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  1. 6th June 2007, 08:36 AM #1
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    Default Can you identify this tool?

    Last night while poking round in my sheddy place with St Michael, the patron saint of Journey Persons , I came across this tool which I bought in 1974, and wondered if anyone else has one.

    Together we decided that I was the only person in the world who had ever bought one, and maybe seeing if anyone else can identify it would be a way of telling!

    No Gumby, we all know that the black and green machine in the background is MY Domino, included by chance , but it does add scale to the pic!

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    It's for removing the write protection tab on Betamax cassettes.
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    It is a chatter tool.... for creating chatter once the conversation has dried up.
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    Nice try silent, but not even close! Was the betamax invented in 1974?

    Cliff, it's use was vaguely connected to the conversation pit, but still no cigar!

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    Is it something for the cats?
    Visit my website at www.myFineWoodWork.com
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    It is a paint tin lid remover with a built in torque gauge to allow you to judge just how old that tin of paint from the back of the cupboard really is.
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    Cool

    Sorby are good at tools that look like that.

    Its an early Robert Sorby bowl gouge!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wongo View Post
    Is it something for the cats?
    Well no, but it's interesting watching their eyes while applying it to them!

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    It is a soldering iron with a bi-metallic temperature gauge.
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    How about a screw driver with a depth gauge?
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    Is it missing the little wheel with the painted spiral & the magnetic axle?
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    The pointy bit is designed for pain, and the brackety thing to stop it going to far. But just what you would jab with it is beyond me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    Is it missing the little wheel with the painted spiral & the magnet axle?
    No, but what a great flashback that's given me!

    There is a fine wire loop that comes with it to help threading the shiny silver thing, and that's the only clue I'm going to give!

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    Ar-huh. I've got it, here is the clue from another thread....
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    I think you're scraping the bottom of the barrel now, Mr Wong
    It is a barrel bottom scraper.
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    Looks far to complicated to be a bag or bale tier, but is that closer?
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