Summer Doldrums Contest

[ginzokid]

Simple contest for the summer months. In Kim's Place album there is a picture of a tool. This is a two part question. 1. What is its proper name? 2. What is it used for? The prize is a rather expensive Bar Mills Models laser kit for Mooneys Plumbing. The Billboard and fences shown are included along with a bag of metal castings. You have the choice of building it yourself or having me build it for you. Deadline is midnight ebay time on Labor Day, September 3, 2007. Only one entry per person will be allowed and both questions must be answered correctly in that one entry. Take your time. First correct posting wins in case of a tie. Have fun! TheContestFadda

[dl85vette]

1) That's a whatchamacallit 2) it is for that thingamabob Sorry Pete, Beats me. never seen anything like that. very generous of you to have another contest.

[ginzokid]

You just blew your one and only chance Dave. Too bad. So sad. Toughie, huh. B-)

[barrysfp45]

looks to me like it may be a tension slide hammer. Would be used for driving track pins in roadties to roadbed, this may well be a wrong guess though. Barry.....]:)

[ginzokid]

Well, Barry has used up his one guess. Not that easy is it. B-)

[sd35]

Looks like a decorative wrought iron gate fixture with a sliding peg. If that is what it is, it is used to hold the gate in the closed position, but would usually drag on the ground and keep the fence from swinging. There's my one guess used up. Kevin

[ginzokid]

You guys are all rushing to judgement. You have over a month to make an educated guess. B-)

[70novahound]

I'm taking it slow and easy on this one, I want another CodFadda original! CJ]:)

[dl85vette]

a month to guess. In a month i'll be guessing which bullet has my name on it. probably not..

[ginzokid]

Don't even joke about that Dave. Those camel jockeys and rag heads are all a bit weird. B-)

[barrysfp45]

Can I add a name to the appliance, is it a Gandy Dancer by any chance, as I guessed before it is a sort of compression slide hammer, powered by a rubber band that is fitted to the two curled pieces on the unit and is used for firing track nails through ties (sleepers)and into the roadbed.?:|

[untabubba]

I KNOW I KNOW It's a "Tick Picker" to be used when you have one stuck in the crack of your...........:O HE'S BAAAAACK!]:)

[flaretired]

Since I am here I will take a guess. Don't no the name but I think it was used for pushing box cars on parallel tracks. Chuck

[ginzokid]

What Chuck is describing is called "poling". That's not the right answer Chuck. Sorry. B-)

[g-pa1]

Looks like a model train uncoupler. You stick your finger in the roundish top part and slip the left end down through the couplers and turn with the framis toward the left end used to aid in moving the cars away from each other. Pete can you make one for me??? Thanks Gene