Adhesive force reducer made of PET, designed a petanque picker-upper on the 3D printer, so you don't get dirty when you pick one up. The model can be produced by anyone with a 3D printer. PLA is a suitable material.

Just like the petanque picker-upper described above, this model can be attached to a rope or chain.

Original instructions & download STL files

This is how it works

The movable part (outer ring) carries a R-15-06-06-N ring magnet that picks up the petanque ball from the ground. The picker-upper works well on curved surfaces. Since the plastic support point is in the middle, the magnet does not get damaged by hard contact with the ball.

If you grab the picker-upper on the ring and press the button in the middle, the ball is released (see below). A very elegant and effort-saving solution, since the ball does not have to be torn off the magnet.

Articles used

R-15-06-06-N

Ring magnet Ø 15/6 mm, height 6 mm, holds approx. 5,1 kg, neodymium, N42, nickel-plated

	1 pc.	2,52 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	2,22 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	1,94 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	1,81 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	1,70 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 450 pcs.

Available: 52 498 pcs.

OTNW-25

neodymium pot magnet white Ø 25,3 mm with eyelet, holds approx. 16 kg, powder-coated, thread M4

	1 pc.	4,86 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	4,28 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	3,76 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	3,52 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	3,29 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 240 pcs.

Available: 836 pcs.

OTNW-32

neodymium pot magnet white Ø 32,3 mm with eyelet, holds approx. 28 kg, powder-coated, thread M5

	1 pc.	6,62 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	5,86 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	5,19 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	4,86 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	4,57 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 220 pcs.

Available: 6 062 pcs.

OTNW-40

neodymium pot magnet white Ø 40,3 mm with eyelet, holds approx. 48 kg, powder-coated, thread M6

	1 pc.	12,46 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	11,06 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	9,82 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	9,21 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	8,68 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 140 pcs.

Available: 1 457 pcs.

BD-OTN-32

neodymium pot magnet Ø 32 mm with eyelet, holds approx. 40 kg, thread M5

	1 pc.	5,37 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	4,79 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	4,27 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	4,02 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	3,79 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 240 pcs.

Available: 27 420 pcs.

BD-OTN-25

neodymium pot magnet Ø 25 mm with eyelet, holds approx. 18 kg, thread M4

	1 pc.	3,63 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	3,19 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	2,81 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	2,61 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	2,45 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 280 pcs.

Available: 81 814 pcs.

BD-OTN-40

neodymium pot magnet Ø 40 mm with eyelet, holds approx. 55 kg, thread M6

	1 pc.	10,09 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	9,05 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	8,11 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	7,67 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	7,26 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 180 pcs.

Available: 7 756 pcs.

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