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Window Opening/Closing Tool

We have several tall windows in our house. My wife is unable to open or close the top sash as she isn't freakishly tall like me. So I decided to make her a tool she could use to open or close the upper sash of the windows when I'm not available. And it is green because by allowing her to open the windows for better air circulation means we don't have to use the air conditioning as much, which means less coal burned, which means less pollutants in the air.

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Step 1Tools

I used three tools to create this wonderful device:

A hand drill with a 3/16" bit
A hot glue gun
A bench vise

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3 comments

Jun 23, 2009. 8:07 PMbugmenot says:

Could this be used in a manual-powered car window?

Jun 24, 2009. 12:56 PM

RadBear (author) says:

Hmmm...maybe, but I think some significant changes would have to made to the window. You'd have to have an edge on the window so you would have something for the hook to grab so the window could be pulled down or pushed up.