Under the blue stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by DakotaGurl
http://atdw.tq.com.au/multimedia/TQ/502769_2.jpg
(from: http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au)
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Under the blue stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by DakotaGurl
http://atdw.tq.com.au/multimedia/TQ/502769_2.jpg
(from: http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au)
Cheers,
P
Just noticed the size of the hole in the ice. Not very optimistic! Or perhaps big enough for a stick of dynamite?
It would be just the thing for easing bloat in cattle. What is the thin wire for? some sort of guide thingy before you go for the big jab.:?
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Originally Posted by silentC
silentC,
When cold and wet they seem to be small, but tend to grow when they are brought to the surface and warm in the sun.
:B
Heather
Ahh, shrinkage. Yes we know about that :)
Like certain 24" fish from a couple of weeks ago. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by DakotaGurl
That fish was easily 24". If he really strained hard and pouted his lips :p
Look if you blokes (and sheilas) are going to do nothing but talk about fishing, I'm not going to tell you the answer till after tea time!
(I do like the fishing stories though!) :D
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Is it a fish scaler/gutter?
It is actually a fish stretcher for making them appear longer. (after a couple of beers.) :D
Yes you need one of them. The buggers always seem to shrink when you pull them out of the water...
I'm aware this contradicts an earlier post. So sue me :p
It can also be used as a rack for drying fish.
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Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
Nice rack......:U :U
Could also be used for mounting a stuffed fish for transport. :think:
Midge,
Might be a good idea to come clean so this thread doesn't end up being a defacto Friday thread, clearly we are all in the no idea category. We would also like to know what possessed you to buy the gizmo in the first place.
John
John,
In an hour or two (more like two), I'll post the instructions. I have to get home to get them though!
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:D
Ar-huh.... That is it, it is a Friday threader. :2tsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by johnc
OK Kiddies, as promised here is the evidence.
The tool is of course one of the extremely popular and wondrously successful Speedy Rug Tufting Tools, made by a wonderful company which went by the name of "By Hand".
Using the tool was simplicity itself, one put some open weave hessian on a frame, threaded the tool with the appropriate grade of coloured rug wool, set the depth of tuft, and pushed away through the long winter's night.
Once the hessian was completely covered in wool tufts to the depth of choice, and presumably in one of the inspiring patterns enclosed, (ours was a brilliant sunflower on a white background), one then coated the back of the thing with latex, fixing it for ever more.
If, like us, your tastes had grown beyond looped pile shag, one could then take to the looped tufts with a pair of nail scissors, or perhaps using Iain's techniques with the dustie and clippers, to create a lovely cut pile.
In the midst of our reminiscing about the good old days when we made our own shag, I enquired of my beloved as to the whereabouts of said rug, surely by now a family heirloom.
"Remember we couldn't stop the dogs peeing on it, so we burnt it..." :oo:
Must have been the ammonia in the latex!
cheers, and what was it Ralph used to say?
Respectfully,
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:D :D :D
When I was a little tacker I wanted a model aeroplane kit.
They got me one of those rotten things instead.
PHOOEY
I never made even 1 rug.
Well where did your dogs pee?Quote:
Originally Posted by echnidna
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:D
never had a dog either
Close to hitting the "transfer to drivel"button...
Good idea for a thread, please mind the dribble though.
I just knew it was going to be a let down. Rug tufter indeed!
Midge promises the next one will be a woodwork related item, don't you Midge?
:wink:
As a little tacker my brother and I completed a rug my mother had started years before, no doubt we had a fair bit of tuition. But that little rug tufting tool was just a little tube of brass, with what looked like a far smaller needle. You sure it wasn't for rope rather than wool midge?
Didn't Warnie sell 'em? "Advanced Hair? Yeah, yeah!"
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Originally Posted by bitingmidge
Ahh yes, them was the days:rolleyes:
Ahhh Scoot, never mistake reparte for drivel!Quote:
Originally Posted by scooter
cheers,
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:D :D :D
:2tsup: :2tsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by bitingmidge
Is that for hunkerpunching rugs?
Toni
Even google couldn't tell me what hunkerpunching is! :oo:Quote:
Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs
So I guess that's a yes! :D
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here is one needle found bit different but not a lot
http://www.woolery.com/Pages/rughooking.html#punching
scroll down to nearly the bottom
bye
Toni
yep, that's what it is: "punch hooking", well I'll be.... it still exists as a craft!
Thanks Toni,
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:D
so does that mean you are going to get into rug making?
Toni
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Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs
'Was' is{was} the word... intentional... planning to.... nearly... almost... any second now.... (like a dusty)... some time, LAST century. :D
(Just making up for that red you gave me by mistake Midge. :p )
In an effort to get back on topic here, I'm going to pose the same question which commenced this thread.
Can anyone identify this tool......:D
I think so . . . isn't that an old-fashioned rat's ring rabbetting ratchet? :?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
What can I say.... :cool:
Hmmmm maybe....... I think I'll keep it for another thirty years before I make up my mind!Quote:
Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs
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:D :D :D
Looks like what my wife keeps threating to insert into a part of my anatomy if I buy one more tool.:o