I have an old box of very small wooden pegs. All that is on the label is spinner pegs. What are they for?
I know what a peg is for but what does spinner mean?
I know what a peg is for but what does spinner mean?
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Spinner peg
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leov
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Is spinner is like a rotating post, to display or store items you can hang on a peg?
exchemist
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An old version of this, perhaps?:
https://www.amazon.com/Countertop-Pegboard-Spinner-Magnetic-Hooks/dp/B00P8BWAPO
Thanks! But, the little pieces of peg are shorter than a wooden match. They are round and are probably for plugging up a hole. I want to know why they were called spinner.
leov
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Hmm, I was thinking about something like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...c5e-5847-aa82-4460f3542994&pf_rd_i=8615546011
PureX
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Back in the 1930's there were something called "pegboards" in many diners, gas stations, and small grocery stores. The idea behind them was that you paid a penny, nickel, or dime to pull out a peg. If you pulled out the peg with a bright colored insert behind it, you won the prize displayed with the board. It was usually something ostentatious like a large, fancy cigarette lighter (I had one of these from my grandad's gas station years ago).
Perhaps your box of pegs were for one of those old pegboard raffle games. I don't know what the word "spinner" would have referred to; maybe the prize, or maybe the mechanism behind the holes that determine which peg hole would have the special marker behind it.
Perhaps your box of pegs were for one of those old pegboard raffle games. I don't know what the word "spinner" would have referred to; maybe the prize, or maybe the mechanism behind the holes that determine which peg hole would have the special marker behind it.
The pegs are 3/4 inch long. 
Now, I have noticed small writing on one end of the box. I think they are for making your own spinning top. made in u.s.a. pressman toy corp new york, n.y. (all small letters) 1166
Now, I have noticed small writing on one end of the box. I think they are for making your own spinning top. made in u.s.a. pressman toy corp new york, n.y. (all small letters) 1166
The pegs are 3/4 inch long.
Now, I have noticed small writing on one end of the box. I think they are for making your own spinning top. made in u.s.a. pressman toy corp new york, n.y. (all small letters) 1166
Are they the same size as the hole in a spool of thread? Pioneers whittled tops out of the wooden ones.
Those ones are a little smaller than the spools so the spools can slide off and on easily. I built one of those for boss, using dowels. $16 is pretty cheap though. If I remember right, Dad whittled the 'peg' part of the toy top as well. They worked really well. Whittling is a lost art.
leov
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wood pins, they use in assembling knocked down furniture, e.t.c., most likely spool pin, and fwiw Dreidel - Wikipedia
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No. I knew that these pegs are a smaller width than the hole of a spool but as I am often doubting myself I checked. I was right. The hole in the spool is much wider than the pegs are.
That's a good idea, but it is not what they are because "toy" is on the box. I had probably never before examined the box with my glasses on.
Shadow Wolf
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She said "toy," not sewing accessory.
But, not until later.