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.







Used to divine the location of underground water.
Boot Jack
It's for cleaning off boots or shoes before going in the house.
Boot Jack
Something used to make shoes
Boot jack to remove boots
boot jack
Boot Jack. Ergonomics baby!
crack open a nut
An antelope-shaped shoehorn.
I would probably sound silly if I said it was something else, so I will say Boot Jack. Sometimes the crowd is right!
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.
Going to have to go with a Boot Jack.
i have to say, the boot jack seems likely given all the remarks.
boot jack
A boot jack used to pull boots off your feet. My grampa and gramma had one.
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!
Boot Jack
Looks like an old door stopper
twinning cord
It's an old wooden footwear puller off the feet thingy!
Boot Jack, or Boot Puller. Both are correct,
It's a boot puller
BOOT JACK
HELPS TO TAKE YOUR BOOTS OFF