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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 3, 2012 17:52:56 GMT -5
You could stay up all night. I'm not going to miss the tornado pictures. No one needs to be taking those outside their house.
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Aug 3, 2012 17:55:10 GMT -5
see how fast you can chug it down so you can stay up late noping the contest  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 3, 2012 17:58:59 GMT -5
Can do. The bathroom is just around the corner from my computer.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 3, 2012 17:59:32 GMT -5
Yeah, it's going to keep going all night too, at this rate!
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 3, 2012 18:12:43 GMT -5
The worst of the storm went just south of us. Got about 15 minutes of gully washer, but has ended now. Got a call from my wife. It was pouring in town, and blowing too hard to drive home. Tree branches down all over town. She's gonna bring pizza home for supper.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 3, 2012 18:12:58 GMT -5
Alright, I'm going to think out loud in hopes of giving someone else a clue. This has been driving me crazy since yesterday. It's really hard to do web searches for something you know almost nothing about!
The bottom is machined perfectly flat. I picture this being used flat against the floor or wall or some other flat surface. The side grips must be for picking it up of that flat surface because otherwise it would be hard to get your hands underneath. The more I think about it, I think they're used on a horizontal surface because they'd be easy to pick up off a vertical, wall-like surface. And Don referred to showing us the top view.
Don said that they're long for a reason. That could be to level something, like a screed. It could be for leverage. It could be to extend off of a flat surface to mark or cut something that is not on that surface but that has to be on the same level as that surface.
On page two, Don seemed to say that they were used with clay in response to Roger's guess, but then later wouldn't verify that they were used with clay when Jean asked.
I keep wondering if the points are used to cut, mark, or just poke into something.
Those are my thoughts that have gotten me nowhere. Someone else, run with them!
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 3, 2012 18:22:16 GMT -5
Some good thoughts. You're almost in the ballpark.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 3, 2012 18:23:27 GMT -5
I'm not sure what ballpark I'm close to or which seat is mine!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2012 20:20:41 GMT -5
When you were working with these thingamajigs were you working on your knees?
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 3, 2012 20:42:08 GMT -5
Dang I miss Dakota storms!!!!
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 3, 2012 21:08:40 GMT -5
You ain't missing much Mike. This one roared in like a lion, and left with a whimper. Tore up a bunch of crops down by Redfield. And just below Watertown there's a no travel warning because of downed power poles and trees.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 3, 2012 21:10:29 GMT -5
When you were working with these thingamajigs were you working on your knees? Yep & nope. Knees, squating, bent over, standing straight and reaching overhead. |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 3, 2012 21:13:39 GMT -5
I thought about drywall or plastering tools, but it doesn't seem like wood would work well with the moisture. And they're so clean.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 3, 2012 21:19:51 GMT -5
Cleaned them with Scotchbrite, and gave the wood handled one a coat of wax after bringing them out for their photo op.
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Post by shermlock on Aug 3, 2012 21:30:25 GMT -5
Are those large clay turning tools?
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 3, 2012 21:33:40 GMT -5
Nope. not turning tools of any type.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 3, 2012 21:53:13 GMT -5
If or when someone figures this one out, I've bookmarked a page that shows a rather crude one of these, and explains what its used for.
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Post by adrian65 on Aug 3, 2012 22:10:12 GMT -5
Maybe they are used as drills to drill in some soft material? The hole in the handle of the big one could help in spinning it with a lever.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 3, 2012 22:12:01 GMT -5
Nope. The hole in the big one was for hanging it up. It was too long for my tool box.
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Post by adrian65 on Aug 3, 2012 22:18:07 GMT -5
When you put a carpet on the floor, they could be used in cutting the carpet (moquette) (lynoleum) with a vertical border. You firstly punch the material with the small one, to fix it and to follow the corner between the floor and wall, then come with the big one and cut it evenly.
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