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  • natrix
    natrix Posts: 1,111
    Is it a trigger? Does it attach to a gun??
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  • Guernsey Donkey
    Guernsey Donkey Posts: 144
    No. It is not a trigger, nor does it attach to a gun (or any other sort of firearm).
  • jimothy78
    jimothy78 Posts: 1,407
    So I'm thinking with just a few mm movement, maybe the base sits on a pipe and the hinged bit is used to just cover/uncover a hole or something - maybe like a key on a flute or some other musical instrument?
  • Guernsey Donkey
    Guernsey Donkey Posts: 144
    I think we are close enough to the answer.

    It is a thumb rest for a clarinet.

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    Congrat's to jimothy78. The 'baton' is your's.
  • jimothy78
    jimothy78 Posts: 1,407
    Here you go, folks:
  • natrix
    natrix Posts: 1,111
    Some sort of tube bender for putting a kink in a bike frame tube?

    Or putting that 'ding' that you often have in the chainstay near the large chain ring??
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  • jimothy78
    jimothy78 Posts: 1,407
    natrix wrote:
    Some sort of tube bender for putting a kink in a bike frame tube?

    Or putting that 'ding' that you often have in the chainstay near the large chain ring??
    Nothing to do with bikes, but you're not far off in terms of how it's used.
  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,927
    Presumably it is some kind of bend former but I can't think what you could bend with such a weedy thumbscrew - is it for breaking the legs of small, yappy dogs?
  • jimothy78
    jimothy78 Posts: 1,407
    monkimark wrote:
    Presumably it is some kind of bend former...
    Yes.
    is it for breaking the legs of small, yappy dogs?
    No (anyway, surely it would be better to apply it to their necks? a broken leg isn't going to shut them up).
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    It's for straightening out kinked spanked out monkey's. Arran has been looking for one of these for years.
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  • jimothy78
    jimothy78 Posts: 1,407
    Strangely, no.

    To give you all a bit of a clue, it's used for bending a particular material, with the result being artistic, rather than functional.
  • Phil_D
    Phil_D Posts: 467
    jimothy78 wrote:
    Strangely, no.

    To give you all a bit of a clue, it's used for bending a particular material, with the result being artistic, rather than functional.

    Trees
  • jimothy78
    jimothy78 Posts: 1,407
    Correct. So it's a.....?
  • Phil_D
    Phil_D Posts: 467
    jimothy78 wrote:
    Correct. So it's a.....?

    Tree bender.
  • jimothy78
    jimothy78 Posts: 1,407
    Oh come on, at least name the artform ;)
  • Phil_D
    Phil_D Posts: 467
    jimothy78 wrote:
    Oh come on, at least name the artform ;)

    Tree bending
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    banzai tree bender?
  • jimothy78
    jimothy78 Posts: 1,407
    Winner! (except it's bonsai, not banzai)

    The object is a Bonsai Bending Jack - used to put bends into branches and trunks that are too thick to be held in place by conventional wiring techniques:
  • Phil_D
    Phil_D Posts: 467
    So it's not a tree bender used in tree bending then?

    So close.
  • metronome
    metronome Posts: 670
    Whose turn is it?

    I WILL post my little ball in a box again :cry:

    Edit, cool bonsai tree bender btw. Didn't know such a thing existed.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    metronome wrote:
    Whose turn is it?

    I WILL post my little ball in a box again :cry:

    Edit, cool bonsai tree bender btw. Didn't know such a thing existed.

    I'll swap my Tigers eye with your green ball, or you can have 3 featheries for it.
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  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    Time for a babe ruth.
  • metronome
    metronome Posts: 670
    pinarello001 wrote:
    metronome wrote:
    Whose turn is it?

    I WILL post my little ball in a box again :cry:

    Edit, cool bonsai tree bender btw. Didn't know such a thing existed.

    I'll swap my Tigers eye with your green ball, or you can have 3 featheries for it.

    I could use 3 featheries, so you sir, have a deal :D
    tick - tick - tick
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    pinarello001 wrote:
    metronome wrote:
    Whose turn is it?

    I WILL post my little ball in a box again :cry:

    Edit, cool bonsai tree bender btw. Didn't know such a thing existed.

    I'll swap my Tigers eye with your green ball, or you can have 3 featheries for it.

    So, you haven't totally lost your marbles then? :wink:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I think it's my turn and I have a choice of a staple remover or a book of post-it notes at my desk

    Let me scour the internet for something unusual.
  • tyred&weary
    tyred&weary Posts: 243
    When you have, please post a picture of an internet scourer.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    Lets play a game while we wait...

    Right Metronome, i'm going for your hazel with a 'bomber'.
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  • metronome
    metronome Posts: 670
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Lets play a game while we wait...

    Right Metronome, i'm going for your hazel with a 'bomber'.

    My Hazel, you swine. My Jasper Dobber takes your Turtle icon_eek.gif
    tick - tick - tick
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    metronome wrote:
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Lets play a game while we wait...

    Right Metronome, i'm going for your hazel with a 'bomber'.

    My Hazel, you swine. My Jasper Dobber takes your Turtle icon_eek.gif

    My turtle will plunk you and then the Aggie is mine, all mine.
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  • natrix
    natrix Posts: 1,111
    Watch out for my steelie!
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