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Offline tford87

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Bullard's- what is it?
« on: September 27, 2015, 08:22:47 AM »
Hi, great forum!   

My wife collects old tools and my daughter brought this down from upstate NY as a gift. 

It says BULLARD'S on it.  Bullard's is a company out of Bridgeport CT that makes vertical milling bores, which is, in essence, a vertical lathe.  I suspect this is just a piece off of one of their huge machines -- or is it?  It has all the aspects of a hand tool.  Haven't been able to find any images on the web of anything that resembles this!  Appreciate any help, thanks in advance!
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Re: Bullard's- what is it?
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2015, 10:01:14 AM »
WAG here- reminds me of an ice scraper plus a tool to drag a block of ice.
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Re: Bullard's- what is it?
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2015, 10:13:23 AM »
it looks liks a carpet stretcher.  used to install floor carpeting.
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Re: Bullard's- what is it?
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2015, 01:06:23 PM »
( https://books.google.com/books?id=AdVNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA823&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0URJGAXZSJVrxwOz5z-JyBk0v_mA&ci=94%2C593%2C810%2C483&edge=0 ) is a 1907 HARDWARE DEALERS Magazine ad page clip with BULLARD & EXCELSIOR carpet stretcher ads.  EXCELSIOR is the one with the handle that also is a malleable iron tack hammer / tack lifter.
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Re: Bullard's- what is it?
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2015, 08:41:07 AM »
Excellent, thanks so much, people!  Great forum, so glad I signed up!

--TF in Balto
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Re: Bullard's- what is it?
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2015, 08:23:10 AM »
I have had one of those carpet stretchers in my show inventory this summer.   I bet I was asked about 3-5 times a day what it was.  I get tired of answering the same question 1000 times, so in the Ebay stock it will go.
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Re: Bullard's- what is it?
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2015, 08:30:36 PM »
I usually put tags with an explanation of what it is on my oddball stuff.  It doesn't stop all the questions, but it does slow them down some...especially among those folks who can actually read.

Mike
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Re: Bullard's- what is it?
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2015, 10:01:03 PM »
Quote from: mikeswrenches on October 06, 2015, 08:30:36 PM
I usually put tags with an explanation of what it is on my oddball stuff.  It doesn't stop all the questions, but it does slow them down some...especially among those folks who can actually read.

Mike
Given the current state of Education, you best get to finding a way to put short videos together the human appearing creatures can access with their "smart" phone.  Watched 2 fools at the choke & puke conversing across the table on those contraptions Monday.
I'm pretty sure they're called SmartPhones cause the dam phone is smarter than the creature carrying it.
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Re: Bullard's- what is it?
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2015, 11:33:04 PM »
Quote from: Aunt Phil on October 06, 2015, 10:01:03 PM
Quote from: mikeswrenches on October 06, 2015, 08:30:36 PM
I usually put tags with an explanation of what it is on my oddball stuff.  It doesn't stop all the questions, but it does slow them down some...especially among those folks who can actually read.

Mike
Given the current state of Education, you best get to finding a way to put short videos together the human appearing creatures can access with their "smart" phone.  Watched 2 fools at the choke & puke conversing across the table on those contraptions Monday.
I'm pretty sure they're called SmartPhones cause the dam phone is smarter than the creature carrying it.

I'm pretty sure mine is.

& I don't think it has any loyalty to me,  either.

Chilly
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Re: Bullard's- what is it?
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2015, 06:12:37 AM »
Mike,

That is a good idea.  I do that sometimes, but need to make it a habit.

I often get everyone asking for the price of one or two items.  Put a price on it, and that ends all the questions from people wanting it for 1.00.

I used to put a description on all my tags.  It just increased the workload a lot, and greatly increased the number of free museum people spending a long time in my booth.

JMH
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