Anyone know what these are?
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Beads to make an abacus or something..
See original post "each with a small hole that goes roughly 50% through". I am not sure they would slide along the abacus bar like that.
I have seen similar large red ones on brass-encased thermometers used for taking the temperature of concrete but that is unlikely to be correct.
Not enough colours for an abacus, you want at least units, tens, hundreds and thousands .
Deadeye
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I'd have expected them to be drilled right through for an abacus
Had a difficult day yesterday so didn’t read fully ,,
Jacob
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Knobs. Small and smaller.
Looks like some thing to go on the top of canes you use in the garden to stop peeps hurting selves
Deadeye
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I think those are drilled through all the way and tend to be hard plastic?
Deadeye
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What on earth is a "half hole" bead? Also, they're huge
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Huge? 20mm or so, not really.
https://thebeadstore.co.uk/products...crylic-beads-14mm-yellow-buy-one-get-one-free
While away the dark winter evenings and make some bangles and open an Etsy shop?
https://thebeadstore.co.uk/products...crylic-beads-14mm-yellow-buy-one-get-one-free
While away the dark winter evenings and make some bangles and open an Etsy shop?
Knobs for machine handles?
Thread as necessary, or just stick them on. Strange colours though.
Thread as necessary, or just stick them on. Strange colours though.
When I laid some slabs, they came with 4 of these moulded one into each corner such that they would not lie completely flush with a hard surface.
I winkled them all out and used them in my catapult to dissuade the magpies from destroying the song birds' nests in our hedge.
Yes, I have got a catapult, after all I'm nearly 9 3/4 now...
I winkled them all out and used them in my catapult to dissuade the magpies from destroying the song birds' nests in our hedge.
Yes, I have got a catapult, after all I'm nearly 9 3/4 now...
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Henniep
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Yes, some peeps just don't read proper, what, with half holes and all. Aside, not common in a woodworking shop, so Dad must have got them for a special job (like jumbo knitting needles) or just came across them at a junk sale and thought they may be handy??
As said before, they would make cane tops for in the garden.
Want to sale, save me making a dozen come the summer
Want to sale, save me making a dozen come the summer
Well I can imagine a scenario. Insert item/retailer of choice!
‘I need a couple of <x> for this project making a <y>.Being thrifty, I’ll look around for something about right.
<Hardware emporium> used to have them, but of course there are only 3 on the shelf and I need 4.
Joy! A pack of 50 costs less than the petrol getting to the shop. I’ll get a pack of 1mm too small and a pack of 1mm too big, and make them work.
Job completed, it would be a waste to throw them out. Even though making a <y> is unlikely to be done again, it was a daft idea anyway. They can be filed away neatly just in case.’
For similar reasons, I have a LOT of 12mm spring locking washers….
‘I need a couple of <x> for this project making a <y>.Being thrifty, I’ll look around for something about right.
<Hardware emporium> used to have them, but of course there are only 3 on the shelf and I need 4.
Joy! A pack of 50 costs less than the petrol getting to the shop. I’ll get a pack of 1mm too small and a pack of 1mm too big, and make them work.
Job completed, it would be a waste to throw them out. Even though making a <y> is unlikely to be done again, it was a daft idea anyway. They can be filed away neatly just in case.’
For similar reasons, I have a LOT of 12mm spring locking washers….
throbscottle
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They really do look like they go on ends of rods of some kind.
In fact, I know where I have some! I have an ancient wire shoe rack, and it has spherical feet, exactly like these except colour (black) and size (1/2" ish)
There you go, colourful feet for shoe racks! I suppose you could use them for some other kind of feet...
Other kind of feet like... wire record racks! Remember those? They also had spherical feet, same design! And, and, and (I'm on a roll now) wire dish racks! Yay, four uses!
In fact, I know where I have some! I have an ancient wire shoe rack, and it has spherical feet, exactly like these except colour (black) and size (1/2" ish)
There you go, colourful feet for shoe racks! I suppose you could use them for some other kind of feet...
Other kind of feet like... wire record racks! Remember those? They also had spherical feet, same design! And, and, and (I'm on a roll now) wire dish racks! Yay, four uses!
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