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266797 Bill Webber <ol2lrus@v...> 2018‑10‑15 Re: Gimlets?
I only have one wooden handled gimlet.  The handle is not quite 
cylindrical, being slightly thicker at the center where the metal 
protrudes ever so slightly.  If a handle designed like this were 
installed in this tray it might leave a tiny mark where the metal rubs 
the partitions.

There are, in fact, six small marks on the partitions.  One on the 
right, one on the left, and two on both side of the center partition.

Tool 1. The biggest handle, rightmost, would have been close to 3-inches 
long, with a diameter of about .830.  That is deeper than the tray 
because there is a wood strip added underneath and has been hollowed out.

Tool 2. The next handle is to the right of the center partition with a 
formed recess 2.25 long, diameter about .750.  The bottom panel has been 
hollowed out here also.

Tool 3. The next handle is to the left of the center partition with a 
shaped recess 2.25 long, diameter .650.

Tool 4. The next handle on the extreme left of the tray has a shaped 
recess 1.90 long, max diameter .650

Tools 5&6. The last two handles would have been above Tools 2&3 and 
would have been no longer than 1.5 inches long and diameter of .500.  
Nothing here to indicate shape.

So, has anyone seen a gimlet handle as small as those last two?

Bill W.
Nottingham, PA
Woodworkers visit me at http://billwebber.galootcentral.com/

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