Toolsday Giveaway: Win an Angle Grinder

Last Toolsday, we posted a photo of a metal gadget with a wooden handle and asked you to tell us what it is used for.  Popular answers included bottle opener, a speciality wrench and a tool used to remove nails from a horse’s shoe. The real answer is a dental key. It’s a tool that was used in the early 1800s to extract teeth – ouch! 

We randomly picked one winner out of all last week’s comments and that lucky person is Doug, who thought it was a pair of tongs for carrying cylindrical objects. Congrats Doug, even though you answered incorrectly, you still win. You have exactly one week to reply to our email before we pick another winner.

Next Tuesday we will be giving away a Craftsman Angle Grinder.  The cordless 4-1/2″ grinder is designed for comfort and ease of use.  It comes with an auxiliary handle that can be adjusted to three different positions. The powerful 19.2-volt motor allows for 6500 RPM no-load speed so you can get the job done fast. 

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To win the Craftsman Angle Grinder, post a comment (click “comment” above) and tell us what this little device is called.  You don’t have to answer correctly to win; we will randomly pick one winner.

On Tuesday, January 22, 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 January 22, 2013, 2:00pm (ET) to enter to win the Craftsman Angle Grinder.

Official Rules.

 

2,604 Responses

  1. Anita Rohmer says:

    I also think it's an antique Boot Jack

  2. dan g says:

    boot jack

  3. Jak52 says:

    BOOT PULL

  4. Dennis says:

    A wooden boot jack

  5. Gordo says:

    boot jack

  6. Karen says:

    Definitely a boot jack! You can buy one on ebay.

  7. D Owen says:

    It's Grandpa's boot puller

  8. bill says:

    boot jack

  9. Bayou Hag says:

    deffinatly a boot removal device

  10. Zatlynn says:

    It's a boot jack

  11. kimberly mccreery says:

    a shim

  12. DSN says:

    for removing boots!

  13. Marge says:

    For removing boots

  14. Kim says:

    This is an old shoe horn that farmers and cowpokes would use to easily pull off their boots. I am a modern day cowgirl and still use these all the time to remove my boots.

  15. Lucky says:

    Looks to me like an old timey boot jack, used to expedite removing Western boots.

  16. sfrae says:

    used to remove footwear

  17. Puchito1129 says:

    This is an old fashioned sling shot.

  18. Shannon says:

    To remove boots.

  19. MaryBeth61 says:

    'ok, this one is easier, it is an old device used to remove your shoes/boots before coming in the house, my grandparents used to have one and wish I still had it.'

  20. Tarron Livingston says:

    Looks like a boot puller or a door stop.

  21. Tarron Livingston says:

    Looks like a boot puller or a door stop.

  22. Looks like a door stop or boot puller.

  23. linda says:

    Shoe or boot remover.

  24. frank says:

    boot jack

  25. knhenry077 says:

    Boot remover or boot holder for shining.

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