From the Loftsmith Workshop

Painter's pole gutter scoop, 5-6 in K-style or half-round

Clear leaves out of the gutter while you stay on the ground. The scoop sits at an angle on the end of a painter's pole, and a black thumbscrew locks it on. Change the gutter width and depth to match your 5 or 6 inch run.

2 parts · 88 g · 132 × 215 × 122 mm

by Loftsmith Workshop

Orange angled scoop with a black thumbscrew, sitting inside a white gutter section
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No adjustable sizes

Ask for the sizes you want to tweak, e.g. “make the width adjustable”.

Change it in the Studio

Parts

  • scoop · PETG · Stands on its flat back face, which is square to the socket, so the socket and its thread print upright. The scoop body leans 35° (the pole angle) and every face stays within that angle, so it needs n

    About 84 g and 2 h at 2 walls / 15%. One piece: the scoop shaped to the gutter, rolled rims, drain slots, a thinned scraping lip, the arm over the gutter lip, and a fluted socket with the 3/4"-5 Acme thread (or a smooth broom socket).

  • thread-test-ring · PETG · Flat, tag down.

    About 5 g and 11 min. A 13 mm-tall ring with the same thread as the socket and a tag engraved with its clearance (for example .60). Print it first and screw it onto your pole. In broom-socket mode it is a plain bore ring with no label.

Print settings

Layer height
0.2 mm
Walls
2 walls for the page figures; 4 walls recommended so the threaded socket is solid
Infill
15% for the page figures; 20% recommended
Supports
None. The engine flags the test ring's downward thread flanks as overhang (it estimates up to 1 g of support if your slicer adds it). They are short helical ledges about 2.5 mm deep, so print without supports and adjust clearance if they sag.
Notes
PETG for outdoor use (ASA also works for long sun exposure). Both parts at 2 walls / 15%: about 91 g, 2 h 17 min (scoop about 84 g / 2 h, ring about 5 g / 11 min). At the recommended 4 walls / 20%: about 154 g, 3 h 49 min. The scoop stands about 107 mm tall on the bed and fits a 180 mm bed at the de

Hardware

  • Telescopic painter's pole with a 3/4"-5 Acme threaded tip · Not printed. This is the standard US roller-pole thread; check yours with the test ring.
  • 4 mm (#8) wood screw, about 20 mm long · Only for the Smooth broom socket option. It goes through the side hole into the broom handle.

Assembly

  1. Print the thread test ring first and screw it onto the pole tip by hand. If it binds, raise Thread clearance by 0.05 to 0.1 mm and reprint the ring; if it wobbles, lower it. The tag shows the clearance each ring was printed with.
  2. Measure your gutter: the width across the top outside edges, and for K-style the inside depth and inside bottom width. Set the sliders. If you are unsure of the bottom width, choose the smaller value.
  3. Print the scoop with the clearance that fit, standing on its flat back face.
  4. Screw the scoop onto the pole until it seats against the pole's collar. The weight of the leaves and pulling toward you both turn it in the tightening direction.
  5. Broom socket option: push the handle fully in and drive a 4 mm wood screw through the side hole into the handle.
  6. To use it, stand below the gutter a few metres along its line. Lower the scoop in so the arm rests over the front lip, pull it toward you, then lift straight up and tip it out.

Good to know

  • Hidden gutter hangers span the top of the gutter. The scoop body sits 20 mm below the top, but the arm crosses the front lip, so lift over each hanger between strokes.
  • The K-style and half-round shapes are generic profiles built from the sizes you enter. Real gutters vary, and for 6 in K-style the published bottom width differs between makers (3 7/8 in vs 5 in), so measure yours.
  • The thread is modelled on the 3/4"-5 Acme standard and checked in the engine only. It has not been printed or tested on a real pole. Print the test ring first.
  • It is sized for a scoopful of wet leaves: the strength check assumes the scoop brim-full at the density of water, lifted with a 2x jerk (about 0.67 kg at the defaults). Do not use it to pry out packed debris or as a lever.
  • Use it from the ground and keep the pole well clear of overhead power lines.
  • PETG softens at about 75 °C. Store it out of strong sun if you want it to last for years, or print it in ASA.
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