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.
It looks like a thing used in native american ceremonies to move sacred smoke around do different members of the high council. To worship.
It’s used by carpenters to sweep away sawdust or metal shavings
whisk broom used by a baseball umpire
Chef's tool for cleaning a cooking surface
It looks to be a ceremonial broom.
A WHISK OR WITCH'S BROOM
Buddist monk use to sprinkle H2O
A Hand Broom still used today in other countries….
A barber used this to brush hair and powder from a man's neck
Its some kind of broom
its a hand held broom for sweeping
Archaeological Brush
A Drummer would use them in place of drumsticks to create a different sound..
this looks like an older version of the hand whisk broom–I've seen it used to sweep dirt out of corners, used to sweep out interior of cars, used by dad to sweep dust off pieces of wood that he was using an electric saw to cut.
a hand whisk broom
a broom to sweep the yards
OEM replacement for Harry Potter's Quidditch broom
thinking it's a whisk broom and maybe one used by an umpire to clean off home base
Old fashion broom for sweeping your dirt yard clean
Housewife! Hearth broom for the fireplace in days of old.
A whisk broom. It has uses in multiple professions.
hand whisk broom
an umpire for home plate
I'd think it wasn't a broom because of these always seem to mislead, but it is almost halloween. Definitely a broom.
It is a hand whisk broom for fireplace ashes.