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wooden scribing tool
ReplyDeleteRig for drawing circles.
ReplyDeleteWait, wait, don't tell me!
ReplyDeleteJughead Jones' sex toy?
For shame, Babs. For shame.
DeleteA latch
ReplyDeleteA larch?
DeleteWrong, wrong, wrongitty wrong.
ReplyDeletea hash pipe
ReplyDeleteYESSSS!!!!! I'm kidding. No.
Deletea penis measuring device
ReplyDeleteBob, I've seen you make this comment on many music blogs, and I thought maybe th' IoF© was to be spared. How wrong I was.
DeletePiano key
ReplyDeleteI just SO want this to be right! It's such a gently imaginative idea, subtly resonating with your chosen online identity. But it's fucked up. Alas!
DeleteToo fucking subtle I guess.
Deletea bottle opener.
ReplyDeleteChinook
*hushed snooker championship applause".
DeleteThat's what it is. I bought it from a riverside bar - a shack with some crates of beer - in Burma about a dozen years ago. They wanted to give me a new one, but I wanted this, smooth and worn. It's a simple but effective design, and I had an idea to market a hi-tech version, did some drawings, spoke to a few people, but nothing came of it. It works by catching the screwhead under the cap, and pushing down on the handle. You can do it one-handed. Brilliant.
(Hey, Chinook - is your nick a clue that you were out here, and maybe saw these in use?)
Way bether than uthing your theeth!
DeleteIs it one of Seasick Steves home-made guitars?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.song-bar.com/song-of-the-day/seasick-steve-roys-gang-sonic-soul-surfer
I too wondered if it might be a single-stringed instrument. Or a poorly designed base for incense sticks.
DeleteOh, I did read the comment above, just being a dumb-ass for fun.
ReplyDeleteLate to the party as usual, but I would have guessed a piece of wood with a hole and a screw. That's what it is, what it is used for has already been elucidated.
ReplyDeleteAs appealing as your "guess" is, it's wrong. It's a piece of wood with two holes, through one of which passes a bolt (not a screw), secured by two nuts.
DeleteSo you loosen the two nuts by screwing one of the two holes with your bolt?
DeleteYou'll have to ask Babs.
DeleteHmm..I open bottles with a house key and my thumb, but I can always use a new-fangled gadget. I'll make one of these this weekend.
ReplyDeleteThe screwhead on the bolt is crucial, because the edge is sharp enough to catch under the lip of the cap. A bolthead will not work, nor will a screwhead that's too small. Also the distance between the screwhead and the wood - you can see from the photo how innumerable bottle caps have left their mark. This is teak, but you can use any hardwood.
DeleteLet us know how you get on!