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.
I vote for molds or old operator switchboard.
not sure
nada
push buttons for a phone
Colored ant house
old electrical switch push buttons
They belong to the thing they were removed from.
I would also say lights for old fashioned switchboard – 1 ringy-dingy, 2 ringy-dingys – is this the party to whom I am speaking?
Button light covers
Spark plug covers.
Some sort of push button.
push buttons
Scale is an issue. Thought maybe they might be molds. The red one looks like a button from an old office rotary phone. I am going with office rotary phone buttons.
Light covers for flashing emergency lights.
Looks a lot like the canisters my grand-parents used to clean their false teeth overnight.
They are bed riser. You put them under the feet of your bed frame to lift it higher.
Buttons for an old auto.
Look like some form of insulator for electronics
They look like covers for the positive and negative terminals on a car battery.
Telephone buttons on a multi phone line.
buttons from ???????
pencil sharpeners, yep
Covers for button lights.
electrical wire nuts for joining wires together
Cover to place over electrical wires (i.e. light fixtures, outlets).