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We get given all sorts of weird things for the charity I work for:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/109756768@N03/

It has an extendable handle to about 5'. What's it for? We think some kind of auger for planting things or digging post holes?


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:02 am
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It looks like a badly homemade contraption of no particular use for anything


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:03 am
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It's a badger chunter.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:03 am
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Doesn't look right for digging - with those paddles looks like some kind of mixer for paint or something.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:03 am
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digging fence pole holes? looks like it bores something.... Wouldn't say it was a bike tool!


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:07 am
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It's a Flushed Grolling.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:07 am
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whats under the packing? Does it look like you'd fit it into a drill perhaps - poss a paint/plaster mixer if so like ben says, if its got a handle then I wonder if it does something like cut the holes in turf like you would on a golf courses


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:08 am
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It's a badger chunter.

Pretty old style, not seen a badger use one that old for years....


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:10 am
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Footflaps, they struggled with the conversion to metric, I think.


 
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Is it for getting stones out of boy scout's hooves?


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:12 am
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I'd go with something for tilling the soil, like this;

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put it in the ground and twist


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:13 am
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Footflaps, they struggled with the conversion to metric, I think.

Didn't we all....

Still pay my badgers use shillings and furlongs....


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:14 am
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It is for the [url= http://BigBikeBash.co,uk ]Big Bike Bash[/url]!

Sorry, just hadn't mentioned it or a while


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:27 am
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My first thought from the description was a Garden Claw Gold, with an adjustable handle for the taller or shorter gardener.

But it's not one of those.

It looks like a badly homemade contraption of no particular use for anything

I'd say it's a reasonably well homemade contraption for a very particular use indeed. Someone's looked at a problem and thought what I need is something like..." that^

Keeping a pipe clear? Couldn't be a very long pipe, though. Maybe with the pipe lagging on the "handle" it's for use in the cold? Keeping a channel through snow for an air vent? You'd do a better job with a shovel. ❓


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:05 am
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Has it been given to you as a prize or for something to sell for fundraising, or for you to use as intended?


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:08 am
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It's a lapping flasket.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:12 am
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Looks like a paint agitator to me.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:15 am
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I'd suggest that it doesn't look strong enough to be a tool for digging into anything, I'm gunna assume the lagging is just wrapping (for transportation/storage) rather than an integrated part of the design. I don't have a specific suggestion more that it's a 'key' type fitting/removal tool of some sort? Have you removed the lagging to see if there an branding (label) anywhere on it?


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:19 am
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It doesn't matter what it is. You're never gonna sell it in the charity shop.
Bin it. And move on.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:20 am
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It's a Ducksay.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:23 am
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It's not robust enough to use in earth. Could it be for degunging drains?


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:23 am
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It's for extracting larval stage baby robins.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:30 am
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In fact looking at it again - it won't be a mixing attachment because they're flat-bottomed otherwise they'd try and chop their way out the bottom of the bucket - my money says inside that wrapping is a t-bar handle and its a soil tiller as wwawas suggests

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Posted : 28/01/2014 10:32 am
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You know when they dug the tunnel they started at each end and met in the middle.

UK Channel Tunnel drill
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French Tunnel drill
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Posted : 28/01/2014 10:34 am
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Spatial vortexer for forth dimensional amalgamation of trivisional lifeforms


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:38 am
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I must say maccruiskeen's scooter looks a bit rubbish.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:43 am
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whatever it is,it's flange looks broken...


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:44 am
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I must say maccruiskeen's scooter looks a bit rubbish.

I bought it from Dave Hinde


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 10:46 am
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Bottom bracket facing tool


 
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Well I just took off the lagging and stuck another picture up:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/109756768@N03/
not extendable, a t-bar, says 'Garden Buddy made in Redditch by Steelesmith' on it . Can't really see it being man enough to dig into the very stony ground here. Anyone want it?


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 11:29 am
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So it's a boring tool. (although they all are according to my wife)

[i]
Hand held boring tool from STEELESMITH, bore a cylindrical hole for inserting fence posts or planting shrubs[/i]


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 11:31 am
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Welcome to STEELESMITH (REDDITCH) LTD
Hand held boring tool from STEELESMITH, bore a cylindrical hole for inserting fence posts or planting shrubs

Well I was wrong.. & slow


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 11:32 am
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Well that was almost as much fun as the safe-cracking thread 😆


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 11:33 am
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I'll give you £5 for it - never know when I'll need to dig a small round hole.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 12:39 pm
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I knew it! - "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!" - that was the name of the film where I first saw this device in action


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 12:42 pm
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My badgers are willing to buy it from you.

How many furlongs do you want for it?


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 12:45 pm
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is it a prototype Hope freewheel?


 
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I knew it! - "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!" - that was the name of the film where I first saw this device in action

Wherever you go, there you are.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 12:45 pm
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Can't see it lasting long for that purpose in the real world


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 12:47 pm
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The perfect matching accessory for the Cotic owner (orange obviously) who wants to dig holes on a ride.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 12:49 pm
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Can anyone tell me what these tools are for?

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Posted : 28/01/2014 12:50 pm
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they're used for calibrating high calibre rifles at point blank range


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 12:56 pm
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Cheers brakes. Pretty obvious thinking about it.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 1:01 pm
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If you're giving the middle one away i'll take it.........

.....Awaits flaming for sexism......


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 1:09 pm
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A £5 donation gets it, can't see it being used at our place, weighs 4kg so say 5kg packed which could send by Hermes for about £8 unless you want to pick it up (Avon Tyrrell in New Forest home of the Big Bike Bash), ta


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 1:11 pm
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At my last house I had several water taps buried about 6' into the ground (in vertical tubes) for the spring water system. A tool like that could be used to turn the taps on and off.


 
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A £5 donation gets it, can't see it being used at our place, weighs 4kg so say 5kg packed which could send by Hermes for about £8 unless you want to pick it up (Avon Tyrrell in New Forest home of the Big Bike Bash), ta

I'm a bit far to collect, but could definitely give it a go in our local park for bulb planting - the planting thing we had last year was rubbish.

Can send you a Paypal payment if that works for you?


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 2:16 pm
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yep, all proceeds to UK Youth charity that runs Avon Tyrrell - send a message to us first bigbikebash at ukyouth dot org and will give details, cheers

Be glad if someone can actually use this weird implement


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 2:48 pm
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Its a TROLL DIBBER, fordibbing trolls with,


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 3:41 pm
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YGM 😉


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 3:42 pm
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I'd go and test it on your local golf course.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 4:09 pm
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It's a Doofer


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 6:53 pm
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Its a giant peach corer, thats how James got himself and all those bloody insects in there.


 
Posted : 28/01/2014 9:49 pm