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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 4, 2012 13:28:28 GMT -5
Ah come on guys & gals. Don't give up. Some of you have hit all around the purpose of this object.
Started packing a box of slabs for the next guessing contest already. Got a neat tool to name too. LOL
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 4, 2012 14:13:35 GMT -5
I'm not giving up, I just had to get away from the computer for a bit!
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Post by manofglass on Aug 4, 2012 14:14:38 GMT -5
the tools are used to open ceramic molds after the clay sets I use an air gun.walt
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Post by rxscram on Aug 4, 2012 14:17:55 GMT -5
Don...
1. From what I understand, this was used in the process of actually making something out of the clay. Is this correct?
2. Since it was used in all sorts of different positions, it must have been for something big, right?
3. If not something big, then it was something that still required you to have a long reach. This was either to protect you (from heat, maybe?)...
4. or to allow you access to the inner areas of something (like reaching through a small opening and modeling the inside of something?)
5. Was it used for clay modeling of cars? (A stretch, I know)
Jeff
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 4, 2012 14:18:34 GMT -5
I was beginning to think you guys had crashed a bunch of servers looking for these objects. lol
Nope. not for opening molds.
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Post by helens on Aug 4, 2012 14:32:15 GMT -5
Ima warning you guys... if no one guesses it in a few days, I'm entering again. I want ALL OF JAKES ROCKS!@!!
(runs from Don)
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Post by manofglass on Aug 4, 2012 14:43:22 GMT -5
are they used to clean clay.walt
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 4, 2012 14:43:41 GMT -5
So you're the one who has been causing the server meltdown. Have at it Helen. Your guesses are as good as anyone else. And who knows ? One of your guesses may aim someone in the right direction.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 4, 2012 14:44:23 GMT -5
Nope. Not a cleaning tool.
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Post by rxscram on Aug 4, 2012 14:51:29 GMT -5
Did you see my questions?
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 4, 2012 15:00:24 GMT -5
Sorry Jeff. We were both posting at the same time. Then it jumped a page. Answers coming right up.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 4, 2012 15:03:23 GMT -5
To Jeff.
1. Yep
2. yep & nope.
3.nope
4. nope
5.Man, you're getting hot. Yep, but not only cars
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Post by rxscram on Aug 4, 2012 15:07:47 GMT -5
I thought so (about it jumping a page)... thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2012 15:08:12 GMT -5
I have not done a search for this tool. To me it is a lot more fun to use the brain we have in our head instead of seeing who is the best googler.
1 Does it have anything to do with working plastics?
2 Does it have anything to do with working wood?
3 Does it have anything to do with working clay?
4 Does it have anything to do with working fabric?
5 Does it have anything to do with working metal?
6 Does it have anything to do with working foam of any kind?
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Jim
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 4, 2012 15:10:34 GMT -5
After reading all 12 pages over again with my daughter to get her help, I'm back to thinking that it's used to extend off a flat surface to mark a line or point off that surface but in the same plane as the surface the tool is resting on. I'm picturing something like a wall that ends at a doorway or corner with a perpendicular wall on the other side of the door. Here's a poorly drawn picture of what I'm thinking. The red thing is the mystery tool.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 4, 2012 15:18:44 GMT -5
Jim,
1. Nope
2. Nope
3. Yep.
4. Nope
5. Nope
6. Nope, tho foam is used in the process.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 4, 2012 15:21:18 GMT -5
Juggler,
Yep to the first part of your guess, Nope to the second part.
Nice drawing by the way.
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Post by helens on Aug 4, 2012 15:21:52 GMT -5
I did a ton of searching for the tool, can't find it. That means I can't figure out what it's called, which is the 2nd part of the puzzle. But based on the clues, I'm pretty sure I know what its used for and how it works:).
But a review of what has ALREADY been confirmed by Don.
1. used with CLAY
2. used on a FLAT surface
3. HAND tool.
4. variable size - from 4" to infinity
5. does NOT get referenced on the internet (thus the name problem)
By physical observation:
1. not used as a hitting/swinging object
2. the wood is not damaged... obviously not getting gunked up severely in use
3. There's a pointy end on both.
4. it's a very obscure tool... but clearly with a use or Don wouldn't have made TWO different ones for the same purpose.
That's a synopsis of all the clues ALREADY GIVEN.
Not given... why would DON want this tool? (put self in his shoes)
I can't win any more of Don's rocks, that wouldn't be fair, so I was just kidding about entering:).
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Post by rxscram on Aug 4, 2012 15:25:01 GMT -5
Is it used with industrial clay (plasticine)?
Or with more "conventional" clay?
Or both?
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 4, 2012 15:33:18 GMT -5
Helen,
1. Yep
2. Yep
3. Yep
4. yep, but not really to infinity. Never seen one over 4' long, tho they might exist.
5. They are on the internet. Just have to know what you're looking for
1. Nope
2. Nope. cleaned after each work session, and during the work session if need be
3. Yep
4. Yep, but not as obscure as you may think
Yep
Don't want it anymore. Just can't find a person with a need for it's real purpose. Won't throw it away
Sure you can
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