Last Toolsday we posted a photo of an antique gauge and asked you tell us what it measures and what famous people used it. We have a very smart audience – a large percentage of you knew that it was an anemometer used by the Wright brothers to measure wind speed.
We randomly picked two winners out of all last week’s comments and those lucky people are Eric and Trish who both knew the mystery tool was used to measure wind speed. Congrats, you both have exactly one week to reply to our email message before we pick another winner.
Plan on doing some hardscaping this weekend so you can enjoy your yard more this fall? We’ve got advice and instructions on all types of projects whether you’re making enhancements like adding a fire pit, or building a pergola; or making some games like a corn-hole set, ladder golf set or horseshoe pit.
Next Tuesday, we will be giving away a DeWalt Quadraport Air-Line Splitter. Quadraport’s four-port splitter allows up to four air tools to be run off one air compressor at the same time. Now you can perform multiple tasks without having to stop and change out tools on one air line. The heavy-duty Quadraport includes and air regulator and can operate at two different PSI settings. (Air compressor not included.)
To win the DeWalt Quadraport, post a comment (click “comment” above) and tell us this old-time gadget pictured below is used for? You don’t have to answer correctly to win; we will randomly pick one winner.
On Tuesday, September 11, 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 September 11, 2012, 2:00pm (ET) to enter to win the DeWalt Quadraport.
Official Rules.






[...] fooled a lot of people last week. Hardly anyone correctly guessed that the Toolsday mystery gadget was an antique ticker tape machine. Most people thought it was part of a clock, some thought it was a film projector and others [...]
a rope maker
looks like a primitive clock
clock parts
Inside of clock
Maybe a film winder
Antique clock works.
It goes in clocks like the things that you put on top of pianos to keep the right rythym
An old pendulum clock
part of a old gran father clock
its a cat toy
its to rewind a fire hose
copper gears on a pedulium lol
Thanks
Great Sweepstakes !
Part of a clock
surveyor's tape
Some type of tool for use in navigation?
it's some sort of clock mechanism.
I think is the mechanism of an old clock.
clock
fire hose holder
Film winder
Old hand film rewinder
Old time tempo setter for a piano player