In order to enter last week’s giveaway, you had to identify a slotted wooden object pictured in last Tuesday’s post. We must have a lot of high rollers in the crowd because many people correctly guessed that it was a cigar mold used to roll cigars.
We randomly picked one winner out of all last week’s comments and that lucky person is Windell who knew it was a cigar mold because he has one at home. Congrats Windell, you have exactly one week to reply to our email before we pick another winner.
Next Tuesday, we’ll be giving away a Bostitch tool bag filled with goodies. The open-mouth tool bag is made from hardwearing denier fabric with a waterproof plastic bottom. Inside this multi-compartment bag, the winner will find a pair of titanium-coated cutting blades, a magnetic torpedo level, a 10″ adjustable wrench, a twin-blade utility knife, and a handy little nail set.
To win the Bostitch kit, post a comment (click “comment” above) and tell us what profession uses this scale (below) and what material are they measuring. You don’t have to answer correctly to win; we will randomly pick one winner. 
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On Tuesday, April 17, 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 17, 2012, 2:00pm (ET) to enter to win the Bostitch tool and tool bag Kit.
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scales used by a metalologist to weigh metals..thanks for the chance to win!
i think yu are right a metalologist to weigh metals
chemists scale
I would guess that a merchant would use that scale to measure gold or other currency for sales(buying or selling goods)
jeweler's scale for precious metals
This is a old scale that could have been usedfor a number of items such as: to mail parcels in the mail, for weighing grain or anything that needed to be weighed before a exchange of $ could be given for the amount..Anything that could be bought or sold for the amount of weight of it.
It could possibly weigh gold for an assayer.
I’m going to guess and say a millwright would use this scale to weigh fasteners and instruments.
Old scale mabe Mail
Old school scale
scale to measure gold
It's a scale to measure sugar.
No clue except for a scale
Old scales
I honestly have no idea, but gold seems like a good guess!
scale to weigh gold
DITTO TO ABOVE–I THINK AN ASSAYER FOR GOLD !!!
It is an old gold scale
Antique weight measuring scale
looks like a small scale..a scientist type uses it to measure things for experiments.
I would think a gold trader–where exact measurements are necessary.
this is an assayers scale used to weigh gold and other precious metals
old-fashioned scales
Scales to measure Gold..
these are old scales
An old styled dry goods scale
cira 1724 weight measure scales
it a scale to weigh gold dust
Old fashion GOLD scale
A scale used to weigh gold.
Bank use to measure gold?
I think it is a postal scale
This is an old style scale