To enter last week’s Toolsday’s giveaway, you had to identify a fancy brass contraption. We had a few correct answers – it was an antique yacht binnacle, which is a fancy word for a nautical compass holder. The two cylinders on the side of the binnacle hold lamp oil so sailors could read the compass at night.
We randomly picked 12 winners out of all the comments and these lucky people will all be contacted via email. Ray H, Isabele101, Ken, Ronald Wilkinson, No_1_important, Gmadi1, Mary N., Harold Erb, Mkamrud, Scott boyll, Marilita14, and Jrmitchell.
Next Tuesday, we will be giving away a Troy-Built Weed Trimmer. This new 2012 model runs on a 20-volt lithium ion battery so you can take it anywhere. It’s lightweight, but powerful enough to tackle the toughest weeds. The blade provides a full 14-inch cutting swath to make the job go quicker and easier.
To win the Troy-Bilt Weed Trimmer, post a comment (click “comment” above) and tell us what this wooden thing pictured below is used for. You don’t have to answer correctly to win; we will randomly pick one winner.
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On Tuesday, April 10, we will select the winner then start up a new giveaway for another tool, which will be given away the Tuesday after that.
You have until April 10, 2012 at 2:00pm (ET) to enter to win the Weed Trimmer.
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not sure what it is. The concensus seems to be a cigar mold. Just don’t know though
It looks so light and would be a blessing for anyone to have one to use.Also Troy"s one of the best made.
Sure would love to win this
a barn radio for the milking cows
a inter com for house
ITS AN MUSIC INSTRUMENT.
Looks to me like a press
something for a sauna.
Xylophone.
I will have to go with the cigar mold, as it looks like the ones I saw on the travel channel.
Cigar mold and cutter
A percussion musical instrument – like a rub board.
Ahh, para estar en La Habana! That is a cigar mold which holds newly made cigars. The molds would be stacked in a press while they dry. The metal tool lying on top, by the way, is called a chaveta and is used in all facets of cigar-rolling to cut and shape the tobacco.
cigar mold
cigar mold and a cutter to chop up the tobbaco
It's a bread board to cut perfect, even slices every time!
I haven't the slightest idea what this is!
Cigar press
Looks like a cigar mold to shape handmade cigars.
It’s a cigar mold (not the kind that grows) for 7" long and 42 ring gauge diameter cigars.
Antique cigar mold which can be used as a back scratcher if needed
A musical instrument
used for marking grooves into something…
A press for something
I think it’s a cigar mold
Travel-size washboard, for scrubbing clothes on the trail…
candle mold
a beef jerky press
a flower press
Picture is real deceiving – cant tell if the slots are grooved or raised – perhaps a wood mold or press of some sort?
PICTURE IS NT GIVING MUCH OF A CLUE !! lOOKS LIKE A FILTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT..
its for rolling cigars
used for making stringcheese
It is a candle mold for skinny candles.
It is a test tube rack.
I THINK IT IS A VICE GRIP
Looks like a Cigar mold
______________Could it be something to card wool on.
Nope, it's a cigar mold. The same one's the use in Cuba to begin making the GOOD Cigars
See I believe that is an 10 cigar mold of some sort and the metal object is a blade to cut off the extra tobacco leaf after rolled