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Message 1537108 - Posted: 7 Jul 2014, 3:56:36 UTC

Well, I'm still stumped. I need another clue.
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Message 1537143 - Posted: 7 Jul 2014, 5:33:33 UTC

Ok, it's a nose-picking tool. Very strange.
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Message 1537194 - Posted: 7 Jul 2014, 7:15:44 UTC

I just need to take a picture of what I have in mind, but I won't be home to upload it until a little after noon EST, today.
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Message 1537363 - Posted: 7 Jul 2014, 17:06:57 UTC

Okey doke, I covered up the manufacturer name so there's no clue right off the bat, but I imagine this is an easy one anyway~

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Message 1537409 - Posted: 7 Jul 2014, 18:13:13 UTC

Industrial strength can opener?

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Message 1537446 - Posted: 7 Jul 2014, 19:05:35 UTC

Good guess, but it doesn't open anything.
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Message 1537526 - Posted: 7 Jul 2014, 21:14:44 UTC

Can crusher?
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Message 1537541 - Posted: 7 Jul 2014, 21:33:25 UTC

Instrument of torture
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Message 1537729 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 2:30:48 UTC

Not a can crusher, nor a torture device.
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Message 1537811 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 6:40:14 UTC

sorry if this is already mention, but a machine to insert cork in wine bottle ?
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Message 1537842 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 7:11:27 UTC

A remote pancake flipper - remote in the sense that the pancake is in the next room?

(can you tell I'm out of my depth here? :))
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Message 1537862 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 7:34:02 UTC

Byron, that's exactly what I would think if I didn't know what this gizmo is, but it's not that.

Annie, you always come up with very creative ideas. Not that, either.
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Message 1537902 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 9:35:41 UTC

Yes, the handle is currently in the down position. It must be raised to begin the task it performs.
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Message 1537905 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 9:43:11 UTC

The tool is bolted to a vertical steel I-beam, at a comfortable height for a person standing to use a downstroke motion. There is currently nothing under the tool except the floor. ;~}
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Message 1537908 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 10:10:07 UTC

I just realized there is a part missing that attaches via the wing nuts. Not trying to be tricky, just didn't notice it was unassembled when I took the picture last night! Sorry. But, hey, makes things more interesting, right? ;~}
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Message 1537913 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 10:24:25 UTC

Mmm, no... the part bolts to the rest of the apparatus via the wingnuts at the bottom, but it's flat and only about half an inch thick.
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Message 1537936 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 11:43:31 UTC

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Message 1538017 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 15:27:10 UTC - in response to Message 1537913.  

Mmm, no... the part bolts to the rest of the apparatus via the wingnuts at the bottom, but it's flat and only about half an inch thick.

So it could be some sort of press.......
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Message 1538019 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 15:32:32 UTC

press ....... for grapes ?
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Message 1538046 - Posted: 8 Jul 2014, 16:18:42 UTC

Monday, Donald, and Byron, you're all kind of warm, but I need to take another picture of this gizmo tonight if I can find the piece that screws onto the bottom. That should help clarify things. Stay tuned.
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