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. mose says:

    Used to divine the location of underground water.

  2. Laurel says:

    Boot Jack

  3. Sunnymay says:

    It's for cleaning off boots or shoes before going in the house.

  4. Tacey says:

    Boot Jack

  5. nawara55 says:

    Something used to make shoes

  6. Jeff Smith says:

    Boot jack to remove boots

  7. ungawhaa says:

    boot jack

  8. Joe A says:

    Boot Jack. Ergonomics baby!

  9. Susana says:

    crack open a nut

  10. KoriYL says:

    An antelope-shaped shoehorn.

  11. Tina says:

    I would probably sound silly if I said it was something else, so I will say Boot Jack. Sometimes the crowd is right!

  12. Gregory Williams says:

    As the others said, it's for removing your own boots when no one is around to help. To use this older style you need to put the other foot down to resist the heel of the boot in the wedge.

  13. David says:

    Going to have to go with a Boot Jack.

  14. frank says:

    i have to say, the boot jack seems likely given all the remarks.

  15. Karen says:

    boot jack

  16. Mary bowers says:

    A boot jack used to pull boots off your feet. My grampa and gramma had one.

  17. Lindsay W. says:

    Not that I'm posting this due to other comments, but I do believe it is used to remove a boot. Put the heel of your boot in between the teeth and place your other foot on the end and pull.
    I could use one of these!

  18. Sandie says:

    Boot Jack

  19. matthew maxson says:

    Looks like an old door stopper

  20. jeanette says:

    twinning cord

  21. LDR says:

    It's an old wooden footwear puller off the feet thingy!

  22. stacy hinde says:

    Boot Jack, or Boot Puller. Both are correct,

  23. pondbouy says:

    It's a boot puller

  24. Darrell Wright says:

    BOOT JACK

  25. Darrell Wright says:

    HELPS TO TAKE YOUR BOOTS OFF

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