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Challenge, Name That Tool
Aug 21, 2016 15:10:03 #
Aug 21, 2016 15:20:50 #
I'll go for a WAG based on appearance. It seems to be a type of "key" for turning/tightening something. Possibly the threads on a loom?!?!
Aug 21, 2016 15:29:24 #
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Aug 21, 2016 15:56:28 #
Shellback wrote:
Rope tensioner?
OK, I yield to Shellback, images for "antique rope tensioner" come up with many images that resemble this. Being so simple they obviously could be made by almost anyone handy with tools and since those old beds needed adjustment frequently these things got a workout and often broke.
Aug 21, 2016 16:10:33 #
I thought maybe a roof thatchers tool Marsdad but it's only a wild guess.
Aug 21, 2016 20:32:39 #
I'd go with rope tightener, too. But I'm guessing. Interesting image.
Aug 22, 2016 07:21:39 #
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Aug 22, 2016 07:40:50 #
Aug 22, 2016 09:33:23 #
Miamisburg Jim
Loc: Miamisburg, Ohio, USA
It facilitates "sleep tight" by tightening the ropes in an old bed frame.
Aug 22, 2016 09:42:09 #
Aug 22, 2016 09:58:47 #
marsdad wrote:
This tool received a lot of use in its day. What is it???
Perhaps a barrel cock tightener-loosener?
Aug 22, 2016 10:44:04 #
marsdad wrote:
This tool received a lot of use in its day. What is it???
A double tooth pick that cleans on both sides of a tooth at the same time....Rich
Aug 22, 2016 10:53:04 #
Aug 22, 2016 12:00:09 #
marsdad wrote:
This tool received a lot of use in its day. What is it???
Thank you all for viewing and commenting. You all have heard the saying since you were kids, "Night Night Sleep Tight" . In the old days before foundations and box springs and other bedding comforts folks especially in the country on farms slept on rope beds. This tool was used to tighten the ropes when they stretched or sagged, therefore sleep tight. Many of you said rope tensioner, Congratulations
Aug 22, 2016 13:03:46 #
jliane
Loc: Washington state
Love the interesting things I learn on this site--always wondered about that expression which I could've googled, but more fun this way.
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