My workshop has a lot of twin 6 foot fluorescent fittings, many of which are mounted quite high. (I know I should replace them with LEDs but the capital cost is horrendous !)
I find extracting and inserting the starters extremely difficult, especially when perched high on a ladder on tip toe! The problem is that very little of the starter protrudes, and reaching it you have to reach past the tube which sometimes has proved impossible. I've tried various bodges to grip the starter but none were satisfactory.
Today again I had to change a starter so I decided to solve the issue once and for ever. All the starters I've come across have two dimples in them, presumably to engage a special tool, but I've never been able to source that tool
![:bang:](https://madmodder.net/Smileys/default/BangHead.gif)
So - you've got a 3D printer - print one
![:ddb:](https://madmodder.net/Smileys/default/dancenana.gif)
Didn't take long and the result makes the job SO much easier
![:thumbup:](https://madmodder.net/Smileys/default/happy0034.gif)