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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 11:38 AM

SeeYou190

OK, I should have asked my wife first.

She says it is a holder for small parts. It came with some cardboard strips that went through the slots, and some removable glue dots to hold the things to the cardboard.

I tried to Google it with that description, but nothing.

-Kevin

 

Nah. I don't think so.

Rich

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Posted by gregc on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 11:50 AM

are the slots the important things and the holes just to save weight?

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 12:17 PM

gregc
Are the slots the important things and the holes just to save weight?

If it works the way my wife remembers, then yes.

The holes probably make it easier to push the cardboard strips out of the slots.

-Kevin

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Posted by BEAUSABRE on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 5:52 PM

Any graduate of the US Army Armor School will iinstantly identify it as the rare Left Handed Friction Wrench. New tankers were sent to Supply to get one for their vehicle and were told not to return without it. 

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Posted by LouC on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 8:55 PM

In the Navy, we used it as a left-handed wind shifter, but ours were in Battleship Gray

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