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  • dbhost
    Slow and steady
    • Apr 2008
    • 9236
    • League City, Texas
    • Ryobi BT3100
    #1

    What's the most unusual tool in your shop?

    I stumbled across a tool that was given to me by a tool vendor back when I was managing a hardware store while I was in college, and it was an odd enough item that it got me to wondering what sort of weird tools are out there that folks have stashed away in toolboxes, bins, or heaven help us, proudly displayed on the shop walls!

    In my case, the tool in question is called a "Plumb Barbara", and it is what it sounds like, it"s a plumb bob in the shape of a rather curvy unclad woman... So no, I will NOT post pics here of it. Not even sure where I can in good taste display this thing...

    What's the oddest tool in your shop?
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    • Larryl
      Established Member
      • Jan 2004
      • 284
      • Lorena, TX, USA.
      • Grizzly G0478 Hybrid
      #2
      Well David, I believe you may have topped everyone with the "Plumb Barbara"......
      I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken.

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        • Alex Franke
          Veteran Member
          • Feb 2007
          • 2641
          • Chapel Hill, NC
          • Ryobi BT3100
          #3
          Mine is probably my grandfather's old scriber, but it's only "unusual" because I had no idea what it was until woodturner came to the rescue in this thread.



          C'mon dbhost -- with a warning like that you pretty much have to post it somewhere!
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            • dbhost
              Slow and steady
              • Apr 2008
              • 9236
              • League City, Texas
              • Ryobi BT3100
              #4
              Hey guys. This IS a family oriented forum you know!
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                • Pappy
                  The Full Monte
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 10453
                  • San Marcos, TX, USA.
                  • BT3000 (x2)
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Alex Franke
                  C'mon dbhost -- with a warning like that you pretty much have to post it somewhere!
                  Google it and you will come up with pictures. I WANT ONE!

                  There was also a Plumb Robert in one of the pictures. Sorry, ladies, he's wearing shorts....

                  In my workroom I have a beer/soda can holder that is scantily clad.
                  Don, aka Pappy,

                  Wise men talk because they have something to say,
                  Fools because they have to say something.
                  Plato

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                    • Pappy
                      The Full Monte
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 10453
                      • San Marcos, TX, USA.
                      • BT3000 (x2)
                      #6
                      I was watching 2 Plumb Barbras on EBay. A 16 oz version sold esterday for $160.50 and a 12 oz one is sitting at $82.81 with 6 1/2 hrs to go.

                      I don't want one THAT bad!

                      "Not even sure where I can in good taste display this thing..."

                      It's your shop, DB, display it where you want to. Visitors don't have to look at it if they don't want to. (Or maybe they do!)
                      Last edited by Pappy; 02-06-2011, 09:23 AM.
                      Don, aka Pappy,

                      Wise men talk because they have something to say,
                      Fools because they have to say something.
                      Plato

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                        • LCHIEN
                          Internet Fact Checker
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 21028
                          • Katy, TX, USA.
                          • BT3000 vintage 1999
                          #7
                          Here's a link to a page showing Plumb Barbara, you can see more images if you google "images plumb barbara".
                          It's rated PG, so don't open at work, don't let the kids see it, open at your own discretion, etc. Don't complain because you were warned.

                          http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...ed=0CD0Q9QEwCA
                          Loring in Katy, TX USA
                          If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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                            • Alex Franke
                              Veteran Member
                              • Feb 2007
                              • 2641
                              • Chapel Hill, NC
                              • Ryobi BT3100
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Pappy
                              I was watching 2 Plumb Barbras on EBay. A 16 oz version sold esterday for $160.50 and a 12 oz one is sitting at $82.81 with 6 1/2 hrs to go.
                              Okay -- that's it. I'm off to design a Plumb Natalie Portman to sell on ebay.
                              online at http://www.theFrankes.com
                              while ( !( succeed = try() ) ) ;
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