Anyone know what these are???

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phonolamplighter
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Anyone know what these are???

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This is a little contest. SOLVED-WE HAVE A WINNER!

First responder that can identify what is in the picture will win the original full-page Victrola advertisement from a 1923 Red Book magazine.Postage paid.
A small bonus item will be included if you can guess what we did with these today.

TMF time stamp and e-mail time stamp will determine order of responses.

Hint: these are NOT phonograph needles.

What are these?
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Here is the prize, Good Luck!
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Just a guess, but if they are stainless steel it looks like tumbling media for cleaning and polishing metal parts.

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Man I was thinking so hard as to what they could be

I know you said they’re NOT phonograph needles but all I can think of is this:

they are needle blanks and what you did was sharpen the ends into needle points. (you never said they weren’t going to become needles) :shock: :?

Probably ain’t right but hey I tried

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Pins for roller bearings?

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Sprinkles, and you ate them? Is this a test to see if we can follow instructions? Do you really want us to email you?

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Pins for piano actions, and you scrapped them, because nobody needs that many?

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Extra pins for a Cribbage board...
"The phonograph† is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.

"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Some sort of alignment pins?

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jukejunkie wrote:Just a guess, but if they are stainless steel it looks like tumbling media for cleaning and polishing metal parts.

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That's what they look like to me -- https://www.amazon.com/STAINLESS-FINISH ... B00YWJLHY8

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[quote="Django"]Sprinkles, and you ate them?


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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