Does anybody know what this is?

[RambleTamble]

These turned up in our house and I have no idea what they are or where they came from. ChatGPT said they might be anti-static pads for soldering.
EDIT: they're about 7-7/8" (20cm) square and those are plastic snaps in the corners.

 

[MarciKS]

the soldering pads i see on google look nothing like these.

from what i'm seeing the black piece is a sander pad. is the white piece silicone?

 

[Murrmurr]

They're not soldering pads...Chat didn't compute the snaps.

Those are meant to hold something. What, I don't know.

 

[HoneyNut]

These turned up in our house

Inside your house? Did you have workmen doing some maintenance that might have left them, or some other visitors?

 

[Murrmurr]

They look like they're for holding something round and, probably, with a sharp edge, like disc blades or saws. (for a handheld tool)

 

[Paco Dennis]

Do the corners snap together? Snapping them all could make a tray?

 

[Murrmurr]

Do the corners snap together? Snapping them all could make a tray?

They do, and because they make sort of rounded corners, I think they're meant to safely hold disc blades.

 

[jet]

bath mats?

 

[debodun]

For sitting hot pots on?

 

[Murrmurr]

bath mats?

For elves?

They look only about 4" or 5" sq.

 

[RambleTamble]

For elves?

They look only about 4" or 5" sq.

They're actually 7-7/8" sq or 20cm for normal countries that use the metric system. The fact that they are such a nominal dimension in metric indicates that they were probably made outside the U.S. using the metric system.

 

[Murrmurr]

I just remembered seeing something very similar to these in my grandfather's tailor shop! They held disc blades for cutting fabrics. His were leather, but that was 50yrs ago.

 

[Murrmurr]

They're actually 7-7/8" sq or 20cm for normal countries that use the metric system. The fact that they are such a nominal dimension in metric indicates that they were probably made outside the U.S. using the metric system.

I just remembered seeing something very similar to these in my grandfather's tailor shop! They held disc blades for cutting fabrics. His were leather, but that was 50yrs ago.

Oh...maybe not. Grampa's fabric cutting discs were only about 5"/12.7cm.

I do think they're for storing disc blades, tho.

 

[RambleTamble]

Oh...maybe not. Grampa's fabric cutting discs were only about 5"/12.7cm.

I do think they're for storing disc blades, tho.

If a blade came it them, they'd probably have an impression of the blade on the rubber. I don't see any impression of anything on them. In fact, the inside surfaces are pristine. The outside black surfaces are a bit worn and dirty.

 

[IrishEyes]

I know what they are, they came off a puzzle table so they can hold puzzle pieces by color as you work on it.
My DH has a puzzle table with those