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Title: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for. (SOLVED)
Post by: austastar on March 21, 2013, 06:22:59 PM
Hi
   This one won't be easy, can any one guess why and what I made this for?


Hints.


1. It is camping related.


2. I don't need it when the weather is pleasant.


3. I don't have a camper trailer.


(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-R1aKFaZvdDM/UUrBRTW8WdI/AAAAAAAADHk/csq9pEuer3w/s902/DSC01857.JPG)


I plan on not commenting or dropping hints, but will put up the answer and a photo in about a week unless some one gets the answer spot on.


cheers
Title: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Ynot on March 21, 2013, 06:28:49 PM
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Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Mandrake on March 21, 2013, 06:35:00 PM
And you're asking the community because you can't remember what to do wiv it ?  :cup:
Title: Re: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Marschy on March 21, 2013, 06:36:52 PM
I plan on not commenting or dropping hints, but will put up the answer and a photo in about a week unless some one gets the answer spot on

Are you least going to give us warmer colder????

The length looks like it has some significance. And the toothed ends would hint at it being used to space something apart that is done repetitively.
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Jeepers Creepers on March 21, 2013, 06:45:47 PM
Why is one end different to the other?

Is this an important thing or did ya just cock it up when you cut it?

Can it be used by the wife as well as the husband?

Why did ya paint it such a sh!tty red colour?

Can it be used during campany or not?

OK, here's my guess..... its for holding a camcorder so ya can film yaself having sex. What do i win.....well
Title: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Marcus73 on March 21, 2013, 06:51:36 PM
Why is one end different to the other?

Is this an important thing or did ya just cock it up when you cut it?

Can it be used by the wife as well as the husband?

Why did ya paint it such a sh!tty red colour?

Can it be used during campany or not?

OK, here's my guess..... its for holding a camcorder so ya can film yaself having sex. What do i win.....well

Hahahahaha.... You idiot!
Title: Re: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Marschy on March 21, 2013, 06:52:41 PM
OK, here's my guess..... its for holding a camcorder so ya can film yaself having sex. What do i win.....well

 I hope you're not right, he said he was gonna post some pictures in a weeks time
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: 1HDT on March 21, 2013, 06:57:04 PM
I Know!!

It's a paver spacing tool.

You leave 20mm on one side and 10mm on the other and your done  ;D

Title: Re: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: austastar on March 21, 2013, 06:57:52 PM
The length looks like it has some significance.
And the toothed ends would hint at it being used to space something apart that is done repetitively.

Warm!
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Mandrake on March 21, 2013, 07:01:24 PM
Eyelet hole measure for Tarpaulin .
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: StrvnMrvn on March 21, 2013, 07:06:59 PM
Distance between ure seat and the fridge for beers?
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Mandrake on March 21, 2013, 07:08:23 PM
Home made peg puller?
Home made leg puller i reckon !!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Jeepers Creepers on March 21, 2013, 07:09:03 PM
I hope you're not right, he said he was gonna post some pictures in a weeks time

Thats what i'm waiting for..... >:D

Oh Christ, i hope its with the wife on top......

Ah bugger, now i'm gunna have nightmares worring about seeing his big hairy white blurter.... yuk spit vomit.

Oh geez, i just got a bit of vomit stuck in my throat,,,,,, cough splutter.
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: edz on March 21, 2013, 07:11:34 PM
For measuring crayfish / lobster
Title: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: GS on March 21, 2013, 07:16:00 PM
I'm 6' so that back scratcher should reach just above the plumbers crack.
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: baldheadedgit on March 21, 2013, 07:22:54 PM
Looks to me like a "Wig wam for a Goose's bridal"........................ ::) :P

BHG
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: champin on March 21, 2013, 07:31:18 PM
The collector for the timed switching device that is incorporated in the nature of the bee-bees in brine as used in a flux capacitor. In conjunction with a magnetic field and the load, the flux capacitor uses the hierarchical structure of the cosmos as a timer! The trilamination of the tiny spheres with selected metals and their subjection to a magnetic field and current (sustained by the load) destabilizes the orderliness of the proton, the heavier atom and the "tissue" of individual layers of metal. The matter then seeks to re-establish itself in the fractal set.
   Am I warm?
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: briann532 on March 21, 2013, 07:47:34 PM
A rope tensioner???

 ???
Title: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: GS on March 21, 2013, 07:49:05 PM
Looks to me like a "Wig wam for a Goose's bridal"........................ ::) :P

BHG

That is something my 70yo mum would say
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: heath74 on March 21, 2013, 07:52:17 PM
Keeps the tournau cover taught on your motor cycle side car.
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Barrabart on March 21, 2013, 07:59:14 PM
It's a 412mm 4 prong rod in the 2012 colour of fire engine red....... i know this cos i have the 385mm unit! Mine is lighter and you get better fuel economy when carting it.  ;D
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: baldheadedgit on March 21, 2013, 08:02:10 PM
That is something my 70yo mum would say
;) ;D

BHG
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: kiwipride on March 21, 2013, 08:11:24 PM
A tent peg puller?
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Kit_e_kat9 on March 21, 2013, 08:36:28 PM
Hints.
1. It is camping related.
2. I don't need it when the weather is pleasant.
3. I don't have a camper trailer.

1. Well that makes sense as it's a camping forum.
2. But you will need it BEFORE the weather gets too unpleasant.
3. Many people don't.  So you either have a swag, a tent, a canoe, or sleep in your beast.

You've hinted that it's for spacing something that you do regularly enough, but you still need some form of guide to do it right and built one.  You also hinted that you can't tell 400mm from 350mm by eye.   ;D  Me either.

I'm trying to fathom what could be 400 apart and used for camping in inclement weather.  It's got nothing to do with ropes or pegs I'm assuming.

Kit_e
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: champin on March 21, 2013, 08:49:15 PM
OK lets have another crack at this. Would it be used to roll up a guy rope?
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: austastar on March 21, 2013, 08:56:04 PM
Hi,
   think along these lines.


I had to make it - nothing like it on the market.


What sort of camping rig do I have - check some of my trip reports.


cheers
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: evolution on March 21, 2013, 09:19:32 PM
Well you have a tray back pop top on a landrover 110 variant.

Its not for checking the oil in the landy is it? ;D >:D

Is it for locking the ladder into the camper in place properly?

Cheers
Evo
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: Kit_e_kat9 on March 21, 2013, 09:45:55 PM


Is it for pinning something in place?  Eg: to stop a door swinging in the breeze OR hold a door against (say) the kitchen.

Kit_e
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: ezza on March 21, 2013, 11:24:50 PM
 its for a landrover cruise control hook one end on the pedal the other on the seat adjuster  ;D
Title: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: britts on March 22, 2013, 07:46:27 AM
Stops the roof of your camper coming crashing down and locking you inside when it gets windy, and the gas struts fail. :)
Awesome looking camper by the way I haven't seen one of those before.
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: 4541Andy on March 22, 2013, 07:58:08 AM
Hooks onto Land Rover dash and gear stick to stop said Land rover jumping out of top gear,big improvement over forked stick cut from the bush
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: idlegossip on March 22, 2013, 07:59:00 AM
I was thinking the roof also initially, but maybe it's to hold the awning a little closer into the camper so the wind doesn't flap it all night...
Title: Re: Quizz. A home made gadget - what is it for.
Post by: austastar on March 22, 2013, 09:50:51 AM
I was thinking the roof also initially, but maybe it's to hold the awning a little closer into the camper so the wind doesn't flap it all night...


Bingo!

Hi, well done, and here I was thinking it was so obscure it should last a week or so.


Yes, fully extended the awning catches the wind. The manufactures supply two bracing rods from the awning to the base of the camper, and reckon it is good for very strong wind conditions.
However after a night of Southerly busters at Cockle Creek some time ago, I'm very happy with my modification.
Reducing the 'sail' area by half, and the leverage by half seems to do the trick and I feel it is better to avoid rather than absorb the wind energy.


(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-K7YHUtE-TOo/UUudImHuTjI/AAAAAAAADH0/f0svBP6jFfA/s902/DSC01858.JPG)
This is where it fits


(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-f3PTbIMPsiw/UUudNeEU98I/AAAAAAAADH8/ljvkSFZXkh8/s902/DSC01860.JPG)
Flip the strap to one side


(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iolshM8NI0s/UUudQ80eNwI/AAAAAAAADIE/xeaLEcG_VQ4/s902/DSC01859.JPG)
The door opens just enough, and rests on an existing bump stop


Thanks for all the replies.


cheers