Friday Quiz #2

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• Martin Hodge Posts: 1,246

  2017-03-04 07:20

  Prototype of the Ronco Pocket Fisherman.
• rosco_pc Posts: 451

  2017-03-04 12:21

  dental drill
• MrBi11 Posts: 117

  2017-03-04 12:29

  valve seat grinder
• MikeDYur Posts: 2,176

  2017-03-04 13:59 edited 2017-03-04 14:45

  Personal Labotomizer by Ronco.
  
  
  EDIT: Can we get one question out of the way, is this for woodworking? I think I have seen one at a flea market or antique store somewhere.
• erco Posts: 20,254

  2017-03-04 14:46

  MrBi11 wrote: »

  valve seat grinder

  
  +1, valve lapping tool.
  
  
• MikeDYur Posts: 2,176

  2017-03-04 14:51

  erco wrote: »

  
  +1, valve lapping tool.
  

  
  With the mother of pearl handles, it came from a repair shop in Beverly Hills.
• kwinn Posts: 8,697

  2017-03-04 15:12

  MrBi11 wrote: »

  valve seat grinder

  
  + 2
• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514

  2017-03-04 19:46

  rosco_co wrote:

  dental drill

  Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
  
  Here're more cringe-worthy photos from the dental chamber of horrors:
  
  http://www.millerdentalcare.com/eugene-dentist-the-evolution-of-the-dental-drill/
  
  -Phil
  
  
• rosco_pc Posts: 451

  2017-03-05 04:37

  my dentist in Taiwan had one of these on display
• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514

  2017-03-05 04:45 edited 2017-03-05 04:45

  rosco_pc wrote:

  my dentist in Taiwan had one of these on display

  Oh, geez! That must've been a comfort to his patients -- not!
• Heater. Posts: 21,230

  2017-03-05 08:41

  Dentists like to do that for some perverse reason. There is one around here with a whole cabinet of instruments of torture on display in the waiting room.
• rosco_pc Posts: 451

  2017-03-05 09:25 edited 2017-03-05 09:26

  I actualy am fascinated with these things. Modern machines are basically just motorized versions of these.
  
  And it made me appreciate the machines we have now