To enter last week’s Toolsday giveaway, you had to identify a pair of long skinny half circles. Not too many people guessed what they were. Most guesses were curtain rods or drawer slides, a few of you also guessed tracks for moving a refrigerator. But they were all wrong. The mystery tool was a pair of upholstery channel tins. They are forms used to make old-fashion channel-back chairs (the backs are fluted). The tins hold the shape of the half circle while the upholster stuffs the chair.
We randomly picked one winner out of all the comments and that lucky person is Chris. Congrats Chris, you have one week to reply to our email before another winner is chosen.
Next Tuesday, we will be giving away a BenchtopPRO parts cleaner. This is a great tool for all homeowners, DIYers and mechanics. The BenchtopPRO is a parts-washing system that can clean years of gunk and grime off most anything from lawnmower blades to bicycle parts, and it works great on flea market treasures that you’re planning on repurposing. To get everything so clean, the BenchtopPRO combines the process of bioremediation with a revolutionary non-flammable degreasing solution engineered to work at room temperature.
Did you know you could paint upholstered chairs, curtains, floors and even carpeting? While you can! We’ve got instructions on how to paint low-pile carpets. Also, find out how to revive furniture with paint, or a staircase, ceiling and more.
To win the BenchtopPRO, post a comment (click “comment” above) and tell us what these two pieces belong to. You don’t have to answer correctly to win; we will randomly pick one winner.
On Tuesday, February 19, 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 February 19, 2013 at 2:00pm (ET) to enter to win the BenchTop Pro.
Official Rules.
phone buttons
emergency light covers.
Buttons from a multi-line phone!
fuses
transformer or led light
salt and pepper makers
The items shown are buttons for the POTUS's phone. The red one means nuke the commies and the brown one means he/she needs to be wiped. I wish that in the next election, we could all vote for a potty trained president.
pushbuttons
electric wire connection covers
Push buttons for office telephones
siren lights from a cop car or firetruck
Bakelite covers for lights.
indicator lights
Tops to a lamp shade?
circuit board cvers
They are old telephone button's.
Covers for some type of electrical equipment?
Upside down toothbrush holders from the 70's
They look like buttons off of the old telephone switchboards
I'll guess… Fuses???
I hate not having a scale, too….the red one made me think of a light on a flashlight like pilots use (the other light is "normal," I think), but then I have no idea about the other one. As usual, I'm clueless!
The lights on the bat phone!
covers for a push button or microswitch
it looks like some kind of holder for electrical parts, never seen anything like that before.
old fire engine light cover, and brown-out model!