Electric Needle??

[Tommy P]

No, I'm not giving myself a tattoo! (Not that there is anything wrong with that!)

I get the strangest requests from customers. Guess they think we can get anything...

A good customer calls and asks where she can get an Electric Needle. Says it's used to test buttons to see what they are made of. Never heard of such a thing.

Any of you smart people got a thought??

Thanks.

 

[Bob Doyle]

There's a hydrometer(?) that has electric needles you stick into wood to gauge how wet it is. I think a good furniture maker supplier would have this item.

I know if you heat a needle and stick it into a button and you smell hair burning that the button is probably made of ivory. If it smells like burning plastic it is probably plastic or Bakelite.

2 thoughts as to what your customer is asking for!

 

[Dermot]

http://www.buttonimages.com/catalog/hotneedletester.htm

http://www.buttonimages.com/collector_info/identify.htm

http://www.keephomesteadmuseum.org/button_of_the_month.htm

 

[Tommy P]

Dermot!

You the Man!! It's exactly what she was looking for!!

Th G never ceases to amaze.....people help you out on anything!