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.






Hmm… light cover
phone
Antique wire nuts?
There is no scale, so it is impossible to tell how large [or small] these are – they could be the size of a thimble, or they could be size of my computer. I would guess they are pictures are Push buttons for a 1941 Philco radio. They are available in a non-marbleized translucent wine red or an opaque brown.
A red thing & a brown thing. Solved.
There is no scale, so it is impossible to tell how large [or small] these are – they could be the size of a thimble, or they could be size of my computer. I would guess they are on/off buttons for multi-line telephone buttons
Fuse covers….perhaps…
telephone hold buttons
Looks to be old retro cop car lights, from the tops of the cars???
Old electrical fuses
Case or holder
Car battery
holder for large 6 volt lantern batteries
lenses for stop/brake lights
These are the lenses from Chernobyl "meltdown" indicator lamps. (A lot of good they did, they were found on a beach in California!)
I think they are caps for electric wires
an electrical fuse
Early 40s radio push buttons
Relay Switch Dust Covers
some type of plastic cover for something?
button and the mold that made it
cover of some sort
Classic telephone buttons
light bulb covers/lens
Tailight lense for '57 grochetti.