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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Cool Tools Bench Awards 2018</title><link>https://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/w/documents/3666/cool-tools-bench-awards-2018</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Cool Tools Bench Awards 2018</title><link>https://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/w/documents/3666/cool-tools-bench-awards-2018</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 21:38:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:63d0763c-8190-4e4a-9616-10220de57926</guid><dc:creator>e14mindi</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/w/documents/3666/cool-tools-bench-awards-2018#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Documents by e14mindi on 10/6/2021 9:38:44 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Hello Community Members and happy June.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;It is officially summertime here at the element14 offices, which is enough of a reason to celebrate but as we batted around some ideas we thought - why don&amp;#39;t we involve the Community in some fun?&amp;nbsp; We have already been asking you about your favorite tools for our &lt;a class="jive-link-thread-small" href="https://www.element14.com/community/thread/63862/l/cool-tools-to-giveaway-for-a-blog-review"&gt;RoadTest reviews&lt;/a&gt; and now we&amp;#39;d like to present to you the Cool Tools Bench Awards!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/415x129/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-21/contentimage_5F00_97844.png"&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/00/21/contentimage_97844.png-415x129.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=OJ%2FyWVkBwcc7SgxY5yOvLqfaJf%2BG2sa%2FSSSR4fZUB6c%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-04-30T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=zrGrMr1DlMEJC6+Ub24YqQ==" style="max-height: 129px;max-width: 415px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Starting today and going through the entire month of June, we want you to submit photos and/or videos of your own bench or workspace for other Community members to see.&amp;nbsp; Then in the month of July we&amp;#39;ll pick out some winners every week and send them some of our favorite Cool Tools chosen by us and other Community members like the ones below:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1" class="jiveBorder mce-item-table" style="border:1px solid #c6c6c6;width:100%;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/120x71/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-21/contentimage_5F00_97845.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/00/21/contentimage_97845.png-120x71.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=GX%2Fh3kBisqgnKqzfvIDJEK54EaGqvgSiGK%2Flu85QWzw%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-04-30T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=yN/wGARbEsBrf1H/mlYgrQ==" style="max-height: 71px;max-width: 120px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/130x22/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-21/contentimage_5F00_97846.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/00/21/contentimage_97846.png-130x22.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=A%2F50YA%2B16261uV5t9RRD9A6vIDEYtwmq%2Fa5fT5P9pBk%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-04-30T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=TWFkCiq9ng8xEmSGDZRzuQ==" style="max-height: 22px;max-width: 130px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/169x120/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-21/contentimage_5F00_97847.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/00/21/contentimage_97847.png-169x120.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=VrmbL50IsMrMAMr%2ByyWLGDEbVii%2Btk%2FTfMBuhbpRXEA%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-04-30T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=ZKMPbWAAzrRkqvvrngCCMw==" style="max-height: 120px;max-width: 169px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/118x149/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-21/contentimage_5F00_97848.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/00/21/contentimage_97848.png-118x149.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=me7L2DeFlq9PnM6tI9VYGytbgWlcyjHP5MTM7HyCeL8%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-04-30T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=xHd45x/nMB7UX5YhpbMeqg==" style="max-height: 149px;max-width: 118px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/190x128/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-21/contentimage_5F00_97849.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/00/21/contentimage_97849.png-190x128.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=o%2Btkrn1sHNUVqrJ1jnQqN5UwdAkteKEw7WYzirMhe54%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-04-30T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=rz6q2lL6lE9komjwAa150A==" style="max-height: 128px;max-width: 190px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/148x84/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-21/contentimage_5F00_97850.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/00/21/contentimage_97850.png-148x84.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=3uwQKXKNEYNnUKS%2FE7WCq8uu3m%2FkcZbVjorhL9BJSsQ%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-04-30T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=58bLinGJvyokEDw4r04e3g==" style="max-height: 84px;max-width: 148px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;font-family:&amp;#39;Helvetica Neue&amp;#39;, Helvetica, Arial, &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;padding:6px;color:#3d3d3d;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Duratool PL 501 Cutter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;background:transparent;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Klein Tools 4-1 Screwdriver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;font-family:&amp;#39;Helvetica Neue&amp;#39;, Helvetica, Arial, &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, sans-serif;padding:6px;background-color:transparent;color:#3d3d3d;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Duratool &lt;span style="color:#454545;"&gt;PC Maintenance Tool Kit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;font-family:&amp;#39;Helvetica Neue&amp;#39;, Helvetica, Arial, &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, sans-serif;padding:6px;background-color:transparent;color:#3d3d3d;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Duratool &lt;span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;"&gt;Soldering Station&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;font-family:&amp;#39;Helvetica Neue&amp;#39;, Helvetica, Arial, &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, sans-serif;padding:6px;background-color:transparent;color:#3d3d3d;"&gt;Milwaukee Bit Set&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;font-family:&amp;#39;Helvetica Neue&amp;#39;, Helvetica, Arial, &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, sans-serif;padding:6px;background-color:transparent;color:#3d3d3d;"&gt;Duratool Wire Stripper&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We will have ten (10)&amp;nbsp; winners total for the following categories:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt; Where’s my Cat? &lt;/strong&gt; (messiest bench)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;•&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Tony Stark’s Dream Bench (&lt;/strong&gt;state of the art bench)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt; Fire Hazard Award&lt;/strong&gt; (Worst cable management)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Pepped to the Post Award (&lt;/strong&gt;Best coffee mug)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt; Totally Screwed Award&lt;/strong&gt; (Worst organisation of screws, nuts and bolts)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt; Bat Cave Award&lt;/strong&gt; (Award for wide range of tools)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Mom Would Be Proud &lt;/strong&gt; (Neatest bench)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Man Cave Bench&lt;/strong&gt; (Best use of personal space for a bench)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt; Jury Rigged Award&lt;/strong&gt; (Most improvised or makeshift repair or bench)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Time Machine Award&lt;/strong&gt; (Best piece of Retro Tech on display)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Along with the above, we&amp;#39;ll also have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;a special&lt;strong&gt; “In Their Element&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; award (best representation and love of element14)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Let&amp;#39;s have some fun with this and show us the benches and workspaces where all of your amazing projects come to life!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Comment with your photo/videos on this post through June 30th.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="migration-injected-attachments"&gt;&lt;div style="font-weight:bold;margin:15px 0 5px 0;"&gt;Attachments:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table style="border:0;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="160"&gt;&lt;span class="_se_attachment" id="attid_https://www.element14.com/community/api/core/v3/attachments/263058"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-21/Cool_5F00_Tools_5F00_Bench_5F00_Awards_5F00_2018_5F00_Contest.pdf"&gt;community.element14.com/.../Cool_5F00_Tools_5F00_Bench_5F00_Awards_5F00_2018_5F00_Contest.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;Cool_Tools_Bench_Awards_2018_Contest.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: giveaways, members, cool tools, hand tools, contest, bench awards&lt;/div&gt;
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