In order to be eligible to win last Toolsday’s (a.k.a. Tuesday) prize, you had to guess the identity of a hand-cranked machine with a couple of cog wheels. We had a variety of amusing answers; everything from sauerkraut maker, to a movie reel rewinder, to a lettuce cutter. The correct answer was an old-time pencil sharpener. (The poor kids who got their fingers caught in that contraption – yikes!)
We randomly picked one winner from all the comments and that lucky person is Bill, who thought it was a grinder. Congratulations, Bill you have one week to respond to our email before we pick another winner.
October 31 is not that far off. It’s time to start decorating and planning your Halloween bash. We’ve got cute decorating projects that cost no more than $5 and they’re super easy to make with the kids. If you’re throwing a party for the kids, find ideas for yummy treats. For the adults, we’ve got cocktail recipes and instructions on creating a spooky beverage bar.
Next Tuesday, we will be giving away a Bosch Laser Distance Measurer. This pocket-sized is super handy for renovating and decorating, plus it sounds like a a lot of fun to use. You can measure length, area volume, indirect length where the distance is blocked by an obscale, calculate the total of multiple areas, and the minimum and maximum distances from a certain point.
To enter the Bosch Laser Measurer giveaway, post a comment (click “comment” above) and tell us what profession uses this brush and for what. You don’t have to answer correctly to win, we will randomly pick one comment from this post. 
On Tuesday, October 23, we will select the winners of the Bosch Laser Distance Measurer then start up a new giveaway for another tool, which will be given away the Tuesday after that.
You have until October 23, 2012, 2:00pm (ET) to enter to win the Bosch Laser Distance Measurer.
The profession is culinary and it is used to clean a Wok.
It's a hand whisk used to by professional dealers to clean gaming surfaces,
whisp broom for lent removal from cloths
Its the Wicked Witch of the Wests BROOM
HMMMM Interesting!
It is used by a chimney sweep.
I agree with you. You may be right!
It is used by a chimney sweep.
whisk broom
A cabinetmaker uses it to sweep the sawdust off of his project.
Chef's brush for cleaning a teppan grill
painters and maids
i’ve seen this used in other countries, they were sweeping their floors wit this broom. I think michinist use this to sweep off matal shavings, in some areas.
painting and texturizing tool
A hand broom used by a car detailer to sweep your car?!
An expert that uses a house broom when they can't get the dirt out of the corners on the floor.
is a hand broom
brush to put gold on picture frames etc.
Like this one!
hearth brush
A straw whisk hand broom
A house broom to clean corners in the house to get the dirt out.
It my moms witch broom!!!
old dust whisk
whisk broom for a witch?
some kind of broom
a machinists broom to sweep away the metal chips
type setter
A painter and the painter uses the paint brush to paint houses.
It's a Tom Criuse nose brush.
I believe this is a whisk broom that the chinese chefs use to clean the wok when they are cooking.
i believe it is a tool for collecting rice.
a hand whisk broom
It's a hand broom
A crumb remover from a fancy restaurant.
A chimney sweeper
Used by a chimney sweep to clean corners
wisk broom
right a wisk broom chinese version for cleaning grill or wok. don't clean! wisk the garbage away!