landman
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Ok where do I start. 10 years ago I owned a Sun Spot scoop. I used a scythe "nib" handle on it and it worked great! After taking a big scoop of material up from the lake bottom, the round wood shaft ran perpendicular with my body, the handle was placed close to the stainless scoop for great balance and ease of use to shake the scoop up and down to sift out the debris. This seemed to be the most ergonomically correct set up. If I was to use a floating sifter the 'nib" was ignored as I dumped the debris into the sifter. However today I own a Sun Spot style scoop with a square handle at the base of the scoop where I grip it. I find the square slightly uncomfortable in performance and impossible to secure the "nib" since the "nib" has a metal round ring attachment and my shaft is square.
I purchased a metal version of this green plastic grip Kelly Co is selling. Sun Spot is selling a one position black plastic version also. When I tried out the metal version I did not like it. To sift it after digging a scoop out was awkward. My hand was parallel and not perpendicular like when I used the "nib" configuration. I asked my mechanically inclined wife what she thought the best use of the green/black handle version and her thoughts were for digging and placing the debris in a floating sifter not sifting the debris by your side without the use of a floating sifter as described above.
Well my next step is to make a square aluminum attachment and wood "nib" for this scoop. I may repurchase Sun Spot scoop as my main scoop. My scoop is 6.5 lbs and the lighter the better it is to dig extended periods of time Sun Spot is 5.5lbs.
I purchased a metal version of this green plastic grip Kelly Co is selling. Sun Spot is selling a one position black plastic version also. When I tried out the metal version I did not like it. To sift it after digging a scoop out was awkward. My hand was parallel and not perpendicular like when I used the "nib" configuration. I asked my mechanically inclined wife what she thought the best use of the green/black handle version and her thoughts were for digging and placing the debris in a floating sifter not sifting the debris by your side without the use of a floating sifter as described above.
Well my next step is to make a square aluminum attachment and wood "nib" for this scoop. I may repurchase Sun Spot scoop as my main scoop. My scoop is 6.5 lbs and the lighter the better it is to dig extended periods of time Sun Spot is 5.5lbs.