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Mystery tool

Mike G.

>Don't know what this is. Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Mike G


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Mike G.

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Rear part of a rare Tom Swift ray gun

David Miller from Iowa

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Chad Boehlke

>Looks like a part of something. Is it all there?? The shaft looks to short for the end of a drill. Is there a sharp end??

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Mike G.

>Perhaps it's automotive related. I got it in a box of misc. tools, automotive and woodworking.

Thanks, Mike G.

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Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Are you sure it's a tool? Perhaps it's the clutch throwout bearing retainer for a 1938 Henway?

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Jim Toews - Walla Walla, WA

>Ah yes, the 1938 Henway. I'd almost forgotten about those. If memmory serves, parts can be mighty hard to find, especially the spring ones.

Thanks for the laugh!

Jim

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OT: Henway

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>One of the highlights of my previous assignment at work was getting my boss to ask, "What's a Henway?" I thought the colleague sitting next to me was going to explode when she asked that.

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