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.
Electrical components
They are the push button on a old office phone
a mold to cast electrical fuses
Old electrical wire insulators.
electrical fuses used inhigh power lines
Classic phone buttons
An ambulance, of course.
Shelf holding knobs.
insulators for electrical connectors (as if!)
Push buttons on the bat phone.
A sharpener
telephone buttons
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 obviously plastic covers for electrical switch board on alien space ship.
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 obviously old buttons off of phones used in the military. The red was for an emergency or HOT Line to the Kremlin and linked to all the most important historical and political events in Russia
Plastic button and mold
They look like some type of fuse.
I have no idea. Perhaps a light cover.
well, press my buttons!
IT LOOKS LIKE A MOLD SAY YOU WANT TO DISPLAY A EAGLE PUT IT IN MOLD FILL WITH PLASTIC LET IT SET AND YOU HAVE IT
electricall or telephone cover__
theyu are interchangable handles for screwdriver kit
plastic covers for the old switchboard phones that lit up.
They look like things that can't be guessed by simply looking at one photo.
easy,they are the light covers off a ufo from roswell,n.m.
These are two fuses.