Guess What This Is

[TromboneAl]

 

[JJtheNav]

How about a hint What is it used for?

 

[Keim]

Modern art.

 

[Janet H]

Dental x-ray film holder for the jolly green giant (for bite wing shots).

Definitely.

 

[Moemg]

A tree stand !

 

[Keim]

Dental x-ray film holder for the jolly green giant (for bite wing shots).

Definitely.

He won't be very jolly after he gets those slivers.

 

[traineeinvestor]

A piece of firewood designed to government specifications?

 

[hguyw]

A piece of firewood designed to government specifications?

 

[TromboneAl]

Good guesses, but only Moemg got it right. Good for you!

We get small trees, and the problem with the conventional stand...

Is that you have to cut off the lower branches to put it in the stand. So I made the one above patterned on this basic idea. I use a ratchet strap to attach it.

Here it is with the tree in it:



Here is the strap part:



Currently I have no way of fine-tuning the tilt of the tree, but this year's tree is straight. I'll add some adjustable feet for next year.

BTW, small trees, besides being cheaper, are much more convenient (pick them up with one hand, throw them in the trunk, easy in and out of house, etc.). If you put the tree on an end table, and behind a couch, well you get the idea.

 

[Moemg]

Good guesses, but only Moemg got it right. Good for you!

Well I'd like to claim great insight but the truth is I had my mouse over the picture while I was trying to figure out what it was and voila JPG. tree stand showed up . A message from beyond or a great hint ??

 

[TromboneAl]

What a cheater! I actually considered that when I named the file, but I thought that the filename was lost when I uploaded it as an attachment.

 

[REWahoo]

What a cheater!

A guy who wears spandex shorts into a biker bar has no room to point fingers.

 

[Westernskies]

T-al, the bigger question is what these are....

 

[Westernskies]

A tree stand !

Now this here is a real tree stand...

 

[Moemg]

What a cheater! I actually considered that when I named the file, but I thought that the filename was lost when I uploaded it as an attachment.

I didn't cheat . I won by pure ingenuity and luck !

 

[TromboneAl]

T-al, the bigger question is what these are....

I used scrap wood that had been used for other things, so those are leftover holes.

 

[youbet]

I used scrap wood that had been used for other things, so those are leftover holes.

Part of a frugal lifestyle is not wasting. Good job on finding a use for those leftover holes!

 

[freebird5825]

I used scrap wood that had been used for other things, so those are leftover holes.

I AM NOT TOUCHING THIS ONE
I AM NOT TOUCHING THIS ONE
I AM NOT TOUCHING THIS ONE

 

[bbbamI]

I AM NOT TOUCHING THIS ONE
I AM NOT TOUCHING THIS ONE
I AM NOT TOUCHING THIS ONE

If you do ...wear a glove....

 

[freebird5825]

If you do ...wear a glove....

I just had a hospital glove on a few days ago. I pantomimed a proctologist donning an exam glove for my friend just before he went into surgery. I said "Smile".
He laughed like hell, the male nurse cracked up, but the anesthesiologist standing nearby was not amused.
So I waited til she wandered away a little, blew up the glove, tied it off, bent a few "fingers" down and flipped her the bird (unseen of course). My friend just about lost it. I sent him into surgery laughing his head off.
Children must play...

Back on topic...

 

[bbbamI]

I just had a hospital glove on a few days ago. I pantomimed a proctologist donning an exam glove for my friend just before he went into surgery. I said "Smile".
He laughed like hell, the male nurse cracked up, but the anesthesiologist standing nearby was not amused.
So I waited til she wandered away a little, blew up the glove, tied it off, bent a few "fingers" down and flipped her the bird (unseen of course). My friend just about lost it. I sent him into surgery laughing his head off.
Children must play...

Back on topic...

....and you should see the guys when I snap on my gloves to roll prints at the p.d........

 

[freebird5825]

....and you should see the guys when I snap on my gloves to roll prints at the p.d........

Have you made a cowboy shake in his boots?

 

[bbbamI]

Have you made a cowboy shake in his boots?

Sure...I just add a little ice cream....

 

[freebird5825]

Sure...I just add a little ice cream....

Come ON, ice cream.

The punch line of the only hot pepper joke I know.

 

[smileydog]

Al, late to the party but the file name treestand001 kind of gave it away Nice problem solving on the design!