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   BossHog | Jan 27, 2005 05:28pm | #1

   I tried waiting on the picture to download, but it's just too big for my dialup. What I could see was too blurry to make out.

   Try getting in closer and taking the picture. Then downsize the thing so it doesn't take forever to download.

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   A: A translator.
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   BossHog | Jan 27, 2005 05:41pm | #2

   O.K., scratch that last post. When the picture ws downloading, all I was was that box at the top left of the picture. Once it finished downloading I saw the box you were actually talking about.

   I cropped and re-sized it and attached the revised picture to this post for those on dialups.

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   talkingdog | Jan 27, 2005 06:26pm | #3

   Sorry. I have am serving this from the desktop
   and sometimes I forget about dialup.Thanks for cropping the photo. Since there have been no guesses, I will give
   a hint. When I first encountered these boxes
   at the store I thought the metal stips were
   something to do with grounding, but actually
   they turn out not to have an electrical
   function at all.

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   edwardh1 | Jan 27, 2005 06:47pm | #4

   nail guard?

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   BossHog | Jan 27, 2005 06:48pm | #5

   Didn't know this was a quiz.I thought you were asking a question...
   Even in the best and most peacefully civilized countries many occasions arise when a woman versed in the knowledge and use of firearms may find that information and skill of great importance. [Annie Oakley, Oct. 1919]

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   Sphere | Jan 27, 2005 06:49pm | #6

   rotozip bit eater..the ele. got tired of the sheetrocker destroying his wires, so he invented a bit eater..I think it was Forlorn who made the first one. 

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   Rumi....

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   talkingdog | Jan 27, 2005 08:06pm | #8

   Are you serious about that--LOL!

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   Sphere | Jan 27, 2005 08:07pm | #9

   sure thing. 

   Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   " Let behind the eyes, that which one talks"

   Rumi....

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   SteveInCleveland | Jan 27, 2005 06:49pm | #7

   Do they add rigidity to the plastic boxes?

    

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   bigman | Jan 27, 2005 08:15pm | #10

   Pictures is very terrible, it looks like a piece of metal duct tape, put on to cover the screw holes so the taper wont fill them with mud. Why did they use such a shallow box?? boxes are cheap. The wires are not long enough (6" from box face) or stripped properly. Why is the device installed now? is this a remodel job??

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   talkingdog | Jan 28, 2005 03:37am | #13

   I blame the picture on Canon's autofocus. I always
   blame the tools!Why do they use such shallow boxes? I ask myself
   the same question. Darned hard to use. About the
   only thing on the market, though. I think it's
   because they are often used in post and beam wall
   infill cavities that are shallower than the normal
   8.9 cm of stud walls (although this is a stud wall).Dunno about the craft standards of wire stripping
   and so forth. I'm sure they follow whatever code there
   is. The main thing is that the code does not stipulate
   grounded circuits.The reason why this switch is installed, I think,
   is that the owner is a DIY and he's working alone on
   this for a good long time. A professional electrician
   did the switch install, though. When they rock, they will cut an inch hole with an
   augur so the switch can stick out, then rock over it,
   same with the rest of the boxes.Here's my little photo essay about this photo and the
   subsequent rocking. If you click on the 1st photo you can
   see the comments that solve the mystery quiz (sorry
   Boss for not labelling it as a quiz). You can click
   down further and get high res photo if you want to see
   details.http://www.dogshogun.com/gallery/album281The guys doing the work are part of a club that helps
   people learn how to build their own houses, learn by
   doing. They call it a Build It Yourself club. Each month
   they get together on a Sunday and go over in a large
   group and help some member with some aspect of their
   project.They have some interesting tools and techniques.

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   superwork | Jan 27, 2005 10:26pm | #11

   Those strips are so you don't put a screw through the wire .

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   hammer1 | Jan 27, 2005 11:50pm | #12

   I haven't seen that type of box before. Because it is flush with the framing, there may be a clip on extension. Strange that the switch is connected but they probably do things differently in Japan than in the US.

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match