Leaf Rake Design 08 26 2025

 So I have a plastic garden rake.  It has some tines broken off.  My experience fixing something like a broken plastic tine seems futile.  So if I bought a metal one?  Won't necessarily last either, might not work great, and those metal tines likely wouldn't "fix" well either.

So let's say I wanted to make either an indestructible rake or a rake head that I could fix?  How could I do that?

I could use hardwood for the tines.  But I would need to a fix a bent finger end or cleat to such time.

The upper part of the rake head could be made of sheet metal or scrap metal.  

And then the tines again? Plastic tines with a bent cleat end could be cut from:

1. A bucket side to bottom.

2. A barrel side to bottom.

3. Discarded plastic gas can side to bottom.  ( they are tough!)

And so you make a few extra tines and you are set for a long time?

See diagrams to further understanding.

Who likes waste?  To me creating waste is a sign of irresponsibility as an adult.  Some people apparently do like creating waste.  What did someone who pissed them off say to them?  "You reap what you sow."

I suppose if a plastic rake goes on sale for cheap I'll buy it.  Not happy about it.  But at least I wouldn't be paying up for it.  That would be waste.  So do you see the corollary logic of what Jesus said?  When you pay more than what it is worth that is a waste.  Hence you to will reap what you sow.  Whole industries arise to coddle those who made money easy and hence spend it wastefully.  Almost a religion in itself or an overlay or artificial part to our economy?

© 2025 Thomas Paul Murphy

PS.  Hah hah.  I suppose you could get super fancy and steam some thin wood, bend it 2" from the end and glue all those strips together bent, for your tines.  To me that is just working with too much glue.  Bah hum!