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Chris Bar

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Came across this whatizit while cleaning out my Dad's old toolbox and thought someone might know if it has a useful purpose. Some stuff is rather ancient, soldering irons that need a fire for heating, old star drills, chisels etc, but this is a newer whatzit and is either chrome, zinc or cadmium plated.
 

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That is something I invented a few years ago, but I couldn't find a company to market it.

These are two versions of my 'stationary harmonica'. The top one has a whammy bar,
obviously.

I envisioned them being played by drunken blues players who could not stand anymore.
everyone knows that they don't need to be sober to play. Once they hit the ground
with their face, you position the stationary harmonica in front of them on the floor.
The rubber feet keep it in place. They only need to raise their head, open one eye
to see where the harmonica is, and blow.

ok, I got nothin
 
NewLondon88 said:
That is something I invented a few years ago, but I couldn't find a company to market it.

These are two versions of my 'stationary harmonica'. The top one has a whammy bar,
obviously.

I envisioned them being played by drunken blues players who could not stand anymore.
everyone knows that they don't need to be sober to play. Once they hit the ground
with their face, you position the stationary harmonica in front of them on the floor.
The rubber feet keep it in place. They only need to raise their head, open one eye
to see where the harmonica is, and blow.

ok, I got nothin
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:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
 
It look like wire pull. It looks similar to the contraption my father-in-law uses to stretch the electric wire on his fense line around his pasture.
 
NewLondon88 said:
That is something I invented a few years ago, but I couldn't find a company to market it.

These are two versions of my 'stationary harmonica'. The top one has a whammy bar,
obviously.

I envisioned them being played by drunken blues players who could not stand anymore.
everyone knows that they don't need to be sober to play. Once they hit the ground
with their face, you position the stationary harmonica in front of them on the floor.
The rubber feet keep it in place. They only need to raise their head, open one eye
to see where the harmonica is, and blow.

ok, I got nothin
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Oh, so you are the inventor. Well my whammy bar broke and I was wondering if you warranty it?
 
This is not a test or a trick. I do not know what it is, but the upper and lower whatzits each have two pieces, that move with respect to each other. A stretcher was my first (and only) guess, but does not work like any stretcher I have ever seen. Maybe someone somewhere has used or has a friend who used, or has seen this whatzit before.Another interesting item is a large mercury (must be a pound in there) thermometer that has upper limit of 280F. Finally, a temperature measuring tool that will for sure determine if the summers in Tennessee reach 250F!
Added another item...but this is made of wood, and I think I know what it is, but....I might be dead wrong too!
 

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moyehow said:
Oh, so you are the inventor. Well my whammy bar broke and I was wondering if you warranty it?
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Absolutely .. we have a door to door warranty.
You're covered from the minute you walk in the door
till the moment you walk out the door. :biggrin:
 
I have an idea but am not sure? Chris, could you take another picture with the black disk-like pads oriented down like the feet on a table leg and then take a picture looking down from the top?

Thanks.
 
Cause I'm tired of that.
It's bad enough to see it in a plane, but lately every time I get
in a friend's car, there's that button again.

and then last week? in confession?
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Hmmm perchance someone has something against you. Have you pissed off anyone lately. Maybe someone with CIA connections whose name starts with a N?
 
Dang, and I thought that it was some type of older spring loaded pen assembly tool. I guess one could apply the new "presidential solution" to it and make it a pen assembly tool.

Here I am assuming that everyone knows about the "presidential solution" order recently issued by the current seated president??
 
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This is a sanding fid. You wrap sandpaper around it and slide it up into the cut. It does a great job on difficult sanding jobs. You need to make a pattern for the sandpaper, similar to what you would form for a cone.
 
did he do any auto repaire , looks like a set of seat slides . one with handlle is to let it slide when pulled . studs to mount to bottom floor or bracket .......
 
the first pic is a seat adjuster used on sand rails/dune buggys. the black pieces come off, there are bolts underneath to bolt it to the floor. i have them on both front seats of my rail. EMPI makes them. second pic???????? no idea.....bear
 
Am sure Tim nailed it on the sanding fid. Never knew the proper name and now it is confirmed..thanks Tim. Can see how useful this could be...will probably make one also to use; this one would probably classify as an antique......a...very....plain...antique.
Think several folks correctly identified the metal assemblies (imagination stretchers maybe?) as adjustible seat tracks. My Dad never did any car work but did put seats in his little fishing boat...but never used anything like this. Here are several pictures, one oriented as requested. But now I can pitch and not worry about it...will never have a need for adjustible seat tracks.
 

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Chris Bar said:
Am sure Tim nailed it on the sanding fid. Never knew the proper name and now it is confirmed..thanks Tim. Can see how useful this could be...will probably make one also to use; this one would probably classify as an antique......a...very....plain...antique.
Think several folks correctly identified the metal assemblies (imagination stretchers maybe?) as adjustible seat tracks. My Dad never did any car work but did put seats in his little fishing boat...but never used anything like this. Here are several pictures, one oriented as requested. But now I can pitch and not worry about it...will never have a need for adjustible seat tracks.
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So, what was the prize that Tim won?:confused::biggrin:
 
the metal whatzits almost look like rails for a car seat. the "whammy bar" being the lever to scooch the seat back or what not.



thats exactly what the are. guide rails... but not for a car. more like for a television, or a microwave or something.


well, theres my two pennies. good luck figuring out what to do with em.
 
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