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Title: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on November 16, 2012, 12:34:27 AM
Thought this would be fun. post a picture of something odd, unusual or otherwise not easily recognizable.
Everyone can post their guesses.
Winner then gets to photograph something odd and post it.

I saw these in my "stuff"

What are they? Easy to guess what they resemble - but they are so small.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: prmas on November 16, 2012, 04:59:35 AM
Are they trim retaining clips? :icon_question:

Macka
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 16, 2012, 07:28:24 AM
Quote from: prmas on November 16, 2012, 04:59:35 AM
Are they trim retaining clips? :icon_question:

Macka

My vote as well.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 16, 2012, 09:42:36 AM
pawns from a cheap chinese made chess game?  errrr,...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Higgins13 on November 16, 2012, 11:36:15 AM
SOME SORT OF BOTTLE NIPPLE
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 16, 2012, 12:16:52 PM
Hiding the whole in MDF cupboards

or

Plastic feet to be inserted into the bottom of something so said something does not contact the ground but the plastic feet things do.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: bombsquad83 on November 16, 2012, 12:42:51 PM
So....do you know what they are Adidas, or are we all just guessing until it jogs your memory?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 16, 2012, 12:56:28 PM
tap washer
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on November 16, 2012, 01:23:45 PM
All wrong so far.
I do know what they are - and they are not mousies dildos.
I think it is fun to play the "What is this" game. One show on either DIY or some tool show always does that.

Hint: anyone into electronics?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 16, 2012, 02:20:37 PM
I think I remember seeing these in my box of computer parts (back when I did computers).  Are they motherboard "feet"?

EDIT:  Nevermind, Mister already said feet.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on November 17, 2012, 01:07:44 PM
Socket blocking pins, used to for keying connectors.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on November 17, 2012, 07:40:37 PM
Keep guessing. It is something for electronics.
I'll post the answer tomorrow of no one gets it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on November 17, 2012, 10:56:25 PM
They are little stop thingies to keep ICs from sliding out of the tubes they come packed in.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on November 17, 2012, 11:57:16 PM
Quote from: dam on November 17, 2012, 10:56:25 PM
They are little stop thingies to keep ICs from sliding out of the tubes they come packed in.


WINNER!

Now you get to post a picture of some obscure thing or close up that's hard to identify.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 18, 2012, 11:34:26 AM
Quote from: dam on November 17, 2012, 10:56:25 PM
They are little stop thingies to keep ICs from sliding out of the tubes they come packed in.

Doh! I was just gonna say that ???  :confused: :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on November 18, 2012, 10:59:50 PM
OK. What is it?
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on November 19, 2012, 12:15:14 AM
A pick device for a Ace type round lock?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 19, 2012, 02:47:40 AM
No idea. So I'll hang back, wait for someone to get it right then jump in with "Doh! I was just gonna say that ???  :confused: :icon_mrgreen:"
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 19, 2012, 07:54:47 AM
some kind of adapter for a food processor, blender,....really i have no idea  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: bombsquad83 on November 19, 2012, 08:03:07 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on November 19, 2012, 12:15:14 AM
A pick device for a Ace type round lock?

This is my guess too.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on November 19, 2012, 08:37:09 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on November 19, 2012, 12:15:14 AM
A pick device for a Ace type round lock?
That was quick. Yes it's a tubular lock pick :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on November 19, 2012, 12:08:24 PM
Reason I thought that? In college, a friend in the dorm has this obsession with making a pick for that type of lock. He had a tube and fingers each with a screw on them. I don't think he ever got it to work. It was for the change machine in the laundry room at the dorm.

Next challenge......
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 19, 2012, 12:40:53 PM
Reminds me of something mechanical at a bowlong alley like a pinsetter or ball lift/return thingie.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 19, 2012, 12:41:41 PM
that's what i was going to say,..has to have something to do with bowling,...but i dont know what!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on November 19, 2012, 01:10:36 PM
Close - can you be more specific?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 19, 2012, 01:20:20 PM
My 4 year old likes to go Bowling.  He uses the ramp to push the ball down the lane, and I have to tell him 15 times not to put your hand in the ball return.

The only thing I can think of is when the ball comes back from behind the pinsetter, it goes in some underground conveyer, then travels though this thingie to where the ball comes out.  Like the Brunswick or AMF Ball return machine that comes out of the floor.

If that's not it, then I give up.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: SAFE-T on November 19, 2012, 02:10:40 PM
Bowling Ball Return Mechanism
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on November 19, 2012, 02:28:12 PM
Not ball return.
Nothing to do with balls.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 19, 2012, 04:43:27 PM
Pin setter mechanism?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on November 19, 2012, 05:46:00 PM
I'll let you have it.
Specifically, it is a part from an AMF 82-30 model pinsetter. This is the part that picks up the pin after the first ball. Mounted to it is a cup that hold the next pin to be spotted. When spotting the pins, the whole assembly rotates 45* so the pin is vertical. When the pin is on the deck, the cup goes down a little more and swings back a few more degrees to clear the pin. When up and out of the eay, it rotates back to its normal position.

As it comes down on the top of the pin, the two rubber grips move in. Being on a sliding track, the pin can be off spot by 6" and still get picked up. Once the grips grab the pin, they stay closed with a ball point pen kind if latch. When the pinsetter table comes down to put the pin back down, that motion releases the grips and they open up.

Here you see the back row in a pinsetter. Each also has a switch to light up a light on the machine to show you which pins were left. also all switches had a contact connected in series. If any pin was picked up, it would break that circuit and it would not be a strike. If the circuit remained unbroken, the electronics (relays) would know it is a strike and immediately set a new set of pins.
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On these older pinsetters, if you noticed when bowling, as the table comes down to pick up the pins left after the first ball, you would see the next set of pins sliding down into the cups one by one - starting from the left and going around to the right.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 19, 2012, 09:22:20 PM
Easy one


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 20, 2012, 02:41:35 AM
6 1/2 hours and no guesses? :dunno_black:
And actually I think jestercinti got the last one first anyway?
I think it may be his turn :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on November 20, 2012, 02:44:35 AM
Any hints?
Got me stumped.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 20, 2012, 02:47:31 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on November 20, 2012, 02:44:35 AM
Any hints?
Got me stumped.
You will find it in most cars/trucks etc :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 20, 2012, 08:08:16 AM
Quote from: codajastal on November 20, 2012, 02:41:35 AM
6 1/2 hours and no guesses? :dunno_black:
And actually I think jestercinti got the last one first anyway?
I think it may be his turn :dunno_black:

All yours Cods. 

It makes sense that he has bowling apparatus since that's what he does:  http://www.cdesoftware.com/company/about
Also, if you look at his photo album referenced in his signature, it's full of bowling gear.

I guessed that it was a mechanical thing.  Just picked the wrong one (ball lift/return instead of pin setter).
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on November 20, 2012, 09:49:04 AM
Quote from: codajastal on November 20, 2012, 02:47:31 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on November 20, 2012, 02:44:35 AM
Any hints?
Got me stumped.
You will find it in most cars/trucks etc :thumb:

Looks like part of the ignition key assembly.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 20, 2012, 12:52:49 PM
Quote from: Kijona on November 20, 2012, 09:49:04 AM
Quote from: codajastal on November 20, 2012, 02:47:31 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on November 20, 2012, 02:44:35 AM
Any hints?
Got me stumped.
You will find it in most cars/trucks etc :thumb:

Looks like part of the ignition key assembly.
No
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on November 20, 2012, 02:36:01 PM
Possibly a shield over a light bulb to direct light onto the license plate?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 20, 2012, 04:34:08 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on November 20, 2012, 02:36:01 PM
Possibly a shield over a light bulb to direct light onto the license plate?
No
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 20, 2012, 04:44:06 PM
Part of a lock mechanism?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 20, 2012, 05:39:08 PM
Quote from: jestercinti on November 20, 2012, 04:44:06 PM
Part of a lock mechanism?
No
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 20, 2012, 05:41:20 PM
Hint number 2
You will find it on the inside of your car/truck etc
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 20, 2012, 08:31:57 PM
Something to do with the steering column or dash?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 20, 2012, 09:20:41 PM
Quote from: jestercinti on November 20, 2012, 08:31:57 PM
Something to do with the steering column or dash?
You have to be a little more specific than that lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: prmas on November 21, 2012, 04:35:15 AM
It looks like the cover/retainer for the cigar lighter socket. The cutout is for illumination. The small teeth on the end are to make "earth" contact.  :icon_idea:

Macka
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 21, 2012, 04:53:33 PM
Quote from: prmas on November 21, 2012, 04:35:15 AM
It looks like the cover/retainer for the cigar lighter socket. The cutout is for illumination. The small teeth on the end are to make "earth" contact.  :icon_idea:

Macka
BINGO :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: prmas on November 21, 2012, 11:06:45 PM
"Coda", feel free to have another turn as I am too sick with the flu at the moment to scrounge around for something interesting. I will take my turn later on.  :thumb:

Macka
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 21, 2012, 11:22:02 PM
Quote from: prmas on November 21, 2012, 11:06:45 PM
"Coda", feel free to have another turn as I am too sick with the flu at the moment to scrounge around for something interesting. I will take my turn later on.  :thumb:

Macka
LOL


VERY EASY

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 22, 2012, 04:40:31 AM
a blur?

Did I win?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: AussieChick on November 22, 2012, 05:31:28 AM
How the eff is that easy Cods?

This game looks like fun, but something I will probably be completely useless at....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 22, 2012, 12:49:45 PM
It's blurry on purpose cause if it wasn't you would easily tell what it was :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 22, 2012, 08:42:05 PM
Um yeah, k tight the ideas was to... never mind....

Old style coke bottle?
Kero out other fuel lantern?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on November 22, 2012, 09:02:39 PM
Looks like a bleeder valve with a clear tube attached

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 22, 2012, 09:10:57 PM
Quote from: BockinBboy on November 22, 2012, 09:02:39 PM
Looks like a bleeder valve with a clear tube attached

- Bboy
no
It is used with an air compressor
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: k.rollin on November 22, 2012, 09:46:51 PM
Moisture trap?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 22, 2012, 10:22:14 PM
Quote from: k.rollin on November 22, 2012, 09:46:51 PM
Moisture trap?
no
Much more simple
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 22, 2012, 10:57:21 PM
Quick disconnect fitting.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 22, 2012, 11:11:06 PM
Quote from: jestercinti on November 22, 2012, 10:57:21 PM
Quick disconnect fitting.
BINGO :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 23, 2012, 01:16:56 AM
Even if that was in focus I would not have got it. Oh hang on.... oh yeah, quick disconnect fitting, I was just gonna say that, doh!  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 23, 2012, 03:51:32 PM
Been out of town.  Thanksgiving Holiday here in USA.  Let me get a picture of something, edit this post, and I'll be right back.

EDIT:  OK, here's the next challenge:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on November 23, 2012, 10:06:48 PM
Derp
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on November 23, 2012, 10:07:53 PM
Aw :P
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 23, 2012, 11:49:25 PM
WTF Kijona? You put up a pic AFTER you guess the other one correctly.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on November 24, 2012, 08:26:18 AM
Quote from: mister on November 23, 2012, 11:49:25 PM
WTF Kijona? You put up a pic AFTER you guess the other one correctly.

Sorry...was a touch inebriated last night.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 24, 2012, 08:39:09 AM
Hint:  Found on a GS 500 later model 2004+
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on November 24, 2012, 08:46:05 AM
Part of the oil cooler assembly?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 24, 2012, 09:01:44 AM
No. Could also be on an earlier model, but it came off if my 2009.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on November 24, 2012, 10:25:09 AM
Hm. I'm trying to remember what on my GS was etched. I think I should call the girl I sold it to and see if she's still local...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 24, 2012, 10:29:55 AM
Make a date out of it LOL!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on November 24, 2012, 10:50:41 AM
I don't know how many places it might be on the bike but it's a portion of a logo on the brake master cylinder cap lower left corner.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 24, 2012, 10:53:50 AM
I'll give it to you Dam

It's a rear caliper, but the logo is similar. It's a zoom of the logo on the rear caliper.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on November 24, 2012, 11:38:11 AM
Not part of a motorcycle.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BpAgKuCgfyY/ULETSKqXHpI/AAAAAAAAAEo/ebDu5HZJkqk/s800/DSCI0259-1.JPG)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on November 24, 2012, 02:53:45 PM
It's a nipple :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 24, 2012, 09:45:24 PM
A rolling pin used to make Christmas cookies!
A police billy club.
A meat tenderizer.

Seriously, I haven't a clue.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: k.rollin on November 24, 2012, 10:03:14 PM
It reminds me of a Zerk fitting, but there's no threads. Maybe a pestle for a China Cap/chinoise?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 24, 2012, 10:09:17 PM
The ball end of a ball joint
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: crzydood17 on November 27, 2012, 07:48:03 PM
looks like a shell casing with a weird ball on the end.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Mechmech on November 27, 2012, 08:21:39 PM
A pestle?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on November 27, 2012, 10:00:50 PM
Here's another pic. It's adjustable.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on November 27, 2012, 10:35:43 PM
Looks like some type of coring tool.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on November 27, 2012, 11:02:37 PM
from a sailing boat for tying off lines.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on November 28, 2012, 09:43:40 AM
Powder measuring device for reloading ammunition?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: piresito on November 28, 2012, 10:26:49 AM
Hardcore Sex toy?!  :police:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 28, 2012, 11:17:13 AM
This is great cause we have no idea of scale. That makes it harder. This is a good one..

Stop valve of some kind - water, air, whatever.

Michael
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on November 28, 2012, 07:33:30 PM
leather hole punch, or maybe cigar cutter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 28, 2012, 08:52:53 PM
Toilet roll holder
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on November 28, 2012, 09:27:22 PM
For soil core samples?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on November 28, 2012, 09:41:35 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on November 28, 2012, 09:43:40 AM
Powder measuring device for reloading ammunition?
That's close enough. I say we have a winner :thumb:
It's a powder measure for a muzzle loading rifle.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on November 28, 2012, 11:43:33 PM
Quote from: dam on November 28, 2012, 09:41:35 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on November 28, 2012, 09:43:40 AM
Powder measuring device for reloading ammunition?
That's close enough. I say we have a winner :thumb:
It's a powder measure for a muzzle loading rifle.

DAMN! Should've known that one.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on November 29, 2012, 02:09:02 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on November 30, 2012, 07:52:17 AM
A pipe coupler  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on November 30, 2012, 09:12:29 AM
I was thinking a shaft coupler seeing those two set screws? It looks like something I've seen before,,, somewhere.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on November 30, 2012, 11:18:52 AM
we need a hint?

looks kinda like a part I used to add power locks to my non-power lock truck
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on November 30, 2012, 12:07:27 PM
Dam got it.  Shaft coupler. 

Here's another angle:
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Ok dam, what's next?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on November 30, 2012, 01:16:14 PM
OK, how about this?

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 30, 2012, 02:26:20 PM
reminds me of a steering stem bearing remover,...have something that resembles that for fixing my Specialized that I never used,...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on November 30, 2012, 02:34:22 PM
Cam shaft - I love it when megan fox says can shaft :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on December 01, 2012, 01:39:09 PM
Rivet tool.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on December 01, 2012, 02:38:37 PM
Cylinder hone, minus grinding stones?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on December 01, 2012, 03:24:24 PM
some kind of adjustable bit to control depth of screws?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on December 01, 2012, 03:53:47 PM
part of a dremel
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on December 05, 2012, 09:32:44 AM
I don't know! Bump for clue! ... I'm on the edge of my seat, I must know what it is!  :D

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on December 05, 2012, 10:35:17 AM
Quote from: BockinBboy on December 05, 2012, 09:32:44 AM
I don't know! Bump for clue! ... I'm on the edge of my seat, I must know what it is!  :D

- Bboy
It's a tool you would find in a machine shop. It's sometimes helpful for one of those "Oh shaZam!" moments. They come in many sizes.

And another pic.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-J2yRIeT2Qz0/ULkSxUl7mgI/AAAAAAAAAFM/V1AUTIIKawk/s640/DSCI0243-s.JPG)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: wrothwraith on December 05, 2012, 03:27:21 PM
Quote from: dam on December 05, 2012, 10:35:17 AM
Quote from: BockinBboy on December 05, 2012, 09:32:44 AM
I don't know! Bump for clue! ... I'm on the edge of my seat, I must know what it is!  :D

- Bboy
It's a tool you would find in a machine shop. It's sometimes helpful for one of those "Oh shaZam!" moments. They come in many sizes.

And another pic.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-J2yRIeT2Qz0/ULkSxUl7mgI/AAAAAAAAAFM/V1AUTIIKawk/s640/DSCI0243-s.JPG)

It's an extraction tool for a broken Tap.

Anyone want to submit the next round on my behalf?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on December 05, 2012, 10:19:45 PM
Quote from: wrothwraith on December 05, 2012, 03:27:21 PM
It's an extraction tool for a broken Tap.

Anyone want to submit the next round on my behalf?
There you are :thumb:

I have no broken taps but illustration purposes:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lodZnR1rdpo/ULkSxWY9ILI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/MxtgtaCRP0U/s640/DSCI0244-s.JPG)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on December 25, 2012, 11:11:56 PM
I really though this would keep going. Oh, well.....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on December 26, 2012, 05:00:42 AM
me too, we need another picture :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on December 28, 2012, 04:20:48 AM
Well...this has been dead for a few days. Let's see if anybody can figure out what the fuq this thing is.

(Clicky for bigger)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FhXb0N.jpg%3F1&hash=8fdb4f69a6f03d01d983ea1881d87ae10dacea9f)


(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fl8szJ.jpg%3F1&hash=f9fde906d4551545bb1a86a274dc0b20a504fc77)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on December 28, 2012, 09:09:05 AM
(applause for Kijona)  this is a great game,...now what the shaZam is that,....some kind of door hardware?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: bombsquad83 on December 28, 2012, 09:23:19 AM
I know for a fact I've seen one of these before.  I remember looking at it and thinking, "what in the heck would I use that for?". 

My guess, wine bottle opener.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on December 28, 2012, 01:06:15 PM
Tool for bending square tubing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on December 28, 2012, 03:58:59 PM
It is clearly a Holiday Inn note pad.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: AussieChick on December 28, 2012, 08:33:19 PM
Quote from: mister on December 28, 2012, 03:58:59 PM
It is clearly a Holiday Inn note pad.

^hahahaha

I'm no good at this game...I hope one day someone throws something girly in so I stand a chance at guessing what it is.....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on December 29, 2012, 09:55:25 AM
Guitar capo?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on December 29, 2012, 11:44:46 AM
Beer bottle opener?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on December 29, 2012, 10:49:17 PM
C'mon guys. Nobody's even close! LOL

I'll give you two small hints:

The year of its inception was 1949.
It is not a stand-alone object - it plays a key role in something much more complicated. And, the aforementioned "something's" design was what essentially made someone a household name.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on December 29, 2012, 10:58:32 PM
Guitar fret thingy? like a Fender guitar?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on December 29, 2012, 11:05:23 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on December 29, 2012, 10:58:32 PM
Guitar fret thingy? like a Fender guitar?


Beat me :flipoff: Just read the hint and then saw your post
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on December 29, 2012, 11:10:00 PM
Lol I don't know that much about guitars so...no  :D

Here's some more pictures...with an Eisenhower Dollar for size comparison:

Clicky for bigger!

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FJh5vf.jpg&hash=b8c73b1a39fd0a6d76a732713f73d185112589f0)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FS9oQz.jpg&hash=bc7f4795b646ab9f209149fcd1da20dd3c25cf2f)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on December 29, 2012, 11:16:24 PM
Part of a lever action rifle
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on December 29, 2012, 11:27:05 PM
I'll give another hint...this one is bigger.

The first name of the person whose design it was is William.

Or I should say *was* William. He passed away in 2002.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on December 29, 2012, 11:30:50 PM
Is it out of a Ruger?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on December 29, 2012, 11:32:07 PM
pshhh looks like someone can use google
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on December 29, 2012, 11:33:59 PM
Quote from: codajastal on December 29, 2012, 11:30:50 PM
Is it out of a Ruger?

I'll give it to you.

It's the takedown pin for a Ruger Mark III pistol - the third of a generation of "the most popular .22 caliber sporting pistol ever conceived"

The "Mark I" or "Standard" is what made William B. Ruger famous.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on December 29, 2012, 11:35:38 PM
Quote from: Kijona on December 29, 2012, 11:33:59 PM
Quote from: codajastal on December 29, 2012, 11:30:50 PM
Is it out of a Ruger?

I'll give it to you.

It's the takedown pin for a Ruger Mark III pistol - the third of a generation of "the most popular .22 caliber sporting pistol ever conceived"

The "Mark I" or "Standard" is what made William B. Ruger famous.
:woohoo:
William Batterman Ruger (June 21, 1916 – July 6, 2002) partnered with Alexander McCormick Sturm in 1949 to establish Sturm, Ruger & Company.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on December 29, 2012, 11:37:06 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.tulsaconnect.com%2Ftoug%2Fcpf%2Fruger3.JPG&hash=6afc0c0da8e0def510008674531db4ce6f241da7)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on December 29, 2012, 11:45:49 PM
Here is a simple one




(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fm.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fsphotos-h.ak%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2F557173_10151200245718596_1527208489_n.jpg&hash=d17c301cccab94f618d6dfebd10ad0ef65b837e7)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on December 29, 2012, 11:51:29 PM
ooo i know! its plastic!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on December 29, 2012, 11:52:49 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on December 29, 2012, 11:51:29 PM
ooo i know! its plastic!  :woohoo:
LMFAO but actually its not plastic lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on December 29, 2012, 11:57:52 PM
is it a fibreglass section from the bottom of a boat?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on December 30, 2012, 12:00:06 AM
Quote from: codajastal on December 29, 2012, 11:52:49 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on December 29, 2012, 11:51:29 PM
ooo i know! its plastic!  :woohoo:
LMFAO but actually its not plastic lol

Damn!  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on December 30, 2012, 09:44:08 PM
This looks so Very familiar but I cannot place it.

Fuel tank holder thing?

Some kind of wedge for something which escapes me at the moment.

Michael
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on December 30, 2012, 09:47:44 PM
Quote from: ThatOtherGuy on December 29, 2012, 11:57:52 PM
is it a fibreglass section from the bottom of a boat?
Nope but you are thinking in the right direction
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on December 30, 2012, 09:48:48 PM
Quote from: mister on December 30, 2012, 09:44:08 PM
This looks so Very familiar but I cannot place it.

Fuel tank holder thing?

Some kind of wedge for something which escapes me at the moment.

Michael
Close but no cigar
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on December 30, 2012, 10:03:24 PM
Thing that sits on the front of a boat trailer where the V of the boat butts up against?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on December 31, 2012, 12:05:19 AM
Quote from: mister on December 30, 2012, 10:03:24 PM
Thing that sits on the front of a boat trailer where the V of the boat butts up against?
Bingo
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on December 31, 2012, 09:27:54 PM
Ok, next mystery object (or part object)...

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-t8rla6M_wNk/UOJlc1m-adI/AAAAAAAABO8/P8RSjoP_G4A/s640/SecretImg1.jpg)

Michael
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on December 31, 2012, 09:41:16 PM
guitar string/bridge pin?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on December 31, 2012, 10:28:19 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on December 31, 2012, 09:41:16 PM
guitar string/bridge pin?

Yup  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 01, 2013, 12:14:24 AM
I knew all those years of playing guitar would finally pay off one day.

Alright, gimme a little to find a good obscure item.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 01, 2013, 07:25:34 PM
Alright...not sure the difficultly of this one...be specific. I'll give a hint after like 5 or 10 wrong guesses (dumb guesses don't count i.e. "lamp")

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ash4%2F406676_10152154320205021_1030907471_n.jpg&hash=3a21cfa18a2ac22729a91da210a00f2f6067c78b)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: applecrew on January 01, 2013, 07:32:39 PM
Looks like some kind of optics... eyepiece for a microscope?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 01, 2013, 07:40:53 PM
you're warm, but not close
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 01, 2013, 07:46:37 PM
lipstick DVR camera, though a little larger than a standard lipstick tube.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 01, 2013, 07:58:26 PM
 :whisper: (nope)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 01, 2013, 08:12:36 PM
telescope optic eye piece.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 01, 2013, 08:30:40 PM
 :thumb:
Right on the money. Your turn!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 01, 2013, 09:21:50 PM
gee, I never thought I'd win one of these.  give me a chance to find something tonight and take a pic of it and I'll post up later.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 01, 2013, 09:31:14 PM
thats how i felt...my reign was short lived...the power felt great  :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 01, 2013, 11:56:52 PM
LOL, not sure I'll get drunk on the power with this one.

To guess correctly you have to name the item as you would find it in a catalog.  I have blanked out the brand of this one with the green tape just to keep it interesting.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZBggcpiD2es/UOPYn6oDFFI/AAAAAAAACDw/piVW0wEkUmU/s889/DSCN0851.jpg)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 02, 2013, 12:16:50 AM
Wire stripper?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: crzydood17 on January 02, 2013, 12:19:32 AM
It almost looks like some sort of snap ring pliars,

the jaws open instead of compress, the handle locks and so on.

The way its slotted it looks like it might have some sort of cable run through the lower jaw and connect to the upper jar and work kinda like a puller or maybe a throttle (diagnostically)

I am going to say cable pliers...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 02, 2013, 12:25:24 AM
Quote from: codajastal on January 02, 2013, 12:16:50 AM
Wire stripper?
no cigar, but is does look like my wire strippers.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 02, 2013, 12:26:06 AM
Park Tool (Brand Name?)
Fourth Hand Cable Pliers
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 02, 2013, 12:27:50 AM
Quote from: crzydood17 on January 02, 2013, 12:19:32 AM
It almost looks like some sort of snap ring pliars,

the jaws open instead of compress, the handle locks and so on.

The way its slotted it looks like it might have some sort of cable run through the lower jaw and connect to the upper jar and work kinda like a puller or maybe a throttle (diagnostically)

I am going to say cable pliers...
very very close, 3 words in the description, bonus points if you can name exactly what it is used for.  it has two separate but related jobs in its application of use.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 02, 2013, 12:29:19 AM
Quote from: codajastal on January 02, 2013, 12:26:06 AM
Park Tool (Brand Name?)
Fourth Hand Cable Pliers
wrong brand, but close on the name. 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 02, 2013, 12:30:53 AM
Fourth Hand Inner Wire Pliers

Commonly referred to as a "4th Hand", the Cable Stretcher pulls both gear and brake cables tight . It features one-hand operation with a thumb lock to hold the cable tight while your hand is removed to tighten pull-up bolts and nuts. Made from heat treated tool steel, chrome plated, and featuring cushion grips for comfort. A must for any shop, home or professional


And give me a break!! You know I know what it is :cheers:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bikebling.com%2Fv%2Fvspfiles%2Fphotos%2FParkTool-BT-2-FourthHand-Tool-2.jpg&hash=d6a47b6724a7608c22f220649cc7c344569dfa63)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 02, 2013, 12:40:45 AM
Is the brand "Prima"????
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 02, 2013, 12:42:44 AM
Quote from: gsatterw on January 02, 2013, 12:40:45 AM
Is the brand "Prima"????
I would say definitely :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 02, 2013, 12:45:58 AM
Quote from: codajastal on January 02, 2013, 12:30:53 AM
Fourth Hand Inner Wire Pliers

Commonly referred to as a "4th Hand", the Cable Stretcher pulls both gear and brake cables tight . It features one-hand operation with a thumb lock to hold the cable tight while your hand is removed to tighten pull-up bolts and nuts. Made from heat treated tool steel, chrome plated, and featuring cushion grips for comfort. A must for any shop, home or professional


And give me a break!! You know I know what it is :cheers:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bikebling.com%2Fv%2Fvspfiles%2Fphotos%2FParkTool-BT-2-FourthHand-Tool-2.jpg&hash=d6a47b6724a7608c22f220649cc7c344569dfa63)


Exact name on file is as follows

Prima Fourth Hand - Cable Puller/Holder
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: crzydood17 on January 02, 2013, 01:06:36 AM
so basically your asking for someone to know exactly and not guess what it is? Fun game... I will make sure to google next time...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 02, 2013, 01:09:41 AM
wrong brand and the generic name has 3 words as per the catalog, but since we're close and you have got the use correct, we'll call it.  brand was PBK and generic name is "cable tension pliers".  Cods was the closest to it, so he gets the guernsey.  quick game is a good game as they say.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 02, 2013, 01:10:42 AM
I think cable pliers should be enough take the win this go round.  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 02, 2013, 01:14:44 AM
Quote from: gsatterw on January 02, 2013, 01:10:42 AM
I think cable pliers should be enough take the win this go round.  :dunno_black:
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
I agree, You take this one.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 02, 2013, 01:40:01 AM
sorry, didn't scroll far enough back, so crzydood17 did say cable pliers first. :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: crzydood17 on January 02, 2013, 01:44:24 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg138.imageshack.us%2Fimg138%2F4455%2Fphoto3so.jpg&hash=3bb509250a879ee589157fc4b545848a6f512ece)

Lets not make it so that google HAS to be used to know the exact word. The fun of the game is the guessing.

This one is not mechanical but I could not work without it. 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 02, 2013, 01:55:08 AM
Water filter off an air tool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 02, 2013, 01:56:36 AM
Air filter or fluid filter
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 02, 2013, 02:13:18 AM
plastic, metal, and rubber! and it looks like a sealed concrete floor!  :cheers:

now to find the next obscure item...hmmmm
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 02, 2013, 02:47:28 AM
Nicotine filter from your cig holder.

Michael
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: crzydood17 on January 02, 2013, 09:41:15 AM
No to everything so far,

Mister is kinda on the right track.

GSatterw, you almost won but sadly it was a table and not a floor.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 02, 2013, 10:42:14 AM
Damn!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on January 02, 2013, 11:48:09 AM
Cigar punch?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 02, 2013, 11:57:08 AM
is it a fuse of sorts?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 02, 2013, 11:59:17 AM
or maybe a very small yellow fluorescent light...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 02, 2013, 01:32:52 PM
Gun silencer
OR a fluid level sight tube that goes on the outside of something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 02, 2013, 03:44:20 PM
Part of a "vape" smokeless cigarette. Maybe the "juice" cartridge or atomiser or some other part.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: crzydood17 on January 02, 2013, 06:00:40 PM
Mister wins 

http://www.madvapes.com/dual-coil-510-tank-cartomizer.html

Man I thought I had you guys stumped :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 02, 2013, 06:17:46 PM
Quote from: crzydood17 on January 02, 2013, 06:00:40 PM
Mister wins 

http://www.madvapes.com/dual-coil-510-tank-cartomizer.html

Man I thought I had you guys stumped :)

Well, it had to be Much smaller than an air line filter. Looked about right size. My buddy does Vape and he showed me his vape gear.  ;)

Ok, give me a bit to get a pic...

Michael
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 02, 2013, 11:20:59 PM
So that thing is like a really high tech bong?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 02, 2013, 11:43:29 PM
Next...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XFTSdsKDpDI/UOUoIk3TKNI/AAAAAAAABPQ/IuD8x3kNt2Y/s640/SecretImg2.jpg)

Michael
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 02, 2013, 11:47:18 PM
Sanding sponge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 02, 2013, 11:53:10 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 02, 2013, 11:20:59 PM
So that thing is like a really high tech bong?

no, that is a cartridge filled with nicotine...can't smoke anything else out of it.

This, is a high tech bong. $540-$670 a pop

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.gizmodo.com%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F4%2F2011%2F11%2F7c92cfc951fa1df109d309f0ceb85eff.jpg&hash=f94d7a26bfe36a8e4285e70c7c6a383c31e43b3b)

Vapor tech as well
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 02, 2013, 11:59:18 PM
Pot is now legal in Washington.
Come visit the Bike Cave and we can try it out!
(Bike keys will be locked up during testing.)

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 03, 2013, 12:00:40 AM
Quote from: gsatterw on January 02, 2013, 11:47:18 PM
Sanding sponge?

Nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 12:01:19 AM
Quote from: mister on January 02, 2013, 11:43:29 PM
Next...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XFTSdsKDpDI/UOUoIk3TKNI/AAAAAAAABPQ/IuD8x3kNt2Y/s640/SecretImg2.jpg)

Michael
Stone for sharpening things.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 03, 2013, 12:02:15 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 12:01:19 AM
Quote from: mister on January 02, 2013, 11:43:29 PM
Next...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XFTSdsKDpDI/UOUoIk3TKNI/AAAAAAAABPQ/IuD8x3kNt2Y/s640/SecretImg2.jpg)

Michael
Stone for sharpening things.

Yes, sharpening stone.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 12:05:52 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 02, 2013, 11:59:18 PM
Pot is now legal in Washington.
Come visit the Bike Cave and we can try it out!
(Bike keys will be locked up during testing.)

...uh haha...I actually smoked pot every day for the last 6 years...when it was not legal in GA and LA...but have been clean for a month and a half and tested negative 2 weeks ago! It's about that time when I have to get an engineering job, and have to pass drug tests.

But hey, if you don't have to worry about a job and its legal (which is awesome, definitely not a crime, go WA and CO!), I highly (hahaha) recommend that you try it, so long as you have absolutely no prior commitments. Although from what I hear, it is "more powerful" than it was in the 70's...but today's strength is all I know. So be careful. Just take to hits, wait 20 minutes, and see.

This is probably TMI. so I'll go ahead and stop.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 12:06:50 AM
Quote from: mister on January 03, 2013, 12:02:15 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 12:01:19 AM
Quote from: mister on January 02, 2013, 11:43:29 PM
Next...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XFTSdsKDpDI/UOUoIk3TKNI/AAAAAAAABPQ/IuD8x3kNt2Y/s640/SecretImg2.jpg)

Michael
Stone for sharpening things.

Yes, sharpening stone.

Damn I should have gotten that one!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 12:09:32 AM
OK - going to take a picture of something right now.......

Here it is:


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 12:12:36 AM
damn, I feel like adidas has so much random unidentifiable crap. I'm not getting this one.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 12:22:28 AM
As a clue, EVERYONE has heard one of these in use unless you are deaf. Really - AND I MEAN EVERYONE. More like hundreds of these in use and at the same time.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 12:41:20 AM
uhhh....something to do with radio transmission?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 12:49:43 AM
Nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 03, 2013, 01:55:59 AM
Electric pump
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 03, 2013, 06:50:51 AM
Part of an air horn or siren?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 10:44:43 AM
Quote from: jdoorn14 on January 03, 2013, 06:50:51 AM
Part of an air horn or siren?
Getting close.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on January 03, 2013, 11:04:58 AM
Part of a bell...like from a school, an alarm, or a telephone.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 11:47:23 AM
Quote from: jestercinti on January 03, 2013, 11:04:58 AM
Part of a bell...like from a school, an alarm, or a telephone.
Way wrong in the extreme.

Well, if you consider the most extreme uses, it could be used somewhere with a bell, horn, gong, siren, drum, chime, xylophone, marimba, piano, cow bell, cymbal.
OK - that should be enough hints.

You have to be specific about what it does.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on January 03, 2013, 12:04:59 PM
How about from an electric organ?  Like a Hammond...this part makes noise when you press a key?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 12:38:33 PM
Quote from: jestercinti on January 03, 2013, 12:04:59 PM
How about from an electric organ?  Like a Hammond...this part makes noise when you press a key?
Getting closer, but not Hammond.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 01:17:59 PM
Something to do with amplification?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on January 03, 2013, 01:25:45 PM
The only other organ I know of is the Mighty Wurlitzer.  Went to this restaurant once called the Music Palace, that featured this organ.  This guy played everything from Johnny Cash to Hawaii Five-O theme music on this.  Amazing!

Sadly, it's a China Buffet now with a gigantic koi pond.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 01:34:10 PM
Still swimming around the pond. Dive in and be specific about what it is.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 03, 2013, 02:00:42 PM
It almost looks like an old resonator, with the business end covered by the cardboard-type paper.

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 02:00:53 PM
The part of an organ that blows air through the pipes?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 02:15:06 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 02:00:53 PM
The part of an organ that blows air through the pipes?
Please be more specific. You're close.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 02:20:09 PM
is it like a regulator valve of sorts?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 02:24:11 PM
its an organ magnet!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 02:28:01 PM
why, pray tell, do you have an organ magnet lying around your house?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 02:28:37 PM
OK. There would be one per pipe or percussion note (marimba, xylophone) or effect (gong, cow bell) A vary large organ can have thousands of these.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1206.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb442%2Fadidasguy%2Fchest_magnet.png&hash=ceb3466c585383e334b57d47315fd17ef6324c1c)

I play organ? (Photo at Musik Museum in Berlin)
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My entry way in my house
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 03, 2013, 02:32:29 PM
So, it's some part of an Organ and I'm supposed to have heard Thousands of them?

My uncle had a small electric organ. He used to play "I walk the line" whenever we visited - which was rare. I have sometimes heard a large pipe organ in Movies but don't know if that's real or not. So I can say, I've not heard Thousands of these things.  :dunno_black:

Michael
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 02:32:58 PM
now to find some random item that no one would ever guess...damn, I really only have normal people stuff around my house. Give me a little bit.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 02:33:48 PM
Adidas, you are quite the eccentric character, ya know?

Beautiful organ, by the way
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 02:39:34 PM
Quote from: mister on January 03, 2013, 02:32:29 PM
So, it's some part of an Organ and I'm supposed to have heard Thousands of them?
In pipe organs. One per pipe. Hit a full chord with lots of stops on and a hundred or more pipes would play - with one chest magnet per pipe. A rank of pipes (61, 73, 95 or 107) would be that many magnets. A 20 rank organ could have over 2000 of them.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 02:50:01 PM
This is a very obvious one if you participate in the hobby...sorry for the blurriness

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-snc6%2F734843_10152157237170021_185851772_n.jpg&hash=72fe3a38f6943bedcbddf3fe56e21457d2d38695)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 03:10:21 PM
Cricket cage?
Bee nesting thingy?
Or a fancy thingy?
Or a home made thingy?
Or just a thingy?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 03:15:30 PM
On the right track with one of those guesses...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 03:45:43 PM
Cricket Keeper
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 03:47:16 PM
No sir  :nono:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 03:51:59 PM
Bee hive entrance feeder
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 03:58:10 PM
Warmer
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 04:01:01 PM
Bee guard for a bird suet feeder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 03, 2013, 04:01:15 PM
Part of a bee hive WTF? I've looked at schematics of hives and see nothing that looks like this thing.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beverlybees.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F03%2FAll-The-Pieces-Of-The-UnassebledHive-Kit.jpg&hash=cbd07e6a5eb7189ddccef31d31bca53153b915e2)

Only maybe possible thing is the screened bottom board. But yours is not a board so stuffed if I know.  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 04:13:17 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 04:01:01 PM
Bee guard for a bird suet feeder?

Colder.

Quote from: mister on January 03, 2013, 04:01:15 PM
Part of a bee hive WTF? I've looked at schematics of hives and see nothing that looks like this thing.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beverlybees.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F03%2FAll-The-Pieces-Of-The-UnassebledHive-Kit.jpg&hash=cbd07e6a5eb7189ddccef31d31bca53153b915e2)

Only maybe possible thing is the screened bottom board. But yours is not a board so stuffed if I know.  :dunno_black:

I'm enjoying the unsettle this is causing
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 03, 2013, 04:15:02 PM
Bee feeder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 04:23:25 PM
definitely on the right track with the bee stuff
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 04:29:05 PM
queen bee cage?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 04:31:26 PM
Quote from: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 04:29:05 PM
queen bee cage?

Bingo  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 04:37:20 PM
hooray I won a thing!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 04:40:50 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi890.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac101%2Fhaloories%2F20130103_183149.jpg&hash=157112e2056026ba48e2f071605eb53a86cbfbb3)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 04:41:03 PM
When you "install" a new hive, you get a big box of bees:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoxhavenjournal.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F04%2F3-lb-package-bees.jpg&hash=fda72e2d5e17d46851ca98eb4dee0f28b1d547c0)

And a separate pre-mated queen:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffoxhavenjournal.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F04%2FQueen-Bee-Cage.jpg&hash=b28808793256d60df21602f46f8eb22e914a7889)

They come from different farms and aren't familiar with each other. The queen cage has a big stopper of candy in it so while the workers chew through it, the queen and workers get acquainted so they don't kill the queen and think she's and intruder.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 03, 2013, 04:54:27 PM
Corner brace?

I shoulda sent the pic to my coworker who was an apiarist with well over 100 hives.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 05:04:44 PM
corner yes, brace no
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 03, 2013, 05:19:09 PM
Corner foot
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 05:25:00 PM
hint- if you have cable or satellite tv you might have one of these outside
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 03, 2013, 05:41:29 PM
Quote from: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 05:25:00 PM
hint- if you have cable or satellite tv you might have one of these outside
I have cable but dont have one of them.
Brace to hold the dish?
Brace to hold the pole?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 06:24:01 PM
Quote from: codajastal on January 03, 2013, 05:41:29 PM
Quote from: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 05:25:00 PM
hint- if you have cable or satellite tv you might have one of these outside
I have cable but dont have one of them.
Brace to hold the dish?
Brace to hold the pole?


nope, not really a structural component. but it is used to connect something to something else
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 03, 2013, 06:29:36 PM
Used to connect the dish to the little satellite thingy. (Dunno what you call it?)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 06:33:23 PM
does it hold the wire/cable coming from the outside onto the corner of your roof?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 06:34:19 PM
Quote from: codajastal on January 03, 2013, 06:29:36 PM
Used to connect the dish to the little satellite thingy. (Dunno what you call it?)

nope, an electrician would probably know what it us right away though
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 06:41:13 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 06:33:23 PM
does it hold the wire/cable coming from the outside onto the corner of your roof?

Does it ground a connection?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 06:51:03 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 06:41:13 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 06:33:23 PM
does it hold the wire/cable coming from the outside onto the corner of your roof?

Does it ground a connection?

indeed it does, but where does it go?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on January 03, 2013, 06:55:20 PM
A metal rebar stake in the ground.  Pulled one out of my front yeard when I got rid of my antenna.  That thing was in the ground at least 4 feet.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 06:58:30 PM
Quote from: jestercinti on January 03, 2013, 06:55:20 PM
A metal rebar stake in the ground.  Pulled one out of my front yeard when I got rid of my antenna.  That thing was in the ground at least 4 feet.

nope, it doesn't go on a ground rod. it goes on the corner of something
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on January 03, 2013, 07:00:00 PM
A rain gutter?

If not, I am out of ideas.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 07:07:22 PM
it doesn't go on the corner of your roof?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 03, 2013, 07:12:48 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 07:07:22 PM
it doesn't go on the corner of your roof?

ok, you guessed ground first so you win. here is where it goes-

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi890.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac101%2Fhaloories%2F75825526.png&hash=59fc25138e2287bcf621e5aeb3ff8ea598a05ee2)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 07:13:21 PM
was just about to guess that
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 07:26:23 PM
Alright, not even I knew what this was a minute ago. Had to ask my father. May be very obvious to someone out there. I suppose all these are obvious to someone.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 03, 2013, 07:41:02 PM
chain cleaner
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 07:47:55 PM
dammit that was a short reign. I'll have to go with something horribly obscure next time to make up for it

You're up  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 03, 2013, 07:58:49 PM
LOL, oh crap, that was a wild guess, it looks similar to my own chain cleaner, but different enough for me to think I was totally wrong.  Give me a bit of time to find something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 03, 2013, 08:16:53 PM
Okay, had a look around the office and found something.  It should be obvious what it is, or was anyway, so most people should be able to guess that.  However I'm a big fan of being inventive and not wasting things, so the prize goes to the first person to guess what I actually use this thing for.  As a hint I use many of them in an office environment, from our entry/reception area, the staff office area and the boardroom.  I won't keep people guessing for ages, so this has a time limit of less than 3 hours, since that is when I go home.  So if not guessed by the time I go home, first correct guess of what it was wins.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5fu5zw8wHG4/UOZIFSp4YeI/AAAAAAAACEE/uqWwp1nrG-U/s894/DSCN0856.jpg)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 08:34:35 PM
um. A bookmark? I have no clue what it was, or what it is.  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on January 03, 2013, 09:29:50 PM
A big shiny metal pointing stick
A Venetian blinds adjuster
A back scratcher
A lock bar for a file cabinet

Beyond that I have no idea.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 09:48:26 PM
was it a curtain bar thing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 03, 2013, 09:56:23 PM
no guesses right so far, but the curtain thing is on the right track for the purpose of the item.  just over an hour before I reveal its purpose, then someone else can have a go.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 10:13:08 PM
Something to hang loose leaf paper on?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 03, 2013, 10:14:24 PM
paper does hang from it, but definitely not loose leaf.  you're the closest so far with 45 minutes to go.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 03, 2013, 10:25:26 PM
Dunny roll holder
Toilet paper roll holder for the yanks
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 10:35:24 PM
paper towels?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 03, 2013, 10:51:51 PM
not quite, we don't have them (dunnies) in the board room, reception area or general office area. :icon_eek:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 10:57:08 PM
drawing/shipping/butcher paper rolls?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 10:59:14 PM
fly paper
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 03, 2013, 11:03:27 PM
Wires that hold papers in notebooks/folders
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 03, 2013, 11:06:15 PM
Okay, time to put you out of your misery and let me go home, gsatterw you can have the win since you guessed it was for hanging stuff from.  The picture below shows its use and that is a caricature of me, which must be fairly accurate because google photos wanted to tag it as me. :icon_eek:

Basically its an old bike spoke, bent to hook over the top of internal office walls under the suspended ceiling panels in a way that allows a picture to be invisibly hung via fishing line.  We have about 12 of these hanging various framed pictures in the office plus art work.  Just means we can move them around without having holes in the walls.  You can see it peeking out from under the ceiling in the top of the photo.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CUAsm0TrPxo/UOZvpXVU0jI/AAAAAAAACEU/huhuZ-GbFpw/s783/DSCN0857.jpg)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 03, 2013, 11:32:51 PM
Dang, you know, I was just about to say, it's something you bent to put under ceiling grid tiles to hang pics from. Blast!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 03, 2013, 11:49:11 PM
Quote from: mister on January 03, 2013, 11:32:51 PM
Dang, you know, I was just about to say, it's something you bent to put under ceiling grid tiles to hang pics from. Blast!

lol. mister, why don't you have a swing at this. i'm running out of random shitt
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 03, 2013, 11:54:17 PM
Ok, give me a sec...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 03, 2013, 11:58:42 PM
Here we go...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i1llaKDM51Y/UOZ9b3Pd7_I/AAAAAAAABP4/3Qm_di0XV7o/s640/SecretImg3.jpg)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 04, 2013, 12:01:50 AM
microphone
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 04, 2013, 12:06:27 AM
Hmmm... that didn't last long  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 04, 2013, 12:13:53 AM
Quote from: mister on January 04, 2013, 12:06:27 AM
Hmmm... that didn't last long  :icon_mrgreen:

haha, i felt a little bad about answering that one...i'm not gonna lie. i'm goin to bed. gonna post a new one up in the morning  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on January 04, 2013, 12:22:09 AM
Quote from: mister on January 03, 2013, 11:32:51 PM
Dang, you know, I was just about to say, it's something you bent to put under ceiling grid tiles to hang pics from. Blast!
LOL, yeah right. :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 04, 2013, 12:18:15 PM
alright...i'm totally running out of ideas...gonna have to venture into my shed after this poor example.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ash4%2F603056_10152158662545021_599921596_n.jpg&hash=4a183e506f619b43b0632a7aac34e4a8a40ffbd7)

Making a new signature. I've grown fond of the 2guns

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on January 04, 2013, 12:43:45 PM
Sushi roll mat?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 04, 2013, 12:53:07 PM
FOILED!

all you

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on January 04, 2013, 01:38:20 PM
Alright, I'm stuck at the office so here's something I found on the web. Extra bonus points if you can tell me the manufacturer. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FBf2zI.jpg&hash=0180c397c901bb2fa83c896bb7376f248172126f)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 04, 2013, 02:04:05 PM
Right angle gear box - probably from a shaft drive motorcycle as there appear to be air cooling fins, though could be from an electric motor.
Spiral bevel gears means quality!

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on January 04, 2013, 02:23:05 PM
Not a gearbox, not a shaft drive bike. Think old and Italian.
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Post by: adidasguy on January 04, 2013, 02:29:48 PM
Well, it is gears in a box and 2 spiral gears do drive something at a right angle.
Now to figure out what it is.
Could be from a screw jack or mechanical lift of some type.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on January 04, 2013, 03:03:39 PM
You were on track with a motorcycle, but it's not a gearbox or drive shaft. Like I said, think old and Italian.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 04, 2013, 03:14:07 PM
Steering stem gears.
(Gear box: any gears in a box. It does not mean a transmission or gear selector thingy - just gears in a box. Could include a differential or a gear box on the end of a motor on a pinsetter to change the direction of force 90* - like a worm gear on a spur gear - or so the motor can drive a shaft going in both directions)

Possibly on one of these for pedals or steering:
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 04, 2013, 03:18:40 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw6DSi0P-bU  :whisper: :42 seconds in,...I'm guessing around that year somewhere?

great pics there adidas,...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 04, 2013, 03:18:49 PM
Spiral bevel gear
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on January 04, 2013, 03:21:47 PM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on January 04, 2013, 03:18:40 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw6DSi0P-bU  :whisper: I'm guessing around that year somewhere?

Yup. Bevel gear Ducati. That is the camshaft and the rod that drives it off the crank. Setting timing on these is not fun at all.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 04, 2013, 03:31:02 PM
I'll run with it,..... O0

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found these when we did inventory last week,...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on January 04, 2013, 03:58:24 PM
Something used to straighten frame damage on a car?
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Post by: jjcardozo86 on January 04, 2013, 04:47:31 PM
aluminum arrow straightener?
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Post by: codajastal on January 04, 2013, 04:55:52 PM
Watch bezel holder used by watchmakers to work inside a watch
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Post by: Kijona on January 05, 2013, 04:58:10 AM
Looks like a glass cutting apparatus.
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Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 05, 2013, 09:54:52 AM
nope,...

well ryott in the right category anyway,....these are about 19" or 20" long,...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 05, 2013, 10:04:07 AM
Chassis alignment tool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 05, 2013, 12:09:23 PM
I've seen one being used before. Buggered if I know what they were doing with it, wasn't paying attention at the time. Arrrggghhhh....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 05, 2013, 12:24:50 PM
gsatter getting really close,....alignment is spot on but not for the chassis
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 05, 2013, 12:35:07 PM
Wheel alignment clamp.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 05, 2013, 12:56:53 PM
Damn, I shoulda taken scale into consideration haha.

If its not wheel alignment, I'll say...uhh...transmission alignment?

Graham  :2guns:
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Post by: Paulcet on January 05, 2013, 03:36:16 PM
I'd say MR got it.  Those red plastic thingys (technical term) hold on to the rim, lasers/reflectors attach in the center.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 05, 2013, 06:26:57 PM
Mister for the win,.....wheel alignment adapters  :thumb:


Wheel Clamp, Deluxe Adjustable, 12in. - 17.5in.No. RTI-340-80026-00
Wheel Clamp, Deluxe Adjustable, 12in. - 17.5in.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ntxtools.com%2FMerchant%2Fgraphics%2F00000001%2Frti-340-80026-00.gif&hash=4dd6327d49b0e47201cf8252056f2884e24516a0)Wheel Clamp, Deluxe Adjustable, 12in. - 17.5in.
 
Features:

•Replacement item for unit included with complete Laser 4 System.



Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 05, 2013, 07:29:45 PM
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_jXHkYoHMxQ/UOjhVisOMJI/AAAAAAAABQQ/OKQnIsvJ7do/s640/SecretImg4.jpg)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 05, 2013, 08:05:19 PM
Glove keepers. Clip one to the sleeve of the coat and one to the glove so little kids don't lose their gloves.

Or just general purpose tie downs for tarps and covers on things.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 05, 2013, 08:18:10 PM
Looks like gaffer's or rigger's apparatus?
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Post by: mister on January 05, 2013, 09:17:59 PM
Ok, Addy is closest.

They are called Glove Guard (http://www.gloveguard.com/) and are patented in the USA. While, I supposed you might clip one end to a coat sleeve and the other end to the glove for children, I know them only as ways to carry gloves without needing to physically hold them. Such as in this picture...

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Many work sites in this country now make it Mandatory to Carry gloves with you - grunt or admin alike - and this is how it is achieved.

There is no way they could tie down anything. The rubber joiner would pop out instantly any load was put on them. I have seen riggers/gaffers use them - to carry their gloves and other lightweight things that need carrying as well.

Michael
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Post by: adidasguy on January 05, 2013, 10:23:55 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1206.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb442%2Fadidasguy%2FAssorted%2FIMGP1958.png&hash=7cb27b9cf597b6771c55defdac6a6afcbd53bf23)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 05, 2013, 10:48:13 PM
Piece of metal with make thread at one end?
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Post by: adidasguy on January 05, 2013, 10:55:06 PM
It is metal.
It does have matching male and female connectors.
I do not think these are used anymore anywhere. They were used a lot in the 60's through the 80's when newer technology made them obsolete.

That should be a really good hint for you!

You should at least be able to recognize the threaded connector.

Close up of the other end:
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 05, 2013, 11:05:47 PM
filter for cable tv to block certain channels or if you have internet only and no tv
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Post by: adidasguy on January 05, 2013, 11:11:15 PM
Correct on part 1.
For analog cable TV, there were 2 types of filters.

One type was a broad notch filter that would block channels you did not pay for (HBO, ShowTime, etc). Those filters were put where you could not easily access them: on the pole or in a locked box.

The other type was a very narrow notch filter that enabled you to get a station. Some places injected a signal into the premium channels. If you paid for HBO, you would get the notch filter which would removed that injected noise signal in the HBO frequency for your cable system.

The filters were marked as to the type and which channel they affected. Back then, many cable systems ended around channel 39 I think. Some went higher.

The advent of digital encoding has eliminated the need for these analog filters.

Oh, YOU WIN!
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Post by: dohabee on January 05, 2013, 11:18:06 PM
sort of related to the last pic and MY last pic

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 05, 2013, 11:34:04 PM
Ground clamp - connects ground/lightening  wire to a pole in the ground.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 05, 2013, 11:47:07 PM
ground clamp yes but not for a pole.
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Post by: adidasguy on January 05, 2013, 11:49:38 PM
Trailer I-Beam Ground Clamp Satellite TV
http://compare.ebay.com/like/320678568974?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 05, 2013, 11:50:11 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 05, 2013, 11:49:38 PM
Trailer I-Beam Ground Clamp Satellite TV
http://compare.ebay.com/like/320678568974?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

yes sir
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 05, 2013, 11:57:00 PM
The outer sleeve slides on the center pin (moving away from TV for a moment)

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Post by: gsatterw on January 06, 2013, 10:29:03 AM
self defense club???

Graham  :2guns:
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Post by: dohabee on January 06, 2013, 11:30:52 AM
space saving xylophone mallet
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Post by: adidasguy on January 06, 2013, 12:03:06 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on January 06, 2013, 10:29:03 AM
self defense club???

Graham  :2guns:

Maybe for gerbils or mice.
It is a little over 2" long.

Maybe a xylophone mallet for a Barbie doll......

Think small.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 06, 2013, 05:44:01 PM
cherry seed remover
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Post by: gsatterw on January 06, 2013, 06:10:12 PM
part of an organ

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 06, 2013, 06:11:43 PM
A strange fencing sword and sheath for very small people?

Michael
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 06, 2013, 10:01:50 PM
So far "remover" is the only word that has anything to do with this little thingy.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 06, 2013, 10:35:31 PM
Solder Remover?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 06, 2013, 11:35:49 PM
Nope. Not a solder remover.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 07, 2013, 12:20:51 AM
blackhead remover. Place the Tube over the blackhead, pull back on the red knob and the created vacuum sucks that blackhead right out.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 07, 2013, 07:10:29 AM
Drinking Straw Wrapper Remover.

Okay. Now give me a harder one.    :bs:

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 07, 2013, 11:23:27 AM
Hint:
A rarely used or even owned tool for electronics. Most often used in fixing a mistake.
Without one, you'd often go "Damn - now how am I going to fix that?" while with it, "I'll just remove it and put it where it should have been" as opposed to "Dang - I'll have to throw it away and start over".

If no one gets it by midnight, I'll tell you and post a different thingy (or is it spelled "thingie"?)

And for Huff1371: it is not used on cats.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 07, 2013, 11:36:46 AM
A removal tool for those crimp-pin type connectors!

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 07, 2013, 01:06:55 PM
aha is it one of these?

http://www.precisionhandtools.co.uk/crimp-removal/engineer-ss-crimp-pin-ejector-tool-set-for-molex-jst-amp-hrs-tyco-etc
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 07, 2013, 01:33:40 PM
Yep, that's what I was describing. I'm guessing there are probably proprietary ones that vary so you have to buy theirs.

This one linked below is like the one I have seen before.

http://www.sensolutions.com/index.php?id=33&tx_commerce_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=64&tx_commerce_pi1%5BcatUid%5D=42&cHash=4633645728

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 07, 2013, 01:59:20 PM
Quote from: BockinBboy on January 07, 2013, 11:36:46 AM
A removal tool for those crimp-pin type connectors!

- Bboy

Correct.  It can remove the male or female pins. The sleeve goes down to press in the retaining tabs then the main shaft pushes the pin out. You need a different diameter one for different sizes of pins. I don't find anything proprietary about them. You just need one of the correct diameter.
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Post by: ryott52 on January 07, 2013, 02:15:50 PM
Wow, that would have made my job in high school so much easier. I would just use a tiny flathead screwdriver to press down the retaining tabs on each side.
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Post by: mister on January 07, 2013, 02:17:00 PM
Doh, I should known, I got a collection of them  :cookoo:
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Post by: BockinBboy on January 07, 2013, 06:25:17 PM
Alright, here it is.

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- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: bombsquad83 on January 07, 2013, 06:42:34 PM
Is it an electronically adjusted mount for a lens or other optical equipment?
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Post by: mister on January 07, 2013, 07:07:51 PM
glory hole?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 08, 2013, 01:25:21 AM
Quote from: bombsquad83 on January 07, 2013, 06:42:34 PM
Is it an electronically adjusted mount for a lens or other optical equipment?

Guess that was short lived...
Because that's what it does. Rotates samples for an NIR Spectrometer. The particular machine this thingy comes from is linked below.

http://www.bruker.com/typo3temp/pics/M_421ad2abf9.jpg

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 08, 2013, 02:46:09 AM
Well you did leave the label with some 'serial' numbers on it easily visible!!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: bombsquad83 on January 08, 2013, 06:50:37 AM
I didn't look up the serial number.  I used to work in an optical physics lab.  Took me a few minutes of looking and thinking to get it.

Give me a minute to post something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: bombsquad83 on January 08, 2013, 06:55:51 AM
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Another angle
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 08, 2013, 07:34:10 AM
That's the piece that goes in the middle of a roll of tape in a desk tape dispenser, enabling it to spin and feed as one pulls.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: bombsquad83 on January 08, 2013, 08:07:36 AM
Quote from: jdoorn14 on January 08, 2013, 07:34:10 AM
That's the piece that goes in the middle of a roll of tape in a desk tape dispenser, enabling it to spin and feed as one pulls.

Good work.  Your turn!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 09, 2013, 06:10:15 AM
Sorry, I didn't get a chance to take a pic until this morning.

Here we go:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: crzydood17 on January 09, 2013, 08:40:27 AM
looks like the holding ring off of a large mouthed drink bottle :p

Random plastic part #2945850495069593949595868400320
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on January 09, 2013, 10:31:18 AM
A dime!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 09, 2013, 01:05:50 PM
A spacer or liner inside a connector to protect wires from getting scraped or damaged by the connector.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 09, 2013, 02:25:05 PM
Crazydood, you're close, but adidasguy is closer. Neither is correct, though.

Adidasguy is on the right track, but not for wires & such.

Maybe I was too nice by using a dime for scale? :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 09, 2013, 02:57:12 PM
In a compression fitting for a pipe/tube/hose
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: crzydood17 on January 09, 2013, 06:34:39 PM
Does it go around some sort of glass tube for packing so that it doesn't bump and break?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 10, 2013, 06:13:31 AM
Adidasguy is closest with his compression fitting idea. I'll call that close enough, because I don't think anyone could guess the actual item.

It is a rubber gasket that stretches to fit around the enclosure of a little clock (think watch-size) allowing it to fit into a decorative enclosure without movement.

It goes on like this:

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Allowing the clock to fit into this:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: bombsquad83 on January 10, 2013, 08:58:09 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 09, 2013, 02:57:12 PM
In a compression fitting for a pipe/tube/hose

This was my first thought too, but I was thrown off by the ribs on the outside.  If it were a compression fitting for plumbing, it would look just like that without the ribs.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 10, 2013, 10:33:37 AM
i was going to say,...

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but then saw the dime,...so thought,....maybe,...

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:dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Manaenrc on January 10, 2013, 10:47:02 AM
Oh why haven't I seen this thread before.....

Here is one for you guys...
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I may have made this one too easy...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 10, 2013, 11:03:22 AM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on January 10, 2013, 10:33:37 AM


but then saw the dime,...so thought,....maybe,...

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LOLs... I thought this too, but I feared the Tard Farm if I brought the thread there... but good thought on the images to say it

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Manaenrc on January 10, 2013, 11:12:52 AM
Quote from: BockinBboy on January 10, 2013, 11:03:22 AM
LOLs... I thought this too, but I feared the Tard Farm if I brought the thread there... but good thought on the images to say it

- Bboy

OMG ----
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 10, 2013, 11:32:17 AM
So it was Manaenrc that got it? I must have missed his guess.


Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on January 10, 2013, 12:15:25 PM
Quote from: Manaenrc on January 10, 2013, 10:47:02 AM
Oh why haven't I seen this thread before.....

Here is one for you guys...
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I may have made this one too easy...

Chip puller for electronics (PCs mainly) before the ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 10, 2013, 12:20:14 PM
Still didn't see where he won.
Did the rules of the game change?
Rules were winner picks the next challenge.
Oh, well. Never mind.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on January 10, 2013, 12:27:57 PM
Oh, sorry....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 10, 2013, 12:33:40 PM
Go ahead and post up a new one Adidasguy, I think Manaenrc just confused the rules.

To Manaenrc: Check the first post in the thread.
No harm, no foul.. lets just get back to the game!

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Manaenrc on January 10, 2013, 12:41:54 PM
Quote from: BockinBboy on January 10, 2013, 12:33:40 PM
Go ahead and post up a new one Adidasguy, I think Manaenrc just confused the rules.

To Manaenrc: Check the first post in the thread.
No harm, no foul.. lets just get back to the game!

- Bboy

Sorry guys, missed that section... Proceed with your picture Adidasguy didn't mean to jump out in front LOL...


I will go back and read all the rules...   :thumb:

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 10, 2013, 03:07:02 PM
Something whimsical. Huff1371  should love this one.
OK - enough clues. also made in China for a Seattle company so you gotta love anything from Seattle.

Shown in its "ready" position and in the "activated" position.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on January 10, 2013, 06:07:09 PM
Frosting or food topping applicator device of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 10, 2013, 06:09:32 PM
Nope.
There are clues and hints. The front tan thingy is spring loaded.
Also, what it is called is a play on words.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 10, 2013, 06:13:13 PM
Cat wormer/aplicator
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 10, 2013, 06:18:56 PM
Nope. But is a cat-a-something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: crzydood17 on January 10, 2013, 06:26:58 PM
It flings thing like a cat a pult? :p
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 10, 2013, 06:38:36 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 10, 2013, 07:08:55 PM
I had one almost identical but it had tiny nuns. i think it was called nun chuck.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 10, 2013, 09:08:12 PM
LMFAO i want
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 11, 2013, 12:01:27 AM
So, dood17 - what's the new challenge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: crzydood17 on January 11, 2013, 01:24:32 PM
gotta wait until I get home
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: MaxP on January 11, 2013, 03:19:13 PM
I don't know any of these. I need to get out more.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Zethioth on January 11, 2013, 04:33:26 PM
antenna?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 11, 2013, 10:18:13 PM
Quote from: crzydood17 on January 11, 2013, 01:24:32 PM
gotta wait until I get home
Home yet?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 12, 2013, 12:32:48 AM
thanks to adidas, found the cat a pult.  on amazon. also found one nun chuck
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 12, 2013, 01:33:47 AM
I woulda got that one immediately. I had a cat-a-pult just like that when I was younger... Me and my brothers each got one for Xmas one year from my crazy uncle notorious for gag gifts. Lol

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 12, 2013, 01:53:48 AM
I got a transformer motorcycle. I unfolded it so it was the robot. Now I cannot figures out how to fold it back so it is a bike again. Grrrr.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 12, 2013, 02:19:10 AM
Quote from: crzydood17 on January 11, 2013, 01:24:32 PM
gotta wait until I get home
well?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 12, 2013, 03:18:31 AM
Maybe you should just has another goes addy?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 12, 2013, 03:24:58 AM
Quote from: mister on January 12, 2013, 01:53:48 AM
I got a transformer motorcycle. I unfolded it so it was the robot. Now I cannot figures out how to fold it back so it is a bike again. Grrrr.

Ask one of the other kids on the special bus!  :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 12, 2013, 03:49:52 AM
OK. Due to lack of a new challenge here is one.

What is this?

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 12, 2013, 04:56:41 AM
Spark plug remover
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 12, 2013, 07:12:46 AM
almost looks like an O2 sensor tool
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 12, 2013, 11:45:55 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on January 12, 2013, 03:24:58 AM
Quote from: mister on January 12, 2013, 01:53:48 AM
I got a transformer motorcycle. I unfolded it so it was the robot. Now I cannot figures out how to fold it back so it is a bike again. Grrrr.

Ask one of the other kids on the special bus!  :cookoo:

Good thinking. I can bring it in to show and tell and one of the other window-lickers can help me out.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 12, 2013, 12:49:02 PM
All wrong so far. Though it is a tool and does remove something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 12, 2013, 09:48:14 PM
Hmmm ...the open slot in the side of it looks like its meant to allow a bundle of wires or a cable into the tool..... So.... A tool for tightening/loosening an inline nut with wires/cable in place ... Brake cable to lever perhaps? .. Or like a industrial machine where the wiring bundle runs through a grommet/nut combo ... What it's actual name would be .... Well .... I'm sure those tockleys at ikea could come up with one....

It reminds me of the type of tool kits you find in vw's or bmw's ... 'Zose trickzy Germans!'  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 12, 2013, 10:05:02 PM
I'll give it to you. Close enough.
It is a tool to tighten the nut on a coax connector - like for cable TV.
It was intended to allow tightening and removal of cable TV connectors when they have a security cup around them. But they work for any coax cables since you can slip it over the cable and tighten the connector or take it off.
how often have you been frustrated trying to get your fingers in there to tighten an antenna or cable connector?
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 12, 2013, 10:28:32 PM
i modified a 7/16" combo wrench for this purpose. tbh my friend, i didnt know that particular tool existed :dunno_white:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 13, 2013, 12:52:05 AM
Oh ..... Hang on then ... A thingy to identify .... And a pic of it ..... Ummmm .... Brb!!(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fimage_zpsd0d6f172.jpg&hash=58d39ee9f24364f16973a0bf26b8fe3a9c8fa75e) (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fbikeblingers%2Fimage_zpsf9309a4e.jpg&hash=0cc0b81f1c6de85f54d9f366f66ad04f83bfd7ce)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 13, 2013, 01:06:19 AM
Sorry about the resolution ... Still working out the functionality with iPad .. And I was too lazy to get the dslr out ... And no cable to link dslr to iPad .... But .. Away we go!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 13, 2013, 01:24:38 AM
Something you put in and turn to close/seal a hole. Possibly an Ikea thing hehe
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 13, 2013, 01:25:20 AM
Fuel or oil cap?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 13, 2013, 01:37:04 AM
Lol ... It is a turny thingy ... Shouldi give youse a scale reference?......

.... 15 mins later ... Sitting back in my chair with a cup of Twinings Lapsang Souchong and a fresh orange in quarters .... And relishing the power!!! ... THE POWER!!! I tells ya! ... Bahahahhha ... Where's my white long haired cat!? ...   :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 13, 2013, 09:25:00 AM
Savings account security... i.e. piggy bank plug

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 13, 2013, 01:21:45 PM
Nup, .... Let me know when a hint is required  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on January 13, 2013, 02:47:26 PM
Looks like the tool that was used to remove the visor on an old NAVA helmet I had almost 30 years ago so I'm going with visor removal tool as my answer.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 13, 2013, 06:05:21 PM
a bit driver for furniture? it may not be, but ive a half dozen of those its what i use em for ( also use em to open toilet paper dispensers too )
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 14, 2013, 01:36:56 AM
Tis a 'tool' certainly... And obviously it's a turning tool ... :D .. But no close guesses yet.. I'm kinda surprised no Aussies have got it.. But then they are mostly lads and probably bogans too ... Which makes sense ... They wouldn't be near the equipment that this belongs to that often.......

That's enough of a hint un-asked for!!

Ooooooh this power is addictive ain't it!!  :police:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Twisted on January 14, 2013, 01:49:14 AM
Is it used to hold the wrist strap on a body board?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 14, 2013, 01:55:07 AM
a tool to adjust a ladies razor? hell i dont know.  :dunno_white: :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 14, 2013, 02:05:09 AM
Bahahaha .. That be a hell big razor you thinking of there Yama ... Ok .. Scale of the thing ... Diameter ... 37 mm or 1.5" ... Height 21mm or 7/8" ...

The apparatus it belongs to is kinda an Aussie invention... Though the applications for such a device exist world wide.

The item in the pic would be used infrequently mostly ... Though if it was misters probably weekly cos he all OCD an shaZam!!  ;)

...EDIT .. The design is Aussie ... Not the original device
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Twisted on January 14, 2013, 02:06:35 AM
 Bung for an esky?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 14, 2013, 02:07:39 AM
And sorry twisted ... Page change meant i missed your guess ... Yeah it does look like a body board thingy.. But it's not! ... And no not a bung either
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 14, 2013, 02:51:18 AM
Ok going off the bogan reference is is something off a wine cask?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 14, 2013, 02:57:32 AM
Nah .. Bogan reference was for questionable personal hygiene
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 14, 2013, 04:13:05 AM
Alright hint please
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 14, 2013, 02:13:13 PM
Hmmm ... A direct hint ... Instead of a vague hint ... Ok

The thing the widget belongs to ... In most Aussie backyards .. Well .. Probably in most backyards around the world really........ I mean ... One of these things wouldn't be put in a front yard! .... Just not done!!

That any help?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on January 14, 2013, 02:29:46 PM
control knob for a gas grill?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Twisted on January 14, 2013, 02:48:10 PM
I'm guessing by the clues it it something off of a clothes line. Maybe a tensioner to keep the line tight?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 14, 2013, 03:37:37 PM
Knob to control something in a hot tub - like the drain?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 14, 2013, 05:32:54 PM
Quote from: Twisted on January 14, 2013, 02:48:10 PM
I'm guessing by the clues it it something off of a clothes line. Maybe a tensioner to keep the line tight?
:thumb: winner!... Hills hoist line tensioner key... Over to you sir!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 14, 2013, 06:08:50 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on January 14, 2013, 02:05:09 AM
Bahahaha .. That be a hell big razor you thinking of there Yama ... Ok .. Scale of the thing ... Diameter ... 37 mm or 1.5" ... Height 21mm or 7/8" ...

The apparatus it belongs to is kinda an Aussie invention... Though the applications for such a device exist world wide.

The item in the pic would be used infrequently mostly ... Though if it was misters probably weekly cos he all OCD an shaZam!!  ;)

...EDIT .. The design is Aussie ... Not the original device
ones i have @ work are roughly 3/4" had nothing to judge scale of item at the time lol. ive used em to remove/install security type screws
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 16, 2013, 12:37:50 AM
The new challenge, please?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 16, 2013, 12:43:53 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 16, 2013, 12:37:50 AM
The new challenge, please?
does the winner get so many days to post his or her challenge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 16, 2013, 12:48:08 AM
TWISTED POST YOUR CHALLENGE PLEASE OR PASS IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.
I had to shout cause you live a few miles away from me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Twisted on January 16, 2013, 12:56:34 AM
Sorry I didn't realise I had guessed it. I pass 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 16, 2013, 12:59:28 AM
Quote from: Twisted on January 16, 2013, 12:56:34 AM
Sorry I didn't realise I had guessed it. I pass 
Pass? Who to will you pass thy challenge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Twisted on January 16, 2013, 01:06:40 AM
Go for it Cods
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on January 16, 2013, 01:18:19 AM
Lol not me pick someone else :dunno_white:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 16, 2013, 01:20:54 AM
why not you?, youre bound to come up with something weird.
ill take a few pics @ shop today, if no one is selected by this eve. , ill take it  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Twisted on January 16, 2013, 01:31:02 AM
Ok, ok here is one. Easy.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 16, 2013, 01:36:32 AM
Obviously it is "18 inch" so I'd guess a duct for ventilation/heating/ac system.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 16, 2013, 01:38:09 AM
or a plug for a mulching mower? hell idk.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Twisted on January 16, 2013, 01:53:53 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 16, 2013, 01:38:09 AM
or a plug for a mulching mower? hell idk.

Ha ha good guess Yama. Your turn
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 16, 2013, 01:56:56 AM
Quote from: Twisted on January 16, 2013, 12:56:34 AM
Sorry I didn't realise I had guessed it. I pass

... Doh!! Pay attention man!! ..  :icon_rolleyes: ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 17, 2013, 03:43:55 PM
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this is probably too easy. but until i get the pictures i took today uploaded ( will save those for next win) anyhoo try this :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 17, 2013, 03:55:10 PM
Sterling napkin holder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 17, 2013, 04:09:25 PM
Dammit  :technical: this old boy needs practice. will dig through work bench for weird stuff. anyhoo yup adidas has this one.  :oops: :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 17, 2013, 06:15:45 PM
I used to hang out in antique stores until I started to see "antiques" that weren't as old as me. Slap a price tag on my butt and mark me sold.

Here's an easy one so the game can pass onto someone new.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 17, 2013, 08:04:33 PM
Some kind of bar end weight?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 17, 2013, 08:34:57 PM
An expanding anchor for a piece of furniture?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 17, 2013, 09:47:33 PM
Fairing fastener?  Or maybe fastener for windscreen?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 17, 2013, 10:29:06 PM
Correct. Fairing windscreen fastener. Actually it is a common, generic part. Not unique to the GS500.

Your turn!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 18, 2013, 04:32:45 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 18, 2013, 04:35:33 PM
Compression fitting for an air line or gas line?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 18, 2013, 05:09:58 PM
Close, but not quite.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 18, 2013, 05:21:48 PM
Watertight cable pass through for a cabinet or thingy?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 18, 2013, 07:03:26 PM
That's it
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 18, 2013, 07:59:12 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 18, 2013, 09:08:30 PM
a magnetic switch?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 18, 2013, 09:16:33 PM
Well, there is a switch and magnets. Need what it does and where its used.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 18, 2013, 09:20:25 PM
Not sure , an oscilloscope? ive no idea what it came out of, or perhaps a thermostat of some sort, or an appliance requiring such a switch? really have no idea, just looked like a magnetic switch to me. sorry :embarassed:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 18, 2013, 11:06:45 PM
A lock solenoid?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 18, 2013, 11:44:13 PM
Nope. We seem to be singing the wrong tune.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 18, 2013, 11:48:18 PM
Either a switch for an organ key, or switch for switch for organ pedal? heck idk, im as lost as a nympho in a titty bar
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 19, 2013, 12:01:15 AM
Close. I'd like a more specific description of what it does or the correct name for it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 19, 2013, 01:25:48 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 19, 2013, 12:01:15 AM
Close. I'd like a more specific description of what it does or the correct name for it.
was it used to start ( or perhaps stop two motors on a mid 70's hammond organ?)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 19, 2013, 01:31:38 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 19, 2013, 01:25:48 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 19, 2013, 12:01:15 AM
Close. I'd like a more specific description of what it does or the correct name for it.
was it used to start ( or perhaps stop two motors on a mid 70's hammond organ?)
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 19, 2013, 01:45:09 AM
Nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 19, 2013, 01:48:06 PM
The switch to turn on the electric bellows for a pipe organ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 19, 2013, 01:54:40 PM
While it is a switch used on a pipe organ, not correct.
Hint: there are more than one of these.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 19, 2013, 02:33:44 PM
Is it a stop, or more precisely, the switch that turns on/off the stop?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 19, 2013, 03:05:22 PM
Correct. There is a plastic stop tab fastened to it. It turns a stop on or off or a tremolo or percussion or most anything else.
The two small square magnets actually operate like a spring to keep it "up" or "down". Pols facing each other repel so it works like a spring - clever. The two coils are operated by the preset system ("combination action") and flip the tab up or down when a preset button is pressed.
There are other types of stop tab switches. Some old ones are pneumatic. Some have no preset capability and are just a switch to turn the organ stop on or off.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 19, 2013, 06:27:22 PM
this a closeup of your organ adidas?, if so i am envious. if not, i am envious of whom it belongs to. ( love pipe organs btw lol  :bowdown: )
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 19, 2013, 07:00:06 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 19, 2013, 07:19:08 PM
 :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :cheers: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 20, 2013, 12:29:32 PM
I would have posted sooner, but my cable has been out all day so far  :technical: >:( ...thank god for smartphones and cellular data...

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on January 20, 2013, 02:55:12 PM
A sinker for fishing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 20, 2013, 03:49:17 PM
a plumb bob?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 20, 2013, 05:16:59 PM
a weight for a balance?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: DrtRydr23 on January 20, 2013, 05:59:24 PM
Quote from: ryott52 on January 20, 2013, 02:55:12 PM
A sinker for fishing?
+1
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 20, 2013, 10:13:23 PM
Weight for hanging lights or banners.

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 20, 2013, 10:16:05 PM
id be surprised if it were a fishing weight, that thing is HUGE compared to the woodgrain in background.  hmm scale weight or a plumb bob? idk
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 21, 2013, 02:39:54 AM
I dunno Addy, the wood grain is pretty close up ...

I reckon it's a weight sure enough ... But a 'official measure' weight for calibrating and correcting weighing equipment ... I think it's really small ... So maybe a gram/avoirdupois ounce/Troy ounce ... That kinda thing
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 21, 2013, 06:19:36 AM
It's not a device used for fishing or any sort of measurement (weight, level, etc). It is also not a weight used for hanging pictures or anything else. While it's not a plumb bob, it is designed to hang while serving its purpose.


For size comparison, its circumference is about the size of an adult male's thumbnail.


The wood grain in the background is from my dining room table.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 21, 2013, 12:11:08 PM
Bell clapper?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 21, 2013, 12:27:19 PM
Paulcet got it.

It's a bell clapper from a "spirit" cowbell from some minor league hockey team that I don't think exists anymore.

Paulcet, you're up. :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 22, 2013, 05:12:17 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 22, 2013, 05:13:35 PM
spark tester
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 22, 2013, 11:52:04 PM
Guess I'm right. Plus I have one in the Bike Cave

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 22, 2013, 11:58:21 PM
almost looks like the internals of a paint roller
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2013, 12:07:00 AM
Yea - maybe "almost" but not even close.  :nono:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 23, 2013, 01:00:26 AM
lol my mind is off tonight. not thinking clearly almost looks like the internals of a floor mop. but ehh thats wrong too  :technical: :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2013, 01:08:27 AM
It is something very handy after you do an "Oh, crap".
Most people don't know this exists, yet it is cheap, handy and most people can use one probably once a year - some more, some less.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 23, 2013, 05:34:08 AM
A "grabber". As in, "Oh crap! I just dropped that screw down that crevice and can't reach it with my fat fingers."
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 23, 2013, 07:29:46 AM
Broken light bulb extractor.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2013, 11:01:22 AM
Quote from: Paulcet on January 23, 2013, 05:34:08 AM
A "grabber". As in, "Oh crap! I just dropped that screw down that crevice and can't reach it with my fat fingers."
Your on the right idea. Yes - something dropped. But what and where?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 23, 2013, 11:07:56 AM
...drop something in the drain?
...heck, maybe a garbage disposal?

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2013, 11:49:58 AM
You're in the general area.
Sit down with a beer or glass of wine and think a little more about it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 23, 2013, 11:56:37 AM
CORK GRABBER For those times when you need to take a cork out from the bottom of the bottle!
   
?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 23, 2013, 11:58:46 AM
dang... beat me to it!

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2013, 12:02:40 PM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on January 23, 2013, 11:56:37 AM
CORK GRABBER For those times when you need to take a cork out from the bottom of the bottle!
   
?
Correct.  :cheers: Or more correctly - when the cork accidentally gets push down into your bottle of wine. It lets you pull the cork out before serving.
You stick it into the bottle. When the cork gets between the 3 wires, you push down on the red thingy (everything has a "thingy") so the wires grip the cork then pull it out.

Next time I won't give such obvious hints.  :nono:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 23, 2013, 12:10:35 PM
You were right though, I didn't know it existed... I have seen corks removed from a bottle via a plastic bag, but the bottle must be empty for that.

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 23, 2013, 02:09:06 PM
It was the hint.  I had no idea what it was before that.

Looking for random oddball item,.........used the door for size reference.  :icon_mrgreen:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2013, 02:40:58 PM
One damn big scratcher for one huge kitty cat!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 23, 2013, 03:31:57 PM
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Good guess, but no,.....

you'll like this page addy http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/giant%20cat
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2013, 04:23:28 PM
This famous one is actually a photoshop job done here in the Seattle area. A few years ago the father, daughter and cat (normal size) were at a cat show. He sent the photo to her and it went viral.
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I love the bog cat photos. I wish cats could be bigger - but then I'd have no place to sleep. Already hard with 2 on the bed - one always wanting pets and scratches and the other pouncing on that thing moving under the covers (my feet).
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 23, 2013, 04:49:26 PM
Evaporative cooling filler?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on January 23, 2013, 05:32:56 PM
World's largest block of uncooked pasta.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 23, 2013, 05:40:50 PM
cardboard packing material? or used as a cusion when packing a LARGE item? ive got this stuff on a much smaller scale
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 24, 2013, 06:26:43 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 23, 2013, 04:23:28 PM
I love the bog cat photos. I wish cats could be bigger - but then I'd have no place to sleep. Already hard with 2 on the bed - one always wanting pets and scratches and the other pouncing on that thing moving under the covers (my feet).

I thought it was a cat scratching post at first too, until I saw the scale.... You know about Maine Coons right?... they can get nearly as big as the cat in that picture... upto 25lbs I'd say, and probably more if they get overweight.  Heck I'm pretty, it was Washington State's Vet Med that held much of the research on the Maine Coon breed and their relation to heart problems.

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 24, 2013, 07:46:50 AM
Paulcet got it.   :thumb:

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You're up Paulcet!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 24, 2013, 12:07:53 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on January 24, 2013, 01:58:52 PM
Looks like some sort of headed sleeve insulator for PCBs or perhaps a radio connector insert.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 24, 2013, 02:04:45 PM
Is it open on both ends?
Is it tapered? (hard to tell due to camera angles and close up settings)

If open both ends, I'd guess it is an insert into the end of a plastic hose for a compression type fitting. I have some similar things in brass for brass fittings.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 24, 2013, 04:17:53 PM
Open on both ends.  Not tapered.  Kiwi is on the right track.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on January 24, 2013, 04:21:34 PM
One of those rubber sleeves between hard parts and electrical cords so the cord doesn't kink so much at the base?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 24, 2013, 06:42:22 PM
oh damn.... wrong track thinking for me then... i thought it was a really clinical buttplug thing... for endoscopy type stuff... stop you clenchin down on the camera tube!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on January 24, 2013, 07:00:15 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on January 24, 2013, 01:58:52 PM
Looks like some sort of headed sleeve insulator for PCBs or perhaps a radio connector insert.

This one is slowly going to drive me a little insane.. I keep thinking shouldered Ferrule / spacer for a connector, but the size doesnt seem right..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 24, 2013, 07:30:19 PM
a motherboard standoff?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 24, 2013, 07:51:26 PM
I'll post another pic tomorrow with something for size reference.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 25, 2013, 06:26:42 AM
Plug/cover for a headphone or RCA jack? I'm thinking something to seal/waterproof it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 25, 2013, 09:03:29 AM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 25, 2013, 09:14:47 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 24, 2013, 07:30:19 PM
a motherboard standoff?

Given the new picture, that would be a gigantic motherboard!!  :o :o


Plug/sheath for coaxial cable to run through exterior walls?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 25, 2013, 03:39:49 PM
something involving iv fluids, or used in medical field?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 25, 2013, 09:02:45 PM
You're drifting... Electrical.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 25, 2013, 09:18:15 PM
a cable spool holder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 25, 2013, 09:32:19 PM
Core for winding a coil
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 25, 2013, 09:38:09 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 25, 2013, 09:32:19 PM
Core for winding a coil
hmmmmm, that reminds me. @ mmi we used a larger version of this. wound with 20k turns of copper wire, and a +24v battery setup. would launch socket extensions across the room. ( extra credit excersise. ) i would use one of 15 gs500s we had as a platform for my artillery piece.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on January 26, 2013, 04:57:55 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 25, 2013, 09:38:09 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 25, 2013, 09:32:19 PM
Core for winding a coil
hmmmmm, that reminds me. @ mmi we used a larger version of this. wound with 20k turns of copper wire, and a +24v battery setup. would launch socket extensions across the room. ( extra credit excersise. ) i would use one of 15 gs500s we had as a platform for my artillery piece.

Nothing quite like building a poor man's railgun.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 26, 2013, 06:28:22 AM
fun part was finding the wire in one continuous piece.   :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 26, 2013, 07:17:22 AM
It is ceramic
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 26, 2013, 11:49:49 AM
Ceramic means it is an insulator.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 26, 2013, 11:56:26 AM
I still reckon it's a pen.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 26, 2013, 12:05:06 PM
Similar to thermocouple insulators and igniter insulators
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Looks similar top these which are used in kilns.
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MS1 Porcelain Insulators, 1 1/8" long (4 per package). The insulators prevent the element from touching the kiln case.

Shipping Weight: 1.00 Lbs.   ( 0.45 Kg.)

Ship Method: This Item Ships Via UPS

Price: $7.00
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on January 26, 2013, 12:38:04 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 26, 2013, 12:05:06 PM

The insulators prevent the element from touching the kiln case.

This. You're up!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 26, 2013, 01:44:40 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 26, 2013, 04:39:25 PM
Wine bottle cork popper outer thing
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 26, 2013, 04:43:47 PM
Cat says you win!
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Yes - a wine thingy for thingying the thingies of a wine thingy.

Compress gas wine opener. Needle goes through cork. C02 (press down on the cart.) forces out the cork.

That would make one wicked weapon. Injecting someone with compressed gas? Up the butt - one heck of a fart!

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 26, 2013, 04:46:13 PM
one day, ill post something so simple yet no one will know it   ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 26, 2013, 05:43:10 PM
Oh god now I have to go into the shed and find something to use. Bear with me a few hrs lol.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 26, 2013, 07:29:11 PM
We are waiting - why is it going to take you a few hours to visit your shed?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 26, 2013, 07:37:29 PM
Cause I said so you can wait so wait
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 26, 2013, 07:48:43 PM
Had a quick rummage round and found this to throw up for now


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 26, 2013, 08:12:21 PM
a countersink bit?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on January 26, 2013, 08:14:58 PM
One side is a chamfer/countersink bit, the other is for an external chamfer on something that has a thru or pilot hole... I'm just not sure if it's something more specific/particular.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 26, 2013, 08:22:33 PM
Quote from: Badot on January 26, 2013, 08:14:58 PM
One side is a chamfer/countersink bit, the other is for an external chamfer on something that has a thru or pilot hole... I'm just not sure if it's something more specific/particular.

Your very close it is for a specific task on a specific job but can be adapted to another use but it has a primary use
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 26, 2013, 08:38:27 PM
a countersink bit or a tool used in mounting a kitchen or sink faucet? hell idk. next youll prolly ask me to tell you what vehicle it came out of  :technical: lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 26, 2013, 08:41:11 PM
Nope not that not even close
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on January 26, 2013, 10:01:36 PM
It's a case deburring tool.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: AussieChick on January 26, 2013, 10:17:12 PM
....I don't even know why I bother looking at this thread, I never have any idea about this stuff! I googled what dam posted above me and I think he's right sooo I might check back at what he posts later  :thumb: so I can continue my state of confusion.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 26, 2013, 10:26:55 PM
maybe a tool to grind/deburr valve seats? hell idk
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 26, 2013, 10:30:09 PM
He got it - googled "case deburring tool"

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/143728/rcbs-chamfer-and-deburring-tool-17-to-45-caliber
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 26, 2013, 10:32:51 PM
Quote from: dam on January 26, 2013, 10:01:36 PM
It's a case deburring tool.

He has it it's an rcbs case de burring tool
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: AussieChick on January 26, 2013, 10:37:05 PM
...and the next item is???
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 26, 2013, 10:52:31 PM
Quote from: AussieChick on January 26, 2013, 10:37:05 PM
...and the next item is???

Some obscure item I won't know even existed.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 28, 2013, 11:25:57 PM
I sent him a PM. If nothing tomorrow, as started of  the game I'll post something or select someone to do it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on January 29, 2013, 09:32:44 AM
Sorry for the delay folks. Here's the next whatsit.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5KiPF5ednrE/UQf4vKu_TnI/AAAAAAAAAGY/Nyt89tZbaLs/s800/ripper.jpg)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 29, 2013, 09:38:54 AM
Seam Ripper!

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cheeterpasteen on January 29, 2013, 09:44:57 AM
Damn! that was one I actually knew.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dam on January 29, 2013, 10:04:19 AM
Too easy!!! You're up Bboy.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 29, 2013, 10:05:34 AM
Lol...
Pulling something out of the archives... Will have a pic uploaded shortly.

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 29, 2013, 10:08:47 AM
The post-it notes are covering an information plate which contains the name of it.

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- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on January 29, 2013, 10:20:32 AM
Electroplating machine?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 29, 2013, 10:29:50 AM
heavy mofo of a machine that doesn't work anymore and nobody knows how to use anyway?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: bombsquad83 on January 29, 2013, 10:30:53 AM
Is it a machine for developing film?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 29, 2013, 10:37:29 AM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on January 29, 2013, 10:29:50 AM
heavy mofo of a machine that doesn't work anymore and nobody knows how to use anyway?

LOL, halfway right.  It does work, but I had to call an old, retired phD friend of a friend of a friend to learn how to use it accurately.

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 29, 2013, 10:38:14 AM
Quote from: bombsquad83 on January 29, 2013, 10:30:53 AM
Is it a machine for developing film?

It does sort of look like one with the red glass, but nope!

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 29, 2013, 11:52:10 AM
Moisture-determination Balance machine?

"Typical applications include food products, sand, cement, ceramics, adhesives, paper, plastics, chemicals, fertilizers, soaps, paints, resins, grains, pharmaceuticals, dry milk and sewage."?

I used google I admit it.  (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1206.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb442%2Fadidasguy%2FVideos%2Ffail1.gif&hash=0ab4a6d243507d55fb491b262ac2170041dc01aa)

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on January 29, 2013, 12:19:25 PM
Moisture analyzer
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 29, 2013, 12:32:36 PM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on January 29, 2013, 11:52:10 AM
Moisture-determination Balance machine?

"Typical applications include food products, sand, cement, ceramics, adhesives, paper, plastics, chemicals, fertilizers, soaps, paints, resins, grains, pharmaceuticals, dry milk and sewage."?

I used google I admit it.  (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1206.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb442%2Fadidasguy%2FVideos%2Ffail1.gif&hash=0ab4a6d243507d55fb491b262ac2170041dc01aa)

Yep.  Cenco Moisture Balance.

I didn't even realize google had a 'search by image' function.... I guess I'll have to make my next one tougher for search data.

;)

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 29, 2013, 12:40:41 PM
http://www.labequip.com/cenco-266801-moisturedetermination-balance-2.html

That was a good one.  I was trying to figure it out searching by directions: 'lift handle' 'look through red glass' 'two switches' 'heavy shaZamming old machine' but got no where,...but finally found it.  I think maybe gaffer knew what it was off the top of his head.  Applause for that one though.  :thumb:

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Made of aluminum I think,....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 29, 2013, 12:51:33 PM
LOL, I never even tried to look them up before... its extremely archaic for us, but it works for general lab use when we do maintenance on our spectrometers.  This one is at least 40 years old, but I guess they sell them for like $30 now  :cookoo:
It works within 1% to actual, so we keep it around and use it till it takes its last breath.

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on January 29, 2013, 01:46:51 PM
Some kind of coupler?.......
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 29, 2013, 02:05:50 PM
Yes, on track,....but for what?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 29, 2013, 02:07:43 PM
coupler for huge MC, or armored type conduit/cable?

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 29, 2013, 02:27:17 PM
pipe or hose?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on January 29, 2013, 03:56:06 PM
hint,....
State Inspection guys might use this,....indoor dyno,......cough gasp,...(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.sodahead.com%2Fpolls%2F001389065%2Fdead_smiley_answer_3_xlarge.jpeg&hash=0d33e1720ef320043b3437cb108c98fbb7af779e)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 29, 2013, 04:52:56 PM
Coupling for that flexible hose as for routing the exhaust outside?

RG EXHAUST SPLICE CONNECTOR

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The RG aluminum splice connectors screw directly into the 4" RG1 Garage Exhaust hoses.

The RG splice connectorsa are part of a complete RG exhaust sytem, including the RG1 hose, tailpipe adapters, door ports, and Y and elbow connectors.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on January 29, 2013, 08:01:23 PM
Dang, I need would've guessed that haha
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 29, 2013, 09:41:17 PM
Super easy one...
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on January 29, 2013, 10:23:16 PM
Is it one of those yo yo's?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 29, 2013, 10:28:36 PM
Quote from: Gaffer on January 29, 2013, 10:23:16 PM
Is it one of those yo yo's?
nope. It is about an inch in diameter and an inch high.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 29, 2013, 11:19:10 PM
v belt pulley.. and if its that small... for one of those little clown cars at the circus?
:D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 29, 2013, 11:31:37 PM
This should be soooo obvious.
Hint: You get them and use them in pairs.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 29, 2013, 11:34:10 PM
fork tube spacers?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 29, 2013, 11:47:58 PM
Nope.
At least you're thinking motorcycle.  :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 30, 2013, 12:00:18 AM
Paddock stand spools
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on January 30, 2013, 12:02:22 AM
Damn, I was gonna say stand spools too
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 30, 2013, 12:23:23 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 30, 2013, 12:00:18 AM
Paddock stand spools

You Win!

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on January 30, 2013, 01:36:11 AM
Ahhhhh crap I'm at work and tapatalk isn't working give me till tommorow
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 30, 2013, 01:41:54 AM
Silly Addy .. You forgot the plugs/bungs in that box! .... Still ... I spose the holes will help it sink quicker  :icon_rolleyes: :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on February 01, 2013, 09:29:28 AM
Where is next pic at?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 01, 2013, 11:36:09 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on January 30, 2013, 01:41:54 AM
Silly Addy .. You forgot the plugs/bungs in that box! .... Still ... I spose the holes will help it sink quicker  :icon_rolleyes: :icon_twisted:
I didn't show the bolts - that would have made it too easy.

SLIPS: next picture please? or I will put up a cat video! really! I will!



OK I did it anyway so we can be entertained while we wait for your picture.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 01, 2013, 01:14:15 PM
that needs to be a gif  :icon_razz:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 01, 2013, 06:53:13 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on January 30, 2013, 01:36:11 AM
Ahhhhh crap I'm at work and tapatalk isn't working give me till tommorow
thats what you get for using tapatalk.
Sent from my keyboard using keys.  :flipoff: Sorry, i promise ill behave.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 01, 2013, 08:17:21 PM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on February 01, 2013, 01:14:15 PM
that needs to be a gif  :icon_razz:
http://picasion.com/
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 01, 2013, 08:48:21 PM
Still waiting for Slips to post a picture. If not by midnight, I'll post a new challenge.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 03:53:05 AM
Sorry for the delay been super busy

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 02, 2013, 01:30:56 PM
Countersink for a number 6 screw?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on February 02, 2013, 01:45:12 PM
rust
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 02, 2013, 03:53:44 PM
countersink bit for a ratcheting screwdrive or a drill using multiple bits ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 04:00:15 PM
Nope
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 02, 2013, 05:34:37 PM
Pffft ... Case length trimmer for ammo reloading processes.... Maybe .308 or .30-06 .... Maybe 6.5 x55 Swedish Mauser too (cos I remember someone mentioned it recently and I think it was slips) ... Most likely RCBS brand cos again I think slips likes good gear and not crappy Lee stuff...

That enough?.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 05:41:31 PM
Janx has it. And talk about eagle eye it is 6.5x55 Swedish. And shock horror it is lee. I have rcbs scales and press but case trimming is lee and dies are lee as well. I have it on good authority that lee scales and entry level press aren't that crash hot. And no one has really bad mouthed rcbs.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 02, 2013, 05:45:56 PM
Yay.... ... Lee scales are ok ... Just I found them to be a little trembly and over sensitive to wind currents...

How many different things are you reloading for slips? ...

And of course I noticed the Swedish Mauser thing... I have a 1906 Carl gustav! ... Least memory tells me it's an '06
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 05:48:41 PM
Just the swede so far I think mine is a 1906 as well Carl Gustav
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 02, 2013, 05:49:57 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 01, 2013, 11:36:09 AM


OK I did it anyway so we can be entertained while we wait for your picture.
I laughed and farted at the same time :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on February 02, 2013, 05:59:15 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 05:48:41 PM
Just the swede so far I think mine is a 1906 as well Carl Gustav

I've got some old 6.5 ammo you can have if you want it. I don't need it anymore since I got rid of my 6.5
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 06:03:00 PM
How old?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 02, 2013, 06:10:20 PM
Not so much about the age of ammo ... But storage conditions .... I reckon mister would store it all very well though..

Now... Not the key in the photos! ... Size reference! ... The other thingy obviously!!

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I got some cooler stuff at work ... But dredging the barrel here at home ..  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on February 02, 2013, 06:19:19 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 06:03:00 PM
How old?

Who cares. It's free. Don't like the look of it, don't use it. Simple.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 06:22:49 PM
I know the feeling I have some good stuff there too if only bloody tapatalk works
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 02, 2013, 06:38:14 PM
Quote from: mister on February 02, 2013, 06:19:19 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 06:03:00 PM
How old?

Who cares. It's free. Don't like the look of it, don't use it. Simple.

Basically. Yeah ... But I have used ammo I loaded 10 years earlier (according to the loading notes on the sticker) .. Still fine ... Dad has used .303 ammo .. That was stored properly... From 1951 ... About 6 years ago he used it.... Bit stinky when fired cos of old tech 'powder' ... But fine...

More important with other ppl brass though .... Every rifle has its little differences... In the chamber too ... Some reload brass that has been used in a 'long' chamber will get stuck in a shorter/tighter one .. Or the seating depth will let the projectile touch the lands and change things too ... Check this stuff!! .. Gently close the bolt on a round ... If it gets tight before lockup ... Stop and slide it out again... Look to see where it's catching...

Empty brass from someone else is much easier to deal with... You put it into a FLRS (full length re resizer) die ... With a tiny bit of lube so it don't crimp the case .. And presto bingo you have orig size brass!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 06:44:30 PM
Yeah k ill take it just wait till my license shows up. Yeah I full length sized my brass when I got my press kit.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 02, 2013, 06:57:31 PM
You got the 'big' press? .. :thumb:

And for those that don't realise... New pics for guessing above !! .. Several posts now.. Mister started the 'jack!!  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 07:08:02 PM
Rcbs partner press
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 02, 2013, 07:19:30 PM
scissor sharpener?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 02, 2013, 07:24:02 PM
Not for scissors..... Lol.... You'll appreciate the irony of your guess here when you know..  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on February 02, 2013, 07:26:47 PM
Knife sharpener
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 02, 2013, 07:33:25 PM
... Sorry .. Should say not a sharpener... For knives , scissors, axes or anythings ... But Yama guess still a little ironic
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 02, 2013, 08:29:13 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on February 02, 2013, 07:33:25 PM
... Sorry .. Should say not a sharpener... For knives , scissors, axes or anythings ... But Yama guess still a little ironic
why is that?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 02, 2013, 08:44:28 PM
Looks like something you use to cut some kind of sheet with... like those rollers are there to shear it, and you can see a little slot for whatever gets cut to run through on the one side.

Wrapping paper cutter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 02, 2013, 08:50:25 PM
or a fabric cutter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on February 02, 2013, 11:20:54 PM
Looks like one side of a handle from a pair of scissors with the cutting bits missing.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on February 03, 2013, 01:27:56 AM
Plastic cutter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 03, 2013, 01:40:58 AM
Vinyl cutter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 03, 2013, 03:17:15 AM
or specifically a vinyl flooring cutter? hell idk, that damned thign looks so close to many household items, its drivin me batty  :cry:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 03, 2013, 04:37:40 AM
Oh geez.. Sorry for the delay guys.. Been swearing at my bike electrics...

But after careful review... Badot had it first ... Wrapping paper cutter .. That's what it is sold as ... But Xmas paper that's skinny just tears.. Good qual wrapping paper is ok though ... It does also work on vinyl although ya gotta be careful... Really stiff/taut fabric maybe ..

The irony of Yama guess was... It looks like a sharpener kinda.. And scissors cut paper... But this is meant to ... "so velly jorry good! You never to need looking for scissor when lost again! .. Try product with excitement and remain happy for many year of gift preparation" .. Replace scissors ..

I bought it with glee thinking yeeeeeah!! End of my scissor hunting days!! ... But with the Xmas paper I soon gave up and went hunting for scissors!!   :oops:
You up BADOT!! ..  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 03, 2013, 08:07:52 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1198.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa459%2FDydler%2F20130203_215821_zps31c18242.jpg&hash=491783a00697446b72540d9ed0eb7ce488d5cfde)

I'm sure there are people here who will come along and instantly know what it is, but it's the best I've got for the time being.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 03, 2013, 09:23:07 PM
i've just had a go... so i'll shush for a bit  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 03, 2013, 10:20:11 PM
uhh...liquid food injector?

Or clown balloon pump.

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 03, 2013, 10:43:30 PM
Being a plastic syringe, it could be:
1. Half of the stuff for 2 part epoxy
2. Food injector
3. People injector
4. Grease injector

Could also be used to suck stuff out.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 03, 2013, 11:04:51 PM
The crap you put on the back of the silicon chip for the heatsink in a computer :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on February 04, 2013, 12:22:31 AM
The stuff you put inside a chipped windshield to fill it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 04, 2013, 12:43:05 AM
im with cods on this one. it DOES look like a thermal grease pen. ( used on pc/mac cpu and gpu heatsinks
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 04, 2013, 02:00:44 AM
Mmmhmmm
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 04, 2013, 08:15:12 AM
Quote from: codajastal on February 03, 2013, 11:04:51 PM
The crap you put on the back of the silicon chip for the heatsink in a computer :thumb:

Yep. You're up!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 04, 2013, 07:20:07 PM
he id's the product, i id theapplicator. lets see what that postwhorish aussie comes up with. if hes half as twisted as i am, were in for a good one.  :bowdown:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 04, 2013, 11:16:02 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on February 04, 2013, 07:20:07 PM
he id's the product, i id theapplicator. lets see what that postwhorish aussie comes up with. if hes half as twisted as i am, were in for a good one.  :bowdown:
Lol, cant be bothered looking for a hard one yama, so heres an easy one.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fm.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fsphotos-g.ak%2Fhphotos-ak-snc7%2F404773_10151278733058596_1046660554_n.jpg&hash=6689931b9cba40f5c5f8423a5f3721071656ccb6)
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 05, 2013, 02:46:22 AM
Almost looks like a face shield mount for a helmet, but i dont think so. am baffeld atm
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 05, 2013, 05:33:03 AM
Part of a car door opening internal widget?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on February 05, 2013, 12:00:34 PM
Some kind of tool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 05, 2013, 02:39:30 PM
Lock bar for cabinet lock:
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 05, 2013, 03:06:25 PM
D'oh! :icon_rolleyes: .. Of course!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 05, 2013, 03:19:15 PM
dammit. a lock box flange  :technical: sorry my brain isnt working too well atm :technical: :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 05, 2013, 06:49:42 PM
Paulcet is close enough. :thumb: Its part of a lock for a coke machine with the round keys


(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fm.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fsphotos-c.ak%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2F539624_10151280199178596_513995102_n.jpg&hash=04964005ca51e9811fd205fa52e531fd9dbdb3f0)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 05, 2013, 07:05:55 PM
 :icon_eek: .... an easy one? ... ok yeah it was narrowed down to a lock bar thingy... but 'from a coke machine with the round keys'??? .. well darn it!!.. i completely forgot to check my personal coke machine in the 3 bay mechanics wet dream of a garden shed i wish i had!...

:dunno_white: ... easy one.. pfft..


:D :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 05, 2013, 09:57:50 PM
I was going to guess a Pepsi machine  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 05, 2013, 10:00:53 PM
Dammit i was going to guess a beer cooler lol :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 05, 2013, 10:38:50 PM
All of those would have got it  :flipoff: I should have just said drink machine sheesh :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on February 06, 2013, 01:12:50 AM
haha
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 06, 2013, 07:45:04 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motohouston.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Flaughing6.gif&hash=0c0c936759e192d11341fd476d2ca6691270477c) at Janx
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 07, 2013, 10:56:41 PM
Paulcet, you are up buddy!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on February 08, 2013, 01:21:56 AM
Next pic please
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 08, 2013, 02:15:17 AM
I PM'd him.
If nothing by tomorrow night, as starter of the game I will post a picture or select a runner upfrom the last challenge to post a picture.
(https://d1ij7zv8zivhs3.cloudfront.net/assets/5498594/lightbox/cat%20camera.jpg?1335857033)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 08, 2013, 09:34:39 AM
Sorry guys, I kinda forgot about the game.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2F7BD9B306-C0A7-40E0-962D-8CD35BC18863-512-000000BF72B5EF8C_zps0a8d2e37.jpg&hash=339753640299dfe39ec4d8a18b022f66717fb7e9)
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Probably too easy... Next time it will be really obscure!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 08, 2013, 06:23:17 PM
looks like part of a hose adapter we used at a hydraulics factory when testing the pumps...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 08, 2013, 07:01:26 PM
I have seen that before but damned if I know where and what it was for :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 08, 2013, 07:18:17 PM
dammit paulcet, no cockrings allowed  :nono:  :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 08, 2013, 08:42:35 PM
Errr Yama, if your cockrings look like that you shopping the wrong store bud!

But I think the item in question is EITHER ... A urethane bush for suspension component .... Or ... A sleeve thingy for the centre of an outdoor table so the big umbrella thingy don't wiggle around too much!

:dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 08, 2013, 08:44:27 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on February 08, 2013, 08:42:35 PM
Errr Yama, if your cockrings look like that you shopping the wrong store bud!

But I think the item in question is EITHER ... A urethane bush for suspension component .... Or ... A sleeve thingy for the centre of an outdoor table so the big umbrella thingy don't wiggle around too much!

:dunno_black:
im not paulcet.  :flipoff: :flipoff: :confused: lol
kinda looks like a paint roller spacer
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 09, 2013, 08:14:19 AM
 :2guns: Yama  :icon_lol:

Quote from: Janx101 on February 08, 2013, 08:42:35 PM
But I think the item in question is EITHER ... A urethane bush for suspension component

Close enough. It's a plastic bushing made by Igus.  Good stuff.  I have a plastic Heim joint on my shift linkage: $6 and holding up to hundreds of shifts per day.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 11, 2013, 01:09:50 AM
Sorry guys, lazy day yesterday and Internet was kaput at work today... So I dug around the project box and found this ... The first photo is just normal side on .. And I would say the thing is 45 mm x 35mm more or less.. Second photo is probably the angle and aspect you would normally look at this widget.... I had to remove this one cos it was worn and replaced it with an aluminium one in same shape... Soooooo ... Lets go!!...

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fimage_zps456003a0.jpg&hash=13879ef48c261129eb1591b2f48af59e02d3e27e)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fimage_zpsb0afa12a.jpg&hash=ef6d10e8758fe0040b974ce5d38dd83e0de5896a)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 11, 2013, 02:35:29 AM
Part of the hinge on a cupboard door/kitchen door
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 11, 2013, 03:30:41 AM
Errrr... How would they score this on the old mastermind table top game?! ...  :dunno_black:

..... But ... Warm ... But not warm enough ..

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on February 11, 2013, 03:38:12 AM
Catch for a car door?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 11, 2013, 03:43:50 AM
Ooooh ... We heading outside now!! ... Warmer!! :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on February 11, 2013, 06:26:11 AM
Door catch for a mobile home or caravan?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 11, 2013, 09:41:58 AM
Shed door latch?

Sliding door latch?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 11, 2013, 01:59:59 PM
Quote from: Banzai on February 11, 2013, 06:26:11 AM
Door catch for a mobile home or caravan?

You Sir are entirely correct!!  :woohoo: ... Well identified!

Off you go on a weird thing rummage through the basement!...  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on February 11, 2013, 02:56:50 PM
 :woohoo:

The pen in the first two pics is just for size reference.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi181.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx107%2FBanzai_Elise%2FWeb%2520Pix%2Ffile_zpsb3adc5e9.jpg&hash=876621c0f8e2fb6e68d62f8c9067e638cba8108b)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi181.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx107%2FBanzai_Elise%2FWeb%2520Pix%2Ffile_zps3c9ed6fd.jpg&hash=7e7a8b80e19e5f643e6a2e1a1f2233d7dfe0b235)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi181.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx107%2FBanzai_Elise%2FWeb%2520Pix%2Ffile_zpsc06bc24e.jpg&hash=9df0bc89f859a6ec82e3ea1b7c2a2f6f6cd12449)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 11, 2013, 03:08:46 PM
A whatchamacallit?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on February 11, 2013, 03:26:45 PM
You can remove the base:
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi181.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx107%2FBanzai_Elise%2FWeb%2520Pix%2Ffile_zps667fc04e.jpg&hash=e53906cde47dfcc8e6d7c8dd8a9a9f9c1a7b31f6)
To do its job properly there is an extra bit:
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 11, 2013, 03:34:58 PM
Hmm, is that string on a small spool at the top?

Maybe a plumb bob or line thrower?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 11, 2013, 03:55:46 PM
Magnetic door catch. --- I mean door stop to hold the door open.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on February 11, 2013, 03:57:48 PM
Well done catman.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi181.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx107%2FBanzai_Elise%2FWeb%2520Pix%2Ffile_zpsb57b484b.jpg&hash=ca6936cca95914999bc5a78bfb1992540217adc0)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 11, 2013, 04:18:23 PM
An easy one so I can pass the torch on to someone else really fast.....
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1206.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb442%2Fadidasguy%2FTechnical%2FDSCF0101a.jpg&hash=bfdcd246788cb1c609d157bd54099003ed1df4dc)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 11, 2013, 04:55:33 PM
The source of much cussing and sweating, a damper rod from a GS500
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 11, 2013, 05:39:23 PM
Correct.
Can you say which year(s)?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 11, 2013, 05:50:59 PM
'01+ I think
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 11, 2013, 06:57:38 PM
I know 04+. Right now I forget which style was on 01-02.

Anyway, you win. What's next?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 11, 2013, 07:10:12 PM
Ok, something really obscure.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2F7B53906C-8198-41B5-A724-5985323CA7D9-2276-0000022DDE1798B1_zps9dc32e5a.jpg&hash=b3f266438e1e303b26490b2c9e8c3dbdf6c389b5)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 11, 2013, 07:16:22 PM
Orange clicky pen...not really THAT obscure
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 11, 2013, 07:22:29 PM
errr... Laser range finder/surveyor level thingy bobbit .. reckon it a laser something anyway .. that yellow sticker looks like a class 1 or 2 job.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 11, 2013, 10:28:53 PM
self leveling rangefinder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 11, 2013, 10:39:56 PM
just thinkin .. what'd be really cool was if it was the laser ranger for a M1 Abhrams MBT!
:icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 11, 2013, 10:46:12 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on February 11, 2013, 10:39:56 PM
just thinkin .. what'd be really cool was if it was the laser ranger for a M1 Abhrams MBT!
:icon_twisted:
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: i see a 360 degree dial looks like
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 12, 2013, 04:46:52 AM
Yeah same... Looks... Industrial or military in robustness of frame and design too... But lotsa things get good engineering!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 12, 2013, 06:01:53 AM
servo motor for an antenna drive????
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Calpantera on February 12, 2013, 08:09:30 AM
Does it have anything to do with industrial robots or manufacturing? 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 12, 2013, 09:22:40 AM
Time to test your Google-fu
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2F8E594247-B404-4465-9538-F8289B96BEC5-2663-000002EB0BEF44C7_zps01839557.jpg&hash=1f0fd89811e8e44f6b23bb10561e0ccf61310ea6)
Go!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 12, 2013, 09:54:36 AM
GASP® Surface Stress Polarimeter

http://www.strainoptics.com/page.asp?page_id=26
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Calpantera on February 12, 2013, 10:07:04 AM
Oh heck I knew it was a GASP the whole time, I just wanted to make you feel like you were doing well..   :icon_razz:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 12, 2013, 12:37:46 PM
 :icon_lol:
Ok Badot, what's next?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 12, 2013, 12:50:12 PM
Hopefully not too vague. We'll see.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1198.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa459%2FDydler%2F20130212_144520_zps4762c137.jpg&hash=0815464c9dcbe4f45c43ff7ad854a047a9dcbbdc)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 12, 2013, 01:26:19 PM
makes me think of a telegraph,....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 13, 2013, 01:53:53 PM
Valve rocker thingy?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 13, 2013, 03:01:51 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 13, 2013, 01:53:53 PM
Valve rocker thingy?

Yep -- but can you guess what it came out of?

Hint: something you'd find in the kitchen.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 13, 2013, 03:16:36 PM
Pressure cooker relief valve?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 13, 2013, 03:37:09 PM
Nope. The base is made of plastic and it's generally pretty low quality/cheap.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 13, 2013, 03:59:48 PM
Syrup displenser thingy thumb operated valve thingy.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 13, 2013, 05:41:05 PM
flickmixer tap valve thingy .. like for this

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=flick+mixer+tap&hl=en&tbo=d&biw=1366&bih=576&tbm=isch&tbnid=dR1OZKIma4bz2M:&imgrefurl=http://www.classiquehomes.com.au/Inclusions_Classique.html&docid=QlazBmvD67BwIM&imgurl=http://www.classiquehomes.com.au/images/Inclusions/Lifestyle/kitchentap.JPG&w=1008&h=768&ei=ejIcUfmmIYSrkgXIo4Fw&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:13,s:0,i:121&iact=rc&dur=3887&sig=101902953831000548732&page=1&tbnh=183&tbnw=245&start=0&ndsp=17&tx=113&ty=69
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 13, 2013, 06:50:38 PM
Electric can opener part. The small round part on the right is a magnet that holds the top of the can to keep it from dropping into the soup after being cut.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 13, 2013, 06:55:29 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on February 13, 2013, 06:50:38 PM
Electric can opener part. The small round part on the right is a magnet that holds the top of the can to keep it from dropping into the soup after being cut.

:) .. i can see the theory of this... and know exactly why you mean it... but .. no matter how i turn my head or the laptop upside down... i cant figure the actuality of it...

and the look of the thing... based on the part in the pic.. it'd have to be the biggest badass-est man style industrial can opener ever made!! .. which then begs the question... WHY DONT I HAVE ONE!!!  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 13, 2013, 08:59:30 PM
i second the can opener magnet
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jestercinti on February 13, 2013, 09:17:59 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on February 13, 2013, 08:59:30 PM
i second the can opener magnet

Sure looks like one to me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 13, 2013, 09:29:31 PM
The black disc shaped thing on the right side is rubber. Absolutely nothing to do with a can opener.

You probably wouldn't ever directly touch it or push on any part of it, but it is exposed on the outside.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 14, 2013, 12:31:26 AM
part of a convertible motorcycle helmet?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 14, 2013, 05:34:31 AM
Pause 'n Serve coffee filter basket stopper!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 14, 2013, 07:50:43 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on February 14, 2013, 05:34:31 AM
Pause 'n Serve coffee filter basket stopper!

This!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 14, 2013, 08:34:05 PM
lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 14, 2013, 08:48:55 PM
 
Quote from: Badot on February 14, 2013, 07:50:43 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on February 14, 2013, 05:34:31 AM
Pause 'n Serve coffee filter basket stopper!

This!

you what?!!?  :icon_eek: ... frag me!! .. first we have the lock tab for a coke machine with the cylindrical keys .. now we have the Pause 'n Serve coffee filter basket stopper! ..... you'll have to excuse me for a moment  :technical: ......

obscurity level .... well you know .....

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7pv7y/whats_the_most_obscure_thing_you_know/

hahahahaha ... i have to say well done really... i mean... the whole point of the game and the name of the game.. is afterall ... What Is This? ... constant pictures of trees or tyres or shoehorns or cats would just make it a tad tedious i suppose..

oh and keeping this last in mind... Belated Attaboy to Cods for his abovementioned  lock tab for a coke machine with the cylindrical keys ... it was totally in the spirit of the game afterall.... even though i was  :icon_eek: at the time!!...

bahahahahahahaaaaaa
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 15, 2013, 12:32:53 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 15, 2013, 12:35:27 PM
is it a wheel of sorts?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 15, 2013, 12:42:35 PM
Um, sort of.... In its intended application, the spherical part is up. But you could possibly use it in the down position.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on February 15, 2013, 01:47:52 PM
A mirror mount? Mirror assembly fixes to the screw section, ball section fits into clamp.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 15, 2013, 02:11:44 PM
Some sort of ball socket fitting made to have some kind of fluid run through it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 15, 2013, 02:20:05 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on February 15, 2013, 12:35:27 PM
is it a wheel of sorts?
that's what I was thinking like a creeper wheel, kind of looks like it
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on February 15, 2013, 02:32:22 PM
GPS mount, phone mount, a whatever mount ball part of it.

Artificial hip for a small robot.

Oh, I know..... Dictionary / Wikipedia. The answer is there. So I win. Yay me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 15, 2013, 02:36:41 PM
Looks like a variation of the wheels that sit in the track for sliding closet doors. I noticed that on my closet doors they're semi spherical vs just wheels.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 15, 2013, 06:10:03 PM
either a microphone ball mount or camera ball mount.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 15, 2013, 09:26:15 PM
Ball for a parts handling/moving table
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 15, 2013, 10:11:20 PM
entertainment centre wheeled caster?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 16, 2013, 06:30:02 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 15, 2013, 09:26:15 PM
Ball for a parts handling/moving table
This. Particularly flat parts such as glass. Imagine a table of 300 of these ball side up.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 16, 2013, 12:39:41 PM
next:


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 16, 2013, 06:25:06 PM
.. Dang it Addy .. That widget is in the way of the newspaper article!! ... I was just getting into that! ...

I I don't know. The name for the widget ... But I reckon it's a magnet for putting over a power cable ( to modify the field for some reason?) ... Or a screwdriver/similar type rod .. To make it easy to pick up metal bits ... ..... Not degaussing wand... I know that's for CRT corrections ... But a ... Dammit .... Too much searching on the web for answers is a bit cheaty ... Cos I know I have heard the name.. Just can't remember the name ...

Of course I might be wrong ... And it's really part of an IED?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 16, 2013, 07:15:21 PM
Can't accept a list of 20 ideas and I pick the right one.
You have to make a guess and I can say right or wrong.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on February 16, 2013, 09:22:20 PM
It's a clamshell black box. That is what it is, what it is used for is different. I win yay!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 16, 2013, 09:49:33 PM
a splice insulator?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 17, 2013, 01:19:09 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 16, 2013, 07:15:21 PM
Can't accept a list of 20 ideas and I pick the right one.
You have to make a guess and I can say right or wrong.


Lol point taken! .... Sorry ... I have noticed you are a bit tetchy lately!   ;) .. I should have kept it simple and single statement ...

Ok ... Field sensor for electromagnetic radiation in a powered cable.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 17, 2013, 06:32:32 AM
Looks like one of those fuel line magnets they sell to "ionize gasoline on its way to the engine" to improve fuel economy.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 17, 2013, 11:09:15 AM
Some are kind of close. Some way off.
It does go around a cable - but why?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 17, 2013, 11:09:50 AM
Its a ferrite choke for reducing HF/RF noise propogating down cables..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 17, 2013, 11:48:26 AM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on February 17, 2013, 11:09:50 AM
Its a ferrite choke for reducing HF/RF noise propogating down cables..
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 17, 2013, 11:58:43 AM
Excellent...

Well, lets try something a little older, but none the less still quite useful (and it isnt the ruler either)
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on February 17, 2013, 12:11:01 PM
does it connect to an air hose?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 17, 2013, 12:14:08 PM
It might connect to more than one air hose, but not quite in the way air tools do..

Quote from: dohabee on February 17, 2013, 12:11:01 PM
does it connect to an air hose?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 17, 2013, 03:05:27 PM
a spray bar of sorts?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 17, 2013, 03:34:08 PM
It does not expel air....

Quote from: oldmech on February 17, 2013, 03:05:27 PM
a spray bar of sorts?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 17, 2013, 03:55:32 PM
ok i will give it a go one more time, i will be close or light years off.
is it a spray bar which uses air to pull a fluid into the bar to spray out of the tip or nozzles along the bar.. such as soaps for cleaning, or weed killer for on the farm?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 17, 2013, 03:59:40 PM
Light years off I am afraid - I will raise the clue stakes and say that in general I use a hand held annemometer instead these days.. The pictured item is used along with another piece of kit which I omitted since it would give away too much..

Quote from: oldmech on February 17, 2013, 03:55:32 PM
ok i will give it a go one more time, i will be close or light years off.
is it a spray bar which uses air to pull a fluid into the bar to spray out of the tip or nozzles along the bar.. such as soaps for cleaning, or weed killer for on the farm?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 17, 2013, 04:05:28 PM
i should be embarrassed, and be able to recognize an over sized pitot tube  for an airspeed/ windspeed indicating system. i work around airplanes everyday.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: dohabee on February 17, 2013, 04:13:31 PM
pesticide dispenser?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 17, 2013, 04:15:44 PM
Very good sir, it is indeed - It is a building services Pitot tube for duct air velocity measurement (when used with an inclined manometer).

Your turn  :thumb:

Quote from: oldmech on February 17, 2013, 04:05:28 PM
i should be embarrassed, and be able to recognize an over sized pitot tube  for an airspeed/ windspeed indicating system. i work around airplanes everyday.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 17, 2013, 04:47:52 PM
here is the clues, will fit in the palm of your hand. it is a tool. used as a third and forth hand for doing this outdoor activity.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 17, 2013, 05:20:44 PM
used for ligning up bearings or sprockets? or hinges
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 17, 2013, 05:28:50 PM
OK i am a new guy here and will give another clue..if you fly fish you most likely have one of these. that may give it away.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 17, 2013, 05:37:22 PM
Dont fly fish but is it used to thread the spool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 17, 2013, 05:43:36 PM
it has to do with the line and actual fishing. good guess though!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 17, 2013, 06:11:49 PM
for those of you that love to google stuff like i do..try blood snell or double nail knot.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 17, 2013, 06:50:50 PM
lol... ease up oldmech!! ... sometimes its a bit quiet ... dont wanna go giving all your hints away in a couple hours without much guess action!  ;) :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 17, 2013, 06:54:58 PM
used for tying fishing flies?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 17, 2013, 06:59:33 PM
yes janx101 you are right..but this a fun game..gets ya thinking

and no this is not for tying flys..down the road a bit.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 17, 2013, 09:17:49 PM
errr... so ... following from the clues... a mini-portable type jig thingy for assisting you in the joining of the backing to the actual casting line and the casting line tip to the leader/tippet ?? .. i reckon... to make the tracking of the knot and neatness of the knot better .. for those with 'old man' eyes or cold fishing hands ..

still dont know the actual name of the widget ...

and i tie .. or used to when i had the time... all my knots freehand... sure i swear a bit more ... and my eyes can still see ok .. plus .. i had to tie a hell of a lot of knots when practicing my fly fishing.... i'd get carried away and whipcrack the fly off.... 11 in 45 mins was the worst day  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 17, 2013, 10:37:47 PM
a fly fishing lanyard. ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on February 18, 2013, 12:37:22 AM
I think it's a thingymajig. Am I right?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 18, 2013, 01:06:37 AM
Quote from: mister on February 18, 2013, 12:37:22 AM
I think it's a thingymajig. Am I right?

Either that or a gijamygniht !?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 18, 2013, 01:13:49 AM
No its a whatsamacallit
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 18, 2013, 01:15:45 AM
Quite possibly..... Or a whoosismajiggerer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 18, 2013, 07:09:20 AM
no its not called any of those, but i have called it a few choice names when my old eyes where tired and finger where cold.
janx i think you best described and will call it a win!!  :cheers:
it is a tool for splicing lines and building tapered leaders of diferent diameter lines. pic below

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 18, 2013, 02:45:45 PM
Ok cool  :thumb:.. Cheers ...

Youse will have to wait an hour or so ... Not at work yet .... And kinda out of interesting things at home... That are easy to find anyway...

Got a couple items in mind  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 18, 2013, 06:31:08 PM
ok you guess hungry devil dogs!!! ..

have a crack.......

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 18, 2013, 07:06:25 PM
looks like some kind of multi-use pry tool
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 18, 2013, 07:13:10 PM
mmmhmmm... but for what hobby or industry? ...

a blunt chisel is also a multi use pry tool  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 18, 2013, 07:20:03 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on February 18, 2013, 07:13:10 PM
mmmhmmm... but for what hobby or industry? ...

a blunt chisel is also a multi use pry tool  ;)

No clue...Wood crafting/sculpting? All I know is it looks very similar to a giant metal version of the tool I use to fix cell phones
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 18, 2013, 08:05:17 PM
gasket scraper of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 18, 2013, 08:25:35 PM
welll... it does scrape .. in fact scraping is an important part of its various tasks... but .. gaskets.. no.... like a gasket possibly .. but organic in nature...

and yes in some countries it would be used on wooden items... however i know more modern items they are made from plastics and polymers ...

in ancient times this tool would have been almost useless .. as the equipment it works with would have been ... irregular shapes ..

there has been another reference to the hobby/industry in this very thread!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 18, 2013, 08:55:23 PM
a scraper or tool used in hobbies/woodcrafting? maybe used to remove burrs or edges from joined pieces? or dovetails etc?
hell i cant wait til my turn to post a ball bearing ive got. yall will NEVER be able to guess its use.  :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 18, 2013, 09:18:51 PM
i'll aim you a little Yama... woodcrafting or carpentry ... no...

removing burrs/gunk or scraping away detritus ... yes ..

levering lifting ..... yes...

why dont you get your sherlock pipe out and have a few puffs .... maybe the aromatic smoke will calm you and clear your mind... or make you bustle away from the nasty stuff!! ....  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 18, 2013, 09:43:24 PM
tool used for removing dried glue on crafts of some sort? ( or decals? )
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on February 19, 2013, 03:43:51 AM
For use with horses and horseshoes? Scraping, levering, removing etc.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 19, 2013, 04:05:47 AM
used on or with circuit boards of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 19, 2013, 09:09:00 AM
hive tool, bee keeping
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 19, 2013, 12:44:14 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on February 19, 2013, 09:09:00 AM
hive tool, bee keeping
since i didnt post the original pic, i cant call a winner. but imho youre right.  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 19, 2013, 02:22:09 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on February 19, 2013, 12:44:14 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on February 19, 2013, 09:09:00 AM
hive tool, bee keeping
since i didnt post the original pic, i cant call a winner. but imho youre right.  :cheers:

He is indeed ..  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on February 21, 2013, 09:47:56 AM
Next pic
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 21, 2013, 04:34:39 PM
Hey my bad everyone, I'm getting bombarded with engineering midterms, its been hectic. Will have a pic up by tonight after my process control exam, if not, adidas can take it. He's always good for a random item.

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 22, 2013, 12:31:37 PM
Ok sorry for the delay. No one will get this. maybe.

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Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Calpantera on February 22, 2013, 01:01:05 PM
Liquid cooled laser key cutter?   :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 22, 2013, 01:26:51 PM
haha, nope. Key is a red herring.

Those hoses carry nitrogen

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: bombsquad83 on February 22, 2013, 01:50:35 PM
mass spectrometer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 22, 2013, 02:08:09 PM
Nope, but certainly useful in the chemistry/electronics engineering field.

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 22, 2013, 02:32:23 PM
Gifmaker??

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I always wondered how they make those short looping clips,......hmmmm
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Calpantera on February 22, 2013, 02:33:13 PM
Quote from: gsatterw on February 22, 2013, 01:26:51 PM
haha, nope. Key is a red herring.

Hmm.. Looks like a key to me, but you are the fish expert...  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 22, 2013, 03:00:26 PM
does it convert nitrogen gas into liquid nitrogen??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 22, 2013, 03:20:56 PM
not a giff maker, and it just uses the nitrogen as a coolant.

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 22, 2013, 03:45:53 PM
Plasma cutter :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on February 22, 2013, 03:49:21 PM
Dildo maker!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 22, 2013, 03:50:24 PM
A nitrogen cooled thingy machine!

Or maybe an infrared thingy for examining thingies?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 22, 2013, 03:50:56 PM
Quote from: mister on February 22, 2013, 03:49:21 PM
Dildo maker!
I don't think it makes pickle bread.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 22, 2013, 04:06:19 PM
Not a cutter or fake floppy phallus machine of any sort. Definitely examines thingies. Hint?: Outlet could be hooked up to a mass spectrometer if you wanted to analyze the gas composition...not much of a hint, but I'll feed more as the thread wears on.

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on February 22, 2013, 04:31:02 PM
Ok, in a pathology lab you get a real think glass tube that uses capillary action to draw up blood, then insert said tube into small opening. A blood gas machine. But I don't see the insertion point. So.... a machine to photograph slides.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 22, 2013, 04:36:20 PM
Laser to vaporize samples and read the resulting stuff for analysis.
Nitrogen cools the laser.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on February 22, 2013, 04:37:26 PM
ESPRESSO MACHINE!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 22, 2013, 05:40:45 PM
some kind of small electron microscope?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 22, 2013, 06:18:40 PM
Adidas is close, no laser and the machine is not so concerned with what comes off specifically. Heat is involved however.

Graham :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on February 22, 2013, 06:53:05 PM
Oil analysis machine?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on February 22, 2013, 08:22:32 PM
Is it a calorimeter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 22, 2013, 09:04:16 PM
nope, nope. weight is involved. highly specific device. i work in the lab and i didnt have a clue as to what it did for months.

graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on February 22, 2013, 09:08:47 PM
A machine to measure viscosity?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 22, 2013, 09:11:48 PM
nope, remember, you can hook a mass spectrometer to it in series, so there is vapor involved.

graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: bombsquad83 on February 22, 2013, 09:36:22 PM
So....it's a laser vaporizer thingamajig.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 23, 2013, 12:21:33 AM
no lasers. I'll give a huge hint mid day tomorrow.

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 23, 2013, 12:28:16 AM
Obviously it's the Y2K version of .....
  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 24, 2013, 09:48:57 AM
Ok I'll tell you exactly what it does, you tell me what it is. There is a microgram balance that a sample is placed on. It is installed into the reactor which heats it up in controlled heating regimes, and the scale picks up small changes in the weight. With the data you can generate weight as a function of time and temperature which can be used to model the decay of said sample in the real world.

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 10:34:45 AM
In laymans terms its a fancy compost pile simulator? :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 24, 2013, 11:27:55 AM
thermo(blank) analyzer
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 24, 2013, 02:42:22 PM
Could it be a TGA? Thermo Gravimetric analyser?  Looks like a TA Instruments version... a fine piece of kit...  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 24, 2013, 03:31:58 PM
Yay! we have a winner! Congrats  :cheers:

Your turn

Graham  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 24, 2013, 04:05:00 PM
Hmm,

Something equally obscure..

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FMAR_zps3d4237a9.jpg&hash=03382d4f432ae86c5a4f7fe4864b83e9114b5fa2)

A hint.. it has been superceded in its function by modern semiconductors.

(and the last large scale system worldwide using them was decomissioned last year)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 24, 2013, 05:18:46 PM
High power transmitter tube.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 24, 2013, 05:20:36 PM
It does carry some pretty reasonable high power - but what does it actually do?


Quote from: adidasguy on February 24, 2013, 05:18:46 PM
High power transmitter tube.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 05:25:28 PM
would it be a heat sink of sorts?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 24, 2013, 05:35:01 PM
Quote from: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 05:25:28 PM
would it be a heat sink of sorts?

They did run a little hot and needed a heat sink - forced water cooling - you cannot see the bottom half... here are the entire units.. 
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FImage001_zps72b1f3cb.jpg&hash=c4e45a228ef9439642c314627fc54a2a642a349b)

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 05:49:23 PM
power transformer for the generators at a hydro electric dam? i know there are a few there in nz. think my father in law helped build a few.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 24, 2013, 06:06:36 PM
Getting warmer.. If I hinted the acronym LCC?

Quote from: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 05:49:23 PM
power transformer for the generators at a hydro electric dam? i know there are a few there in nz. think my father in law helped build a few.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 24, 2013, 06:09:01 PM
Get down with LCC .. yeah you know me!! get down with LCC .. Yeah you know me!!! ..

so its a gangsta rap amplifier power unit buffer octopus lookin thingy!!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 06:12:29 PM
would that be liquid cooled capacitor??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 24, 2013, 06:16:25 PM
Speaking of Capacitors... here was the static capacitor bank...

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FP1060460_zps2775ecc8.jpg&hash=ed76fe5b3cf1c75fbb0d94dbfb5e47d50870b750)

LCC = Line Commutated Converter
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 06:19:39 PM
well i gave it the old college try. did like janx rap version also.! :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 24, 2013, 06:24:10 PM
I have to admit I was going to give Janx some bonus points myself  :thumb:

You were close with "power transformer" - lets say the new units use thyristors
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 24, 2013, 06:30:38 PM
industrial sized inverter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 24, 2013, 06:37:00 PM
Close enough Janx - since you had the bonus points from earlier...

It is a mercury arc valve rectifier - just decomissioned pole 1 here in Haywards and Benmore power stations.  basic gist is convert from AC to DC and transmit DC at about 275kV over a long distance and convert back again.

These puppies were replaced with some seriously large thyristor banks (3 of them at 17 tonnes suspended from the ceiling) and three huge transformers (330 tonnes each) - 1200MW capacity.. 

The old pole 1 had four valve halls, each valve hall contained seven ASEA type JREV/ 31 or equivalent arc valve assemblies. 4 cathodes per assembly, 2.6L of mercury per assembly. A lot of mercury... and a huge amount of maintenance..

Quote from: Janx101 on February 24, 2013, 06:30:38 PM
industrial sized inverter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 06:40:50 PM
neat, use the same idea on the aircraft i work on. engines have 30 kva variable frequency ac generators and some of that power is run through TRU"s (transformer rectifier units) to make straight line 28vdc.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 24, 2013, 06:49:11 PM
Heres a blast for anyone that hasnt seen one - picked up an old Yaesu frequency counter for $20 the other day.. going to make myself a clock..

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FimagesCA1XMF2T_zps2131f490.jpg&hash=6ffbcf782626f27921a76c477a08e1d81dbdf48c)

I was going to ask what a nixie tube was - but suspect a few others out there may find it too easy..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 24, 2013, 07:01:44 PM
cool cheers bro! ...

although i am all over the place on the site today i am squeezing it in between tasks on my large paperwork load (get a 'set' done and as a reward i get to do a post!) ..

anyway ... as i am flat out i had to do a real 'quick and easy' thingy .. its part of something rather than a standalone unit .. reckon it should get ident pretty quick too  :thumb:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2F500%2Fwhosamajig.JPG&hash=9f60ccee4ad8a3dc947493acbda9316920316896) (http://www.gs500.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/33/title/for-the-what-is-this-game/cat/500)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 07:04:59 PM
jack plane.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 24, 2013, 07:12:00 PM
oooooh..... hrrrmmm... ummmm.. strictly speaking .. nup...

extrapolate and elucidate a little? .. cmon quick before someone jumps in!!  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 07:17:23 PM
the top part of a jack plane????????? :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 24, 2013, 07:21:41 PM
Lever cap for a hand wood working plane?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 24, 2013, 07:33:02 PM
geeez.... tricky .. strictly speaking Kiwi is right .. cos 'Jack Plane' is http://www.record-planes.com/ this kinda dealy .. whereas the plate is actually off... http://www.diylife.com/2010/02/09/carpenters-pick-block-planes/ .. these ones almost identically ..

can you 2 come to a gentlemans agreement on this or something?? ... mind you a 'bit of biffo' would be fun too... but might get Addys thread "farmed" ..

my thing with the ruling on the ident is that yeah a lot of people call all those type of planes 'jack planes' .. but a serious woodworker (which i am not .. not really) would pick the point apart .. which i wasnt trying to do but seem to be succeeding at?! ..

:confused:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 07:36:03 PM
i will let kiwi have this one since he was more descriptive than myself..your serve sir.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 24, 2013, 07:49:09 PM
Thanks OldMech

Hmm, I will have to rely on some older photos from a site visit a while back..

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FGuessMe_zps9ec7d219.jpg&hash=d167f4618b5201e4b14e892bbaa9094a21e05735)


Quote from: oldmech on February 24, 2013, 07:36:03 PM
i will let kiwi have this one since he was more descriptive than myself..your serve sir.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ryott52 on February 25, 2013, 12:41:04 PM
Lightning rod?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 25, 2013, 12:44:55 PM
Quote from: ryott52 on February 25, 2013, 12:41:04 PM
Lightning rod?

I have some great photos of lightning conductor assemblies, this widget is usually protected from lightning strikes..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 25, 2013, 12:49:27 PM
Solar sensing doohickie?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 25, 2013, 12:51:08 PM
getting warmer.. it senses something...

Quote from: cbrfxr67 on February 25, 2013, 12:49:27 PM
Solar sensing doohickie?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 25, 2013, 01:04:31 PM
photo sensor.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 25, 2013, 01:06:04 PM
Not a solar / photo sensor.. and it has to face north here in the southern hemisphere, faces south in the northern hemisphere

Quote from: oldmech on February 25, 2013, 01:04:31 PM
photo sensor.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 25, 2013, 01:33:33 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2F4019e2102b5ea4c2140f4da3b6316b85%2Ftumblr_mi9t1j1y541s59ncao1_500.gif&hash=7a5d92f65b3809aeba9d71e90ca2a9b74fbad19e)

Meteor zapper detector connected to laser system for disarming incoming meteors??

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthemetapicture.com%2Fmedia%2Ffunny-gif-Russia-meteorite-driver.gif&hash=b0a86358f0bee6035933fb8822ed3e75a55019fd)
None in Russia,....sunvisor works good enough.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 25, 2013, 01:35:48 PM
As awesome as it would be to get to design and build something that cool, sadly, No...

Lets say you also may have one of these on your bike / in your car being used for a totally different application

Quote from: cbrfxr67 on February 25, 2013, 01:33:33 PM
Meteor zapper detector connected to laser system for disarming incoming meteors??

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthemetapicture.com%2Fmedia%2Ffunny-gif-Russia-meteorite-driver.gif&hash=b0a86358f0bee6035933fb8822ed3e75a55019fd)
None in Russia,....sunvisor works good enough.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 25, 2013, 03:20:23 PM
Satellite radio antenna
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 25, 2013, 03:35:59 PM
 :thumb:

Give you this since they look the same - this one is being used for IRIG-B time sync via a GPS signal.

You turn


Quote from: adidasguy on February 25, 2013, 03:20:23 PM
Satellite radio antenna
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 25, 2013, 04:04:19 PM
An easy one.



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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 25, 2013, 04:41:41 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 25, 2013, 04:04:19 PM
An easy one.

Gearless socket adapter. I have one similar from working on the suspension in my friends escort.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 25, 2013, 04:50:28 PM
a RIGHT ANGLE gear-less socket adapter.

OK. Make it something with cats. Or not with cats.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 25, 2013, 04:54:58 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 25, 2013, 04:50:28 PM
a RIGHT ANGLE gear-less socket adapter.

OK. Make it something with cats. Or not with cats.

Apologies, I should have mentioned the angle. I'm at work so I will go for a stroll and I'm sure I can find something soon.

EDIT: Here it is, apologies to Adidas, not cat related.

The bottle cap is there for size reference.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 25, 2013, 05:23:05 PM
Plunger switch of some sort for mounting into timber?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 25, 2013, 05:26:31 PM
safety switch for electric equipment doors opening?... err i mean... eg... the one on my washing machine that senses when the lid gets opened and stops the machine really quick so kiddies or fools dont get hurt!?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 25, 2013, 05:30:06 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on February 25, 2013, 05:23:05 PM
Plunger switch of some sort for mounting into timber?

It DOES mount into wood, or into a plastic housing. I should mention that the little white peice on the end doesn't move, but the silver ring around it is magnetic.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 25, 2013, 05:33:17 PM
ahh ok.. so .. something closes against the plastic nub .. the ring slips out to magnet itself to a 'striker' plate .. and something inside moves to tell something else that ''the door" is shut and machinery safe to operate?

:icon_question:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 25, 2013, 05:33:46 PM
Ah - is it a reed switch for security monitoring?

Quote from: PatheticPuma on February 25, 2013, 05:30:06 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on February 25, 2013, 05:23:05 PM
Plunger switch of some sort for mounting into timber?

It DOES mount into wood, or into a plastic housing. I should mention that the little white peice on the end doesn't move, but the silver ring around it is magnetic.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 25, 2013, 05:39:18 PM
a what?!>.. who the hell need to monitor the reeds at a duck pond??  ;) :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 25, 2013, 06:13:23 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on February 25, 2013, 05:33:17 PM
ahh ok.. so .. something closes against the plastic nub .. the ring slips out to magnet itself to a 'striker' plate .. and something inside moves to tell something else that ''the door" is shut and machinery safe to operate?

:icon_question:

The first part is correct, but it is not in any way electric.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 25, 2013, 06:34:21 PM
so just a magnetic door latch insert?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 25, 2013, 07:10:23 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on February 25, 2013, 06:34:21 PM
so just a magnetic door latch insert?

Indeed. In its plastic housing its adjustable. Im an engineer at a furniture company, I just grabbed the first thing i saw in a parts drawer.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 25, 2013, 08:02:45 PM
cool... gimme hour or so... ive got snowdrifts of paperwork and enquiries right now...  :icon_neutral:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: PatheticPuma on February 27, 2013, 12:16:19 AM
That's one long hour.  :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 27, 2013, 12:29:43 AM
spring loaded push to release cabinet door latch
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 27, 2013, 01:43:42 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 27, 2013, 12:29:43 AM
spring loaded push to release cabinet door latch
already got this. waiting for new one
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 27, 2013, 01:47:18 AM
Having another blond moment.
:cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on February 27, 2013, 01:49:14 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 27, 2013, 01:47:18 AM
Having another blond moment.
:cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo:

Thats twice this week :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on February 27, 2013, 10:35:03 AM
Quote from: codajastal on February 27, 2013, 01:49:14 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 27, 2013, 01:47:18 AM
Having another blond moment.
:cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo:

Thats twice this week :icon_lol:

Yeah, but this one is likely age related, too. :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 27, 2013, 04:18:28 PM
Quote from: jdoorn14 on February 27, 2013, 10:35:03 AM
Quote from: codajastal on February 27, 2013, 01:49:14 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 27, 2013, 01:47:18 AM
Having another blond moment.
:cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo: :cookoo:

Thats twice this week :icon_lol:

Yeah, but this one is likely age related, too. :)
Speak up. I can't hear you.
Damn kids - get off my lawn!
Quit throwing the paper in the bushes.
Pick up that dog crap.
Damn birds - QUITE DOWN! I'm trying to nap.
Dag nabbit! Those whippersnappers and fensterputzers.
Ooooo. Pooped mah pants.


Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 27, 2013, 07:19:28 PM
Janx - where are you with that new item? - I have to escape the numbing effect of writing detailed specifications somehow..  :icon_eek:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 27, 2013, 08:54:43 PM
If he doesn't then ill put up something after bowling.
We have free wifi at bowling.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 27, 2013, 09:49:38 PM
An electronic cigarette igniter
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 27, 2013, 11:44:04 PM
In the interest of keeping the game going.....


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Post by: jdoorn14 on February 28, 2013, 06:39:47 AM
Your cat's lightsaber?

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1077.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw465%2Fjdoorn14%2Fg7qfx_zps6a2fdada.gif&hash=606d6b104c8cdd00421e8588a36e3ed00bd36e16)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 28, 2013, 07:39:18 AM
refractometer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 28, 2013, 10:40:58 AM
  :bowdown: :thumb:  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Gaffer on February 28, 2013, 11:40:47 AM
dang that was fast
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 28, 2013, 12:14:31 PM
Sweet!  :D
 
I've been waiting to use this one for awhile too!  Probably the worst selling tool ever,....

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn1%2F31923_10200739619916145_939483620_n.jpg&hash=cc025d31866a1ff61e4f2f4d9261b9cc6c057517)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn1%2F72635_10200739620476159_1996115790_n.jpg&hash=7644de276cbd08deadc4ec4217b616c6eb9a8ff9)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn1%2F529765_10200739618396107_865446780_n.jpg&hash=ac959d7ba2231494aa4f7a9a22d309b2ebdf2c8d)

left a clue there too in case you need some help
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 28, 2013, 12:34:34 PM
A "Computer keyboard vacuum cleaner attachment" and if you act now, we'll double your order. Just pay processing a postage.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 28, 2013, 01:09:53 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F24.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_mcgtqg30Ad1rjebwro1_500.gif&hash=02bb82b7adc61ba2e5852fb2ed5a342b7df3f4e2)

noooooooooooo basement cat laughs at your futile attempt
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 28, 2013, 01:16:34 PM
not sure of its exact name. but is it one of those crapy tools you put on the end of a mini maglight to help you see in small spaces. aka sad excuse for a "fiber optic" probe?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 28, 2013, 01:44:35 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn1%2F67368_10200740099248128_1929811403_n.jpg&hash=d7572dfa442a67d62c9c16558f6f3b439c0476b1)

Crappy is right!  And some genius ordered hundreds of them fifteen years ago.  I can't even give these things away,...... Fiber optic flashlight attachment,..pffffffffffff!

Good job oldmech!  Quick on the draw! :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 28, 2013, 03:01:34 PM
Sorry guys I forgot.. Was jammed with work and ended up taking a truck to Melbourne to haul a load back cos one of my drivers took a tumble in the rain and sprained his ankle this week...

Good job you continued Addy ..  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 28, 2013, 04:15:41 PM
ok here is the next one. found this at an estate sale..very interesting piece.


(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1075.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw438%2Ftroutmaster65%2FIMGP7058.jpg&hash=e55a654410f641e148814c3872edcd6b371ecb35)



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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 28, 2013, 04:28:04 PM
sorry heres a better picture.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1075.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw438%2Ftroutmaster65%2FIMGP7061.jpg&hash=e3b0915778a3fbace2621163af7d3c24aca4f005)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 28, 2013, 07:02:48 PM
I don't know what it's called but it us used to cast a line of light kind of like a laser level.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 28, 2013, 07:07:33 PM
does not cast any kind of light or laser..very prehistoric. it has a sighting piece and a viewer.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on February 28, 2013, 07:21:37 PM
something to do with the stars
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on February 28, 2013, 07:24:33 PM
no not that far up. has something to do with what you say everyday when you say this"hello"
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 28, 2013, 07:57:52 PM
MATTHEWS CORP TELEHEIGHT SURVEY TOOL

Vintage W. N. Matthews Corp. Teleheight Survey Tool. This is a vintage surveying tool. The tool was produced by the W. N. Matthews Corp. of St. Louis, U.S.A. which is written on the plaque that is applied to one side of the tool. The tool is a teleheight with a type CW and Pat Pend. which is also stated on the plaque. The teleheight is a black metal case with brass adornments and a brass encased level glass tube. T is a small mirror on the interior that reflects the bubble within the level at the top. The teleheight was used to measure the height of trees, telephone poles and such. The teleheight measures 5 inches in length and 2 inches in height.

Buy one on ebay!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140921573144
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 28, 2013, 11:46:42 PM
So  what is this? And how do you use it? (HOW is more important than WHAT)

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Post by: codajastal on March 01, 2013, 02:11:07 AM
Dunno what it is but it looks like a brake pad?
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Post by: mister on March 01, 2013, 02:54:33 AM
Grab by the hand, form fist around it, raise clenched fist, bring down hard onto muggers head.  :thumb:
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Post by: codajastal on March 01, 2013, 02:58:11 AM
It also looks like something you would use to score/ruff up the back of something before applying glue/mortar before setting. eg Tiles
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Post by: adidasguy on March 01, 2013, 03:09:37 AM
Wrong and wrong.
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Post by: codajastal on March 01, 2013, 03:23:30 AM
I still recon its a brake pad
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Post by: adidasguy on March 01, 2013, 03:58:16 AM
No. Nope. Wrong. Ain't a brake pad. El wrongo.
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Post by: Twisted on March 01, 2013, 04:01:50 AM
Is it some sort of holy stone? For grinding concrete?
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Post by: codajastal on March 01, 2013, 04:36:43 AM
I know I have seen that before somewhere but cannot for the life of me remember? Bunnings maybe?
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Post by: oldmech on March 01, 2013, 06:53:36 AM
is it used to clean off your shoes before you come in the house?
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Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 01, 2013, 08:14:19 AM
paint file, like for removing runs or bumps in paint?
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Post by: Twisted on March 01, 2013, 03:30:10 PM
Isn't that what sandpaper is for?
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Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 01, 2013, 03:39:29 PM
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Paint Nib File — Fine Tooth
High-quality mini file makes removing runs and dirt nibs a breeze
Honed tips of teeth shave without digging in
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Post by: adidasguy on March 01, 2013, 03:56:25 PM
These little files will scrape off paint bumps and drips like a million little chisels. Sandpaper sands everything.

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Post by: codajastal on March 01, 2013, 04:07:13 PM
I knew Id seen it before and definitley at Bunnings
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Post by: Twisted on March 01, 2013, 04:54:47 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 01, 2013, 03:56:25 PM
These little files will scrape off paint bumps and drips like a million little chisels. Sandpaper sands everything.

Dang... Well thee you I'm a tradesman painter and have never seen or heard of these before. I kick it old school, medium grit sandpaper  :thumb:
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Post by: adidasguy on March 02, 2013, 10:18:34 PM
Come on CB - you're holding up the game. Noon tomorrow I post a picture to get us going again.
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 02, 2013, 11:12:10 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 02, 2013, 10:18:34 PM
Come on CB - you're holding up the game. Noon tomorrow I post a picture to get us going again.
ill take it if he doesnt and you dont :). got one no one will be able to guess. even with DIRECT clues lol
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Post by: adidasguy on March 02, 2013, 11:14:57 PM
As game starter I do have the option to pass the honors (honours for outside the US) to someone else. So be it.
If CB doesn't post by noon, then you mat make the next challenge.

Now what can be done to get the picture game moving? It has stalled far too long.
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 03, 2013, 12:13:23 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 02, 2013, 11:14:57 PM
As game starter I do have the option to pass the honors (honours for outside the US) to someone else. So be it.
If CB doesn't post by noon, then you mat make the next challenge.

Now what can be done to get the picture game moving? It has stalled far too long.
people have been searching for a chunk of concrete to be described specifically as wheel chocks foran australian aboriginal ultralights brake system used only in hurricane specific winds. but they cant locate said pics. what ive got on tap is a common thing yet hardly ever seen w/o specific protection.  :icon_twisted:
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Post by: adidasguy on March 03, 2013, 11:24:15 PM
OK. here we go.....


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Post by: codajastal on March 03, 2013, 11:43:07 PM
Blank for a nail gun?
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Post by: adidasguy on March 03, 2013, 11:45:03 PM
Yes. (I wanted to get the game going again so it was not that difficult)
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Post by: codajastal on March 03, 2013, 11:45:47 PM
Cool gimme a few to look for something
Here you go.......


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Post by: gsatterw on March 04, 2013, 10:19:47 AM
looks like a brass pipe

Graham  :2guns:
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Post by: Badot on March 04, 2013, 10:30:14 AM
A cross between a punch and a little hammer?
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Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 04, 2013, 10:49:36 AM
,..sorry for holding up the game,...didn't get on all weekend,....my bad :sad:
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Post by: oldmech on March 04, 2013, 04:15:12 PM
a pendulum weight.
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 04, 2013, 04:42:58 PM
a brass watch pin hammer?
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Post by: codajastal on March 04, 2013, 05:08:24 PM
You are all close with the hammer type thingy but you need to be more specific.
It is part of a kit.
Nothing to do with watches Yama

Here is another part of the kit


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Post by: adidasguy on March 04, 2013, 05:22:11 PM
Small dent removal kit.
Or a metal smiths metal working kit.
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Post by: codajastal on March 04, 2013, 05:24:25 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 04, 2013, 05:22:11 PM
Small dent removal kit.
Or a metal smiths metal working kit.

Ummm..............no on the dent remover
and not really on the other but getting warmer
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Post by: PatheticPuma on March 04, 2013, 06:20:01 PM
well, the first pic looks like a brass version of my grandpas engraving hammer, but i dont remember him having that hacky sack looking thing.
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Post by: pliskin on March 04, 2013, 07:30:35 PM
Jewelers hammers

Or

Some kind of flintlock tool and powder horn?
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Post by: Janx101 on March 04, 2013, 07:35:02 PM
Part of your "Hammers for all Occasions-Crazy Hermit Kit" ???
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 04, 2013, 08:47:32 PM
hammer for shaping rings? or perhaps silver/pewter dishes?
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Post by: codajastal on March 04, 2013, 08:52:12 PM
No no no and get right away from the jewelery and watches
heres another photo with more clues


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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 04, 2013, 08:55:58 PM
for leathercrafting? that one on the bottom is about the size of a maul. no idea wth that bottle in the middle is for
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Post by: codajastal on March 04, 2013, 09:00:51 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 04, 2013, 08:55:58 PM
for leathercrafting? that one on the bottom is about the size of a maul. no idea wth that bottle in the middle is for
no
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Post by: PatheticPuma on March 04, 2013, 09:07:48 PM
a "ward off evil spirits" witch doctor's kit?   :dunno_black:
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Post by: codajastal on March 04, 2013, 09:14:25 PM
Quote from: PatheticPuma on March 04, 2013, 09:07:48 PM
a "ward off evil spirits" witch doctor's kit?   :dunno_black:
Haha no......but funny
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 04, 2013, 09:16:07 PM
i give up then. cause ive no idea
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Post by: PatheticPuma on March 04, 2013, 09:22:44 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 04, 2013, 09:16:07 PM
i give up then. cause ive no idea

This^
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Post by: codajastal on March 04, 2013, 09:33:52 PM
Well it hasnt even been 1 full day yet so go hunt down google or something :thumb:
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Post by: oldmech on March 05, 2013, 04:59:41 AM
maybe far fetched but is it tooling for splicing ropes or lines?
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2013, 05:29:29 AM
Quote from: codajastal on March 04, 2013, 09:33:52 PM
Well it hasnt even been 1 full day yet so go hunt down google or something :thumb:
kinda hard to do w/o clues or any idea of what it may or may not be. ive exhausted every idea i had so ive nothing to draw on to search. yall have fun  :cheers:
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2013, 05:46:53 AM
Hell with it, ill try one more time.   :technical: lol :)
is it used to repair katanas? ( the bladed weapons, not the motos)
resembles a mekugi niki? also does the top above the brass hammer head unscrew to become a drive pin?
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Post by: pliskin on March 05, 2013, 07:11:30 AM
It's a left handed hammer, bucket of steam and an air punch

Or

Something out of Harry Potters magic kit?
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Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 05, 2013, 09:29:56 AM
This is a good one!  Really wonder wth it is,...
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Post by: codajastal on March 05, 2013, 12:41:50 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2013, 05:46:53 AM
Hell with it, ill try one more time.   :technical: lol :)
is it used to repair katanas? ( the bladed weapons, not the motos)
resembles a mekugi niki? also does the top above the brass hammer head unscrew to become a drive pin?
BINGO. That's exactly what it is.
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2013, 02:08:53 PM
Quote from: codajastal on March 05, 2013, 12:41:50 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2013, 05:46:53 AM
Hell with it, ill try one more time.   :technical: lol :)
is it used to repair katanas? ( the bladed weapons, not the motos)
resembles a mekugi niki? also does the top above the brass hammer head unscrew to become a drive pin?
BINGO. That's exactly what it is.
damn the google and search skills. i never found the soft hammer thing. but described the brass one
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2013, 02:37:30 PM
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Post by: codajastal on March 05, 2013, 05:33:48 PM
Looks like a ball bearing
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Post by: Badot on March 05, 2013, 05:44:24 PM
One of those stainless steel skin smell remover thingamajigs?
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Post by: Janx101 on March 05, 2013, 06:42:15 PM
I remember Yama gloating the other week .. for when it was his turn.. had a big ass ball bearing, but was going to require WHAT it was FROM!! ..

now i would be guessing... a road bridge turntable bearing... you know those swing/swivel 90 degrees type bridges.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_bridge
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2013, 07:40:37 PM
Quote from: codajastal on March 05, 2013, 05:33:48 PM
Looks like a ball bearing
partially correct. now what was it from/used for.  :thumb: also the item that it is sitting on is also used by it
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Post by: pliskin on March 05, 2013, 07:59:25 PM
One half a set of Ben Wa balls and the tube used to insert said balls
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2013, 08:21:26 PM
clues will be very vague further out n( beginning now) key date is 1977 key name is westinghouse :embarassed:
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Post by: Badot on March 05, 2013, 08:44:49 PM
Bearing from an AWAC off a Boeing E3?
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2013, 09:46:02 PM
negative. next set of clues. ( 3 locations) hanford WA, Los Alamos NM, Oak ridge Tn
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Post by: adidasguy on March 05, 2013, 10:12:49 PM
That would mean a bearing from a reactor generator? or turbine?
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Post by: Janx101 on March 05, 2013, 10:25:41 PM
Yama has a radioactive Ball?.... lol.... you use that thing as a night light??  ;) ...

"hey baby!!! come check out my glowing balls!!" .. lmao!
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Post by: codajastal on March 05, 2013, 10:40:04 PM
Ball Bearing from The United States Department of Energy National Laboratories and Technology Center
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2013, 10:48:41 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 05, 2013, 10:12:49 PM
That would mean a bearing from a reactor generator? or turbine?
partially correct my friend. a reactor....( what) ive one final clue for the most part. although it should wait until maybe tomorrow. because a MAJOR is within that illustration. and no it isnt radioactive. ( was never put into service. ) grandfather kinda snagged it off a parts shelf  :oops: he was an acct. back in the day @ this place.
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Post by: slipperymongoose on March 05, 2013, 11:31:32 PM
A bit off a control rod for the reactor?
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2013, 11:33:38 PM
naah just a tad above that. ;)
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Post by: slipperymongoose on March 05, 2013, 11:37:45 PM
Look in Australia we consider nuclear reactors the work of the devil ever since the Russians screwed up so my final guess is part of the big heavy tiles that go ontop of the reactor.
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Post by: Janx101 on March 06, 2013, 12:26:31 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 05, 2013, 11:37:45 PM
Look in Australia we consider nuclear reactors the work of the devil ever since the Russians screwed up so my final guess is part of the big heavy tiles that go ontop of the reactor.

... we do??....  :dunno_black: ... maybe you do!!  :flipoff:

personally i think Lithgow is the perfect place for an Aussie Reactor!!! .. emergencies included!!

but .. that white thing under the ball ... is it a thingy-widget weight for flow control of steam in a pipe leading from the reactor?....

cos as i understand it the 'noo-klee-arrs' are only used to superheat water into steam .. which then drives a turbine to generate eleck-trickery!!
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 06, 2013, 12:50:10 AM
those two pieces work as a system/together. a bearing and spacer if you will
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Post by: slipperymongoose on March 06, 2013, 01:35:55 AM
Hey I'm all for having nuclear power down under we got heaps of space out back to dump all the waste.
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Post by: codajastal on March 06, 2013, 01:44:04 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 06, 2013, 01:35:55 AM
Hey I'm all for having nuclear power down under we got heaps of space out back to dump all the waste.
Yea like Pine Gap. Nothing good goes on there :dunno_white:
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Post by: slipperymongoose on March 06, 2013, 05:32:14 AM
Ok like the very top of the reactor where like the heavy tile things are to keep it all contained?
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Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 06, 2013, 01:50:59 PM
Would it be something like part of a non return ball valve assembly for cooling water? hanford WA, Los Alamos NM, Oak ridge Tn were all sites also used for the Manhatten project...
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 06, 2013, 05:04:37 PM
that is true. but this was post manhattan. there was a type of reactor or this part was used in these locations. heres a diagram of the structure. ;)
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 06, 2013, 05:47:55 PM
wanting to say this thing is 2.5" in diameter. if not 3". calipers are at shop though. anyhoo the drawing is from a schematic from the site. ( Oak ridge tn area) and contains MAJOR clues ;)
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Post by: adidasguy on March 07, 2013, 03:40:29 PM
So whats happening? Is there any winner? Seems to have evolved in to a discussion of nukes.
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 07, 2013, 07:04:19 PM
you and slips adidas were essentially tied for being closest. normally the google is your friend here.  ( specially in this game. but ill be damned if the only pictures of this item i can find, are dra2wings from a 1970s era document. on pdf the answer IS on the base, ( what it is and goes to etc. ) a bit of background information. this came from essentially a site ( a nuclear plant in the oak ridge area) reactor was more or less modeled after hanford. the initials of the project is CRBRP ( btw it ( item) was never inservice. there were some uses of it to perform a scram ( a hopper of these type balls which would shut down the process if the rods decided not to work or got stuck. this item however was structural or mechanical in nature allowing a process to happen. in a distant way it IS involved with the fuel rods. but not directly. im  glowing  in anticipation, ill pick closest winner if no one hits it tonight by midnight.
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Post by: pliskin on March 07, 2013, 07:27:40 PM
Closer head assembly bearing.

Or

Steam turbine bearing.

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Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 07, 2013, 08:36:10 PM
Lets see,

CRBRP - Clinch River Breeder reactor project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinch_River_Breeder_Reactor_Project (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinch_River_Breeder_Reactor_Project)

Some more details on how it was to work
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/4311171-5DbhpR/4311171.pdf (http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/4311171-5DbhpR/4311171.pdf)

The boron carbide balls they would have used for a scram (entered via gravity) are normally marble sized, and I would have assumed would be much duller than the much larger sphere you have a photo of.. The only other material would be Silver-indium-cadmium which would have been available back in 1977..

So I would guess it may be part of the assembly for introducing the liquid sodium into the system?

I have worked on most other types of power stations here, but we are nuclear free in this country...

Good luck to anyone who can guess it..

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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 07, 2013, 09:15:49 PM
Quote from: pliskin on March 07, 2013, 07:27:40 PM
Closer head assembly bearing.

Or

Steam turbine bearing.
pliskin got it. it is a reactor vessel closure head bearing and spacer. ( i was guessing on the size of the scram setup. i was reading through pdfs for hours.
heres a picture of it with label
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Post by: Paulcet on March 07, 2013, 10:27:11 PM
I just have to say, it is so cool that you have a part of a nuclear reactor.  A friend of mine has a space shuttle tile.  Anyone else have parts of really cool, not for public possession type stuff?
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Post by: codajastal on March 07, 2013, 10:43:13 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on March 07, 2013, 10:27:11 PM
I just have to say, it is so cool that you have a part of a nuclear reactor.  A friend of mine has a space shuttle tile.  Anyone else have parts of really cool, not for public possession type stuff?
Maybe in another thread?
On with the game
Pliskin you are up
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 07, 2013, 11:24:40 PM
aye paulcet. well get one goin soon enuf.  :cheers:
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Post by: slipperymongoose on March 08, 2013, 01:29:27 AM
I have the army manual of land warfare
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Post by: pliskin on March 08, 2013, 06:29:03 AM
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Post by: jdoorn14 on March 08, 2013, 08:09:51 AM
Lens for a camera projector? Like a device you'd use in a classroom or lab to take pictures/project pages/parts onto a screen or magnify them to input into a PC?
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Post by: Paulcet on March 08, 2013, 03:59:30 PM
Lens for a vintage 8mm movie camera?
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Post by: pliskin on March 08, 2013, 07:17:14 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on March 08, 2013, 03:59:30 PM
Lens for a vintage 8mm movie camera?
Sorry not part of a camera or projector.
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Post by: Paulcet on March 08, 2013, 07:51:16 PM
Telescope eyepiece?
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Post by: pliskin on March 08, 2013, 08:04:28 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on March 08, 2013, 07:51:16 PM
Telescope eyepiece?
Sorry, no.
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Post by: pliskin on March 08, 2013, 08:58:28 PM
Hint
reichert
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Post by: codajastal on March 08, 2013, 09:44:01 PM
Eyepiece on a Reichert opthalmic Microscope?
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Post by: pliskin on March 08, 2013, 10:22:41 PM
Quote from: codajastal on March 08, 2013, 09:44:01 PM
Eyepiece on a Reichert opthalmic Microscope?
The way eye see it you are close. The objective it to guess it exactly. Try again.
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Post by: codajastal on March 08, 2013, 10:26:25 PM
Ok its for testing eyesight
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Post by: pliskin on March 08, 2013, 10:35:30 PM
Quote from: codajastal on March 08, 2013, 10:26:25 PM
Ok its for testing eyesight
No. Go back to microscopes.
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Post by: codajastal on March 08, 2013, 10:44:34 PM
Part of the Reichart biological Microscope eg the magnifier
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Post by: pliskin on March 08, 2013, 10:50:24 PM
Quote from: codajastal on March 08, 2013, 10:44:34 PM
Part of the Reichart biological Microscope eg the magnifier
Last hint. If you don't get it I'm going to bed.
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Post by: codajastal on March 08, 2013, 10:56:13 PM
revolving nosepiece objects?
Fukked If I know?
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 08, 2013, 10:58:47 PM
eye piece in a reichert phoroptor?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 08, 2013, 11:08:28 PM
codajatal got it.
Quote from: codajastal on March 08, 2013, 10:56:13 PM
revolving nosepiece objects?
Fukked If I know?
Dam that's funny! You pretty much got it. It's the objective lens from a microscope.
On a side note a "revolving nosepiece object" sounds cool :D I could really use one of those for those really hard to reach boogers.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 11, 2013, 01:40:49 PM
Whose up?  I got one if someone'll pass me the ball,.....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 11, 2013, 05:17:49 PM
I think Im up but will pass to you cbrfxr67 :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 12, 2013, 07:08:46 AM
ok standby,..hope this isn't too easy,....

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 12, 2013, 07:07:34 PM
Something you put a walmart nylon lock nut on
Thumb cuffs
Pipe aligner
Trigger for a 12ga double barrel hotdog (wrapped in bacon?)
Double barrel alignment tool
Slap shifter ratchet
Clock gear thingamagiggy
Rotating fork tuner
Cold steal chicken enchilada holder (I know it's a stretch)



Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 12, 2013, 07:53:43 PM
used in a pair of binoculars?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 12, 2013, 07:57:49 PM
i've seen one of them before... didnt know what the hell it was then either!!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 12, 2013, 10:02:44 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on March 12, 2013, 07:57:49 PM
i've seen one of them before... didnt know what the hell it was then either!!  :woohoo:
as have i. and i cant/couldnt figure it out either  :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 12, 2013, 10:05:47 PM
i would have to say .. I DONT think it is a device for stretching ones ballsack back to normal in cold conditions!  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 12, 2013, 10:37:22 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on March 12, 2013, 10:05:47 PM
i would have to say .. I DONT think it is a device for stretching ones ballsack back to normal in cold conditions!  :flipoff:
So, that's what you tried to do with it when you saw it before?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 12, 2013, 11:15:49 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on March 12, 2013, 10:37:22 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on March 12, 2013, 10:05:47 PM
i would have to say .. I DONT think it is a device for stretching ones ballsack back to normal in cold conditions!  :flipoff:
So, that's what you tried to do with it when you saw it before?
that would explain hte facial expression in the avatar Eh?
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 13, 2013, 12:44:02 AM
 :icon_rolleyes: .. They didn't fit thru anyway!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 13, 2013, 06:30:48 AM
no, no no, nope,....

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Janx needs a custom title -funniest ever

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 13, 2013, 08:22:05 PM
Stud remover?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 14, 2013, 02:21:12 AM
I know I'm gonna hate it when the actual purpose is revealed..... Total homer D'oh moment probably!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 14, 2013, 05:35:15 PM
Can we get a small clue? This thing looks awfully familiar - but I cannot place it.. must be Friday and my brain is on the fritz..  :icon_eek:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 14, 2013, 07:02:21 PM
Finally stumped you geniuses,....

oldmech might recognize it,....

I don't want to give it away,.....tool for particular job,.....offered by an Aussie company.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 14, 2013, 08:10:35 PM
As an Aussie I'm stumped
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 15, 2013, 05:02:31 AM
Not just as an Aussie slips! ..  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 15, 2013, 05:10:37 AM
Your a funny mother trucker janx
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 15, 2013, 05:12:03 AM
Yeah ... That's how it's usually perceived anyway!  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 15, 2013, 06:42:32 AM
unfortunatly i do not recognize it.. :dunno_black: it does appear to be a set up tool so that two centers are set up at whatever distance you want..am i even close?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 15, 2013, 08:10:56 AM
Offered by PBT,.....cmon aussies
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 15, 2013, 08:26:39 AM
Steering Rack End Wrench
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 15, 2013, 12:45:34 PM
Good Job pliskin,...you're up boss

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Service all inner tie rod ends. Use for removal or installation.
Suits multiple rack ends and sizes - Hex drive - Round with two drive flats - Round with no drive flats
Use on vehicles with limited access to avoid need to remove rack assembly
Clamp force increases as load is applied
Reduces repair time
Prevents damage to rack components
Suits rack end diameters from 33mm (approx 1-5/16) to 41mm (approx 1-9/16)
19mm (3/4) hex drive

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 15, 2013, 04:18:01 PM
Ahhhhhhhhhh makes sense could have sworn I seem one but no idea what it was
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 15, 2013, 07:05:37 PM
Identify either one. For the bike you must get make and model.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 16, 2013, 12:07:46 PM
Hmm, don't remember exactly what they're called but that first thing looks like one of those plasma disc thingies, kinda like a flat plasma ball only more lightning-y looking on the inside.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 16, 2013, 03:21:50 PM
Quote from: Badot on March 16, 2013, 12:07:46 PM
Hmm, don't remember exactly what they're called but that first thing looks like one of those plasma disc thingies, kinda like a flat plasma ball only more lightning-y looking on the inside.

BINGO! Badot got it first guess. It's a mini plasma disk.
And for the bike it's my old American Lifan GY-200 (China bike).
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 16, 2013, 03:31:45 PM
Well I don't have anything too interesting and I've been rather sick so I don't feel like scrounging something up... so I'm passing it off to whoever gets a picture of their odd thing up next.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 16, 2013, 05:38:16 PM
I'll put one up...what the heck. this not a thing mechanical but i think still counts since it is strange in nature to some folks. its an ethnic food. and some people don't know what it is.. shouldn't be too hard for pollocks or slovack people.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 16, 2013, 07:19:40 PM
Those there are some really messed up pierogies
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 16, 2013, 07:31:37 PM
Quote from: pliskin on March 16, 2013, 07:19:40 PM
Those there are some really messed up pierogies
as both polack and slovakian ancestry ( along with 13th century german too) this looks like a mean my great aunt used to make. btw that lightning disc thing i want for the goped lol.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 16, 2013, 07:45:37 PM
They do look tasty. Back in my bachelor days I fried up many a pierogi. It was all I could afford after I spent all my money on beer. Ahhh, memories.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 16, 2013, 08:51:15 PM
Quote from: pliskin on March 16, 2013, 07:45:37 PM
They do look tasty. Back in my bachelor days I fried up many a pierogi. It was all I could afford after I spent all my money on beer. Ahhh, memories.
i did too while @ mmi. i lived within walking distance to a walgreens with a liquor aisle. one night im surprised i didnt go to jail.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 16, 2013, 09:57:04 PM
Wait, you got pierogis when you ran out of money? Tell me your secrets! Compared to ramen and cardboard pizza that's some fancy living right there.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 16, 2013, 10:44:21 PM
Quote from: Badot on March 16, 2013, 09:57:04 PM
Wait, you got pierogis when you ran out of money? Tell me your secrets! Compared to ramen and cardboard pizza that's some fancy living right there.
idk bout him, but living across street from a wholesale grocery place does have its bennies ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 17, 2013, 01:18:36 AM
Quote from: pliskin on March 16, 2013, 07:19:40 PM
Those there are some really messed up pierogies

thats because they are home made and you are correct! :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 17, 2013, 10:22:51 AM
NEXT CHALLENGE PLEASE!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 17, 2013, 03:22:54 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 17, 2013, 03:28:23 PM
looks like some kind of roller catch with a release handle.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 17, 2013, 05:04:16 PM
wire stripper/crimper for household type power cord?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 17, 2013, 05:26:09 PM
Co-ax wire stripper?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 17, 2013, 05:31:54 PM
oooooh.... getting fine details there Paulcet!! .. i mean... we both think its a stripper...

usually prefer mine about 5'9" .. slightly busty and slightly voluptuous, happy smile on her face for the fun of it.. sigh ..  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 17, 2013, 05:33:17 PM
used to open a box or a seal?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 17, 2013, 05:35:25 PM
ooooh oooh... hang on... another idea!!... circumcision tool for robots? ... those with the optional functional groinal appendage obviously!! .. dont blame me!! .. blame asimov!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 17, 2013, 05:47:10 PM
now now janx your getting excited.....ok nothing wrong with that :D i think its a left hand filster nut torque adapter. :cheers:
actually i have no idea.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 17, 2013, 06:22:06 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on March 17, 2013, 05:26:09 PM
Co-ax wire stripper?

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner. Paulcet is next. It is a COAX stripper. Quality tool made in the good ol' USA.  Put a piece of cable in and put your finger in the ring and twist it around a couple time and the 2 razors cut and strip it perfectly ready for crimping an end on. I used them back in the day when I did IBM mainframe support. The dump terminals, as they where called, where connected with COAX (like your cable TV) instead of the CAT5 RJ45 cable used in networking today.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 18, 2013, 04:36:43 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 18, 2013, 04:43:57 PM
Egg yoke separator
or egg scoop to take them out of boiling water.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 18, 2013, 05:00:18 PM
Well, that was too easy! Egg scoop.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on March 18, 2013, 05:04:54 PM
Damn. I didn't even have time to guess nut hugger. I assume they are sold in pairs......
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 18, 2013, 05:10:49 PM
Here's another easy one....,.,


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 18, 2013, 06:08:02 PM
choke mechanism?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 18, 2013, 06:41:39 PM
Yama!! .. i'm shocked.... no way is that the choke!! .. obviously the sub seat (front edge) nitrous activation switch!! .. lean forward and one ass bounce... 50 shot fogger unit kicks into action!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 18, 2013, 07:37:13 PM
Shock preload adjuster
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 18, 2013, 08:39:09 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 18, 2013, 06:08:02 PM
choke mechanism?
Correct. The choke plunger off of a GS500 carb.
Technically the "starter circuit" but even the books say we call it a choke so you win!
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 18, 2013, 10:45:09 PM
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OK item in question is  NOT the shattered piston. ( used merely as a prop . nor the asst nuts and bolts washers or asst pc parts. item in question is that black thing sitting near or ON said shattered piston)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 19, 2013, 11:55:10 AM
part of a motorcycle brike caliper.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 19, 2013, 01:30:08 PM
A handle?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 19, 2013, 01:35:02 PM
i keep thinking it is a brace across some bearing mains,..like over the bearing caps,....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 19, 2013, 03:42:24 PM
i think Yama is being sneaky .. providing distractions .. lures... white rabbits...

i think it might be a deck brace/strengthener or some kind of grind rail for one of his Goped masterpieces?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 19, 2013, 07:12:26 PM
Part of a printing press?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 19, 2013, 08:00:29 PM
"item in question is that black thing sitting near or ON said shattered piston"

I win

Clearly it's a black computer mouse. There is no question. It is NEAR said piston and it is black. If it is not what you are referring to it is not my fault. You should be more specific.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 19, 2013, 11:25:30 PM
Quote from: pliskin on March 19, 2013, 08:00:29 PM
"item in question is that black thing sitting near or ON said shattered piston"

I win

Clearly it's a black computer mouse. There is no question. It is NEAR said piston and it is black. If it is not what you are referring to it is not my fault. You should be more specific.
mouse is blue ;) ( logitech g5 two button) oldmech and cods both are close
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 19, 2013, 11:32:45 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 19, 2013, 11:25:30 PMoldmech and cods both are close
How can I be close? I havent had a guess yet?
Are you psychic yama?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 19, 2013, 11:34:13 PM
sorry my friend. meant janx and oldmech
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 20, 2013, 03:00:24 AM
chain guard mount for one of your gopeds?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 20, 2013, 03:58:20 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 19, 2013, 11:34:13 PM
sorry my friend. meant janx and oldmech

Yur!! it be cos like we Neely twinz and such Cods bruther!! Lmao ... :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 20, 2013, 03:59:38 AM
Hmmm... Some goped version of a mount for clipons?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 20, 2013, 06:11:40 AM
Fork brace or motor mount
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 20, 2013, 05:47:38 PM
Bump.. ok who is right wrong or not even close? :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 20, 2013, 05:56:04 PM
Quote from: oldmech on March 20, 2013, 05:47:38 PM
Bump.. ok who is right wrong or not even close? :technical:
work happens, and i pass out afterwards. sorry lol. anyways youre quite close. part of a brake caliper yes, but not a moto
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 20, 2013, 05:59:38 PM
ok how about a pedal bike brake caliper part? no problem on passing out after work. i understand. worked last nite,got four hours sleep and back at it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 20, 2013, 06:02:56 PM
closer yes. this part is used on some pedal bike brake calipers. ( but was not removed from one in this case. )
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 20, 2013, 06:08:09 PM
crap.. i am not up on pedal bikes that good, another clue?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 20, 2013, 06:16:18 PM
gp420 :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 20, 2013, 06:36:48 PM
damm dude i am wiped out.. bed time for me. brain is shut down. good luck my Australia brothers who will be checking in while i am a sleep. thanks for the clue but just aint gettn it!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 20, 2013, 07:14:51 PM
well gp420 is the engine lol sorry. try mad dog ( no NOT the drink)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 20, 2013, 07:45:20 PM
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and its position... since i aint actually seen a real life goped up close...  :icon_rolleyes:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 20, 2013, 08:13:33 PM
I reckon give it to oldmech :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 20, 2013, 08:18:22 PM
yeah if thats the decision i'm cool with it  :thumb: ... there have been instances where that close was given the go! ..

but whassup cods... you just skeered?!... skeered i might post something and be all pedantic about its actual terminology?... or go the way of the picture game and make it too difficult for your postie ass?!  :flipoff: ;) ;) ;)

.... and i thort we wuz bruthers!!!  :sad: ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 20, 2013, 08:25:41 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on March 20, 2013, 08:18:22 PMskeered i might post something and be all pedantic about its actual terminology?... or go the way of the picture game and make it too difficult
.... and i thort we wuz bruthers!!!  :sad: ;)
You are an Aussie aren't you. Isnt that what we do? Just for shitz and giggles
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 20, 2013, 08:39:41 PM
Quote from: codajastal on March 20, 2013, 08:25:41 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on March 20, 2013, 08:18:22 PMskeered i might post something and be all pedantic about its actual terminology?... or go the way of the picture game and make it too difficult
.... and i thort we wuz bruthers!!!  :sad: ;)
You are an Aussie aren't you. Isnt that what we do? Just for shitz and giggles

mate!... maaaaaaate!!... Maaaaayyyyyyyttttteeeee!!! .. i'm so Aussie my grandfathers were (dead truth!) .. a Bullocky teamster (in dads dad young days , 1948 ish) ... and a professional tree feller/shearer/stock route rider (mums dad till 1961).....

as a result... i can swear good!! .. love chopping trees and shaZam! down!! ... know which end of a sheep to grab .. for worm dosing/drench!! .. and comfortable on a horse!! ..

i'm so Aussie if i got a Southern Cross Tattoo it'd be needless repitition!! ..

;) :flipoff: ;)

and yes... taking the piss out of yankees and making them sweat over seemingly simple tasks ... just for the hell of it!!!

Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 20, 2013, 08:42:07 PM
OMFG Janx........we is bruthas oi oi oi


Sent from my iPad
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 20, 2013, 10:00:59 PM
hmmm janx nailed it. oldmech was close, but janx closer. ill give janx the option , if he wants it passed to oldmech, im cool wiht it ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 20, 2013, 10:03:01 PM
in classic Aussie "help a mate" ... and some bastardry too cos i am flat out busy and havent got time to hunt up a pic... OldMech WINS!!!  :flipoff: ;)

go for it Bro!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 20, 2013, 10:07:34 PM
you posted a pic of the front end of a goped gtr40 ( like mine) but using the tires i want. off road knobbies are as worthless as fun bags on a bull when used on road lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 20, 2013, 10:55:14 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 20, 2013, 10:07:34 PM
you posted a pic of the front end of a goped gtr40 ( like mine) but using the tires i want. off road knobbies are as worthless as fun bags on a bull when used on road lol

errr... google imaged it! ..

tyres is tyres... everyone knows that!!!  :dunno_black: ;) :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 20, 2013, 11:15:02 PM
So what is the new challenge?

You people gossip too much!  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 20, 2013, 11:18:06 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on March 20, 2013, 10:55:14 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 20, 2013, 10:07:34 PM
you posted a pic of the front end of a goped gtr40 ( like mine) but using the tires i want. off road knobbies are as worthless as fun bags on a bull when used on road lol

errr... google imaged it! ..

tyres is tyres... everyone knows that!!!  :dunno_black: ;) :icon_twisted:
very true.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 20, 2013, 11:19:27 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 20, 2013, 11:15:02 PM
So what is the new challenge?

You people gossip too much!  :flipoff:
janx won it, i believe hhowever he passed to oldmech. ( who is sleeping atm lol) am on the verge of passing out myself . im sure his challenge will be up tomorrow at some point. or late err erarly am or something
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 02:46:55 AM
so here is the next one....have fun! :icon_lol:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 21, 2013, 02:52:07 AM
Temperature sensor
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 21, 2013, 05:24:43 AM
02 sensor
or
Turbo blow-off/bypass or pressure release valve.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 06:24:34 AM
no and no.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 21, 2013, 10:10:37 AM
Some kind of special spark plug?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 11:38:59 AM
not a spark plug. and to help out it is not a sensor,switch, or valve.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 21, 2013, 12:16:33 PM
One side has an oily connection. Other side is dry......

Cable pass through?

or gas nozzle thingy?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 12:33:08 PM
the oily looking part is probabley from a little antiseize that was put on the threads. these rarley ever get used in the system they are installed in and if they do you are having a bad day.
like i said it is not a switch,sensor, valve, and now nozzle. but it does have an electical connection.
hint 28 volts dc. :cool:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 21, 2013, 01:15:45 PM
A 28v do hickey
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 21, 2013, 01:23:23 PM
This:
(https://az413224.vo.msecnd.net/img/44063/t_44063_2.jpg)
Is part of this but I don't know what part
CE Niehoff 19207 Generator, Engine Accessory 28 Volt 300 Amp - Brad
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Is a fuse?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 02:36:34 PM
no it is not a fuse..but it is an aircraft part,hence the 28 vdc which it operates off of.
if it does get voltage to it..it will only work once.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 21, 2013, 04:02:52 PM
One of these?
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 21, 2013, 04:17:12 PM
Aircraft - one-time-use - bad day.   Ejection seat charge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 04:29:29 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 21, 2013, 04:02:52 PM
One of these?
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no thats a thermocouple harness. no biggie allot of parts
do look the same though. good guess!!

Quote from: Paulcet on March 21, 2013, 04:17:12 PM
Aircraft - one-time-use - bad day.   Ejection seat charge?


not it but on the right track,
here is an round about clue, value jet.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 21, 2013, 04:57:17 PM
Oxygen generator firing pin!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 05:03:54 PM
sorry should not have sent you down the value jet road. not a o2 gen part. like i said it was a round about clue,not an exact one. what happened there?
you where very close on your last reply. the last part of your answer was partially correct.
dont feel bad some of the stuff you guys put up i never new existed.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 05:10:10 PM
sorry when i said "what happened there?" i meant to add to the value jet plane. o2 gens yes, but what did they do?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 21, 2013, 05:50:03 PM
Metering thing for how much fuel to pump in the afterburner
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 05:57:42 PM
LOL!! no not that technical. those are pretty much add fuel soleniod valves and its all on!!
google usairways 767 catastrophic engine failure in philly. will give a few clues.
i dont mind giving clues to what i post as a challenge..have more fun guessing what you all put up.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 21, 2013, 06:23:48 PM
Thats an inductive proximity sensor Pliskin - you can also get capacitive ones - standard issue for industrial control systems..

OldMech - my guess would be a door opening actuator firing pin?

Quote from: pliskin on March 21, 2013, 01:23:23 PM
This:
(https://az413224.vo.msecnd.net/img/44063/t_44063_2.jpg)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 21, 2013, 06:25:15 PM
its a "sorry this person as moved or deleted this image"
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 06:28:51 PM
try this link...


http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20000922-0&lang=en
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 06:30:34 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on March 21, 2013, 06:23:48 PM
Thats an inductive proximity sensor Pliskin - you can also get capacitive ones - standard issue for industrial control systems..

Quote from: pliskin on March 21, 2013, 01:23:23 PM
This:
(https://az413224.vo.msecnd.net/img/44063/t_44063_2.jpg)


we call them a speed sensor or mag pick up. the generator control unit needs to know the gen is turning to do its stuff.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 21, 2013, 06:52:34 PM
ok last clue since it is 10 pm almost here..yea i am an old fart that needs his sleep. it is a pyrotechnic device. used in an aircraft system for when things go very bad and it has a one time use. sorry for the value jet reference..newer aircraft may have this system installed in the baggage compartments. but this system has been installed on engines for years.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 21, 2013, 07:05:06 PM
used to dump fuel?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 21, 2013, 07:53:28 PM
It's something do do with a fire blow down?
Aircraft Aviation Oxygen Bottles Fire Extinguishers ...
Aviation-Oxygen-Fire-Hydrostatic-Oxygen-Bottles
Engine  Fire  Extinguisher
#6 in this image?
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 21, 2013, 09:01:58 PM
Explosive bolt?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 22, 2013, 08:17:45 AM
Ah! Fire suppression?  CAD
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 22, 2013, 12:45:25 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on March 22, 2013, 08:17:45 AM
Ah! Fire suppression?  CAD

fire supression/exstingishing yes..but what is it?


Quote from: Badot on March 21, 2013, 09:01:58 PM
Explosive bolt?  :dunno_black:

explosive yes,bolt no. it does have wrench flats to help install an remove it.
Quote from: pliskin on March 21, 2013, 07:53:28 PM
It's something do do with a fire blow down?
Aircraft Aviation Oxygen Bottles Fire Extinguishers ...
Aviation-Oxygen-Fire-Hydrostatic-Oxygen-Bottles
Engine  Fire  Extinguisher
#6 in this image?
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yes it has everthing to do with fire exstinguishing and fire bottles.. and yes it #6 in the picture. thats a style i have not seen for a while with a single lead, it gets its ground through the unit and bottle. the on i posted has 2 contact pins one for power and one for ground.

all very close!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 22, 2013, 12:54:42 PM
MAN! you are really making us work for it.

It's the actuator?

Specifically the Fire Hydrostatic Actuator (or part of it)
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Or the Discharge Nozzle
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 22, 2013, 01:15:36 PM
my sincerest apologies sir..it was not intention to make this a nut buster.

go to this link and read the "best answer"

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110925200030AAy4fEl
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 22, 2013, 01:45:20 PM
 fire bottle squib
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 22, 2013, 01:47:29 PM
 :woohoo: :woohoo:

yes you are correct..now its your turn to make my life a living hell trying to figure out what you posted as a challange :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 22, 2013, 01:51:33 PM
I was looking at that thinking part of the system that deploys the emergency slippery slides.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 22, 2013, 01:52:02 PM
Oh, you got one coming. You can count on it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 22, 2013, 06:58:24 PM
Quote from: oldmech on March 22, 2013, 01:47:29 PM
:woohoo: :woohoo:

yes you are correct..now its your turn to make my life a living hell trying to figure out what you posted as a challange :cheers: :cheers:
and i thought my nuclear reactor bearing was a mother of all guessing games. ive been owned lmao. nice work sir  :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 22, 2013, 07:35:57 PM
Don't even try. You'll never guess it.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fvfr1%2Fcanvas.png&hash=99c88e6a57f8e40cf19e1645f0586363d2518401)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 22, 2013, 07:38:12 PM
It don't work I can't see it
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 23, 2013, 02:40:27 PM
Quote from: pliskin on March 22, 2013, 07:35:57 PM
Don't even try. You'll never guess it.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fvfr1%2Fcanvas.png&hash=99c88e6a57f8e40cf19e1645f0586363d2518401)

well if no one ever guesses how would we ever know?
i will go with lenses of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 23, 2013, 02:49:42 PM
Expensive scented Candles
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 23, 2013, 04:13:51 PM
The little round thing look like the ones that expand when soaked in water?
I got no feckin idea?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 23, 2013, 05:01:27 PM
So... glass, plastic, or rubber?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 23, 2013, 07:18:50 PM
No, no, no, and no. They are all the same ting just different sizes but they are all small.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 23, 2013, 10:28:47 PM
Wire drawing dies?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on March 23, 2013, 10:55:09 PM
Wheels or rollers.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 24, 2013, 12:42:47 AM
beads?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 24, 2013, 07:32:52 AM
No

Hint:
Very good thermal conductivity.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 24, 2013, 08:19:08 AM
still do not know what they are. but are they made of ceramic?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 24, 2013, 11:12:39 AM
No these are not made of ceramic but some are.

Hardness of 2300 HV
Compression strength 2100 mpa
Women love them
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 24, 2013, 11:32:47 AM
Lets see - with those specs it could be either Sapphire or Ruby - some sort of Jewel bearing assembly?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 24, 2013, 11:37:15 AM
They look more 'industrial' than jewelry to me...

Are they used as some kind of electrical insulator that transfers heat quickly?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 24, 2013, 11:41:08 AM
You can get custom whittled jewelled bearings, and instrument parts made from industrial ruby / diamond / sapphire etc. We used to get orifice plates made that used Sapphire since they dont wear down very quickly.. material looks the same

Quote from: Badot on March 24, 2013, 11:37:15 AM
They look more 'industrial' than jewelry to me...

Are they used as some kind of electrical insulator that transfers heat quickly?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 24, 2013, 11:41:47 AM
Not a bearing and not an insulator. Yes industrial.
Kiwingenuity is getting warmer.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 24, 2013, 12:40:48 PM
sapphire water jets
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 24, 2013, 02:24:18 PM
used in watchmaking? as in a 15 or 21 jewel movement? does look like that. id say im wrong though
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 24, 2013, 06:07:56 PM
Quote from: oldmech on March 24, 2013, 12:40:48 PM
sapphire water jets
You nailed it. They are used in the nozzle of high pressure water jet cutter/driller. It's amazing what these thing can cut trough. I use one a long time ago for cutting Kevlar and other armor plating used in military applications.  The jewel orifice (ruby or sapphire) embedded into one of these and is part of the head.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 24, 2013, 06:16:00 PM
this game is always an educational experience. thanks for posting that. never would have thought.
here is the next one.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 24, 2013, 06:22:52 PM
sorry pliskin i meant to say. never meant would have thought sapphires where used for that. as you get older your brain some times gets ahead of your digits :embarrassed: great challenge sir. hats off to ya.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 24, 2013, 06:30:02 PM
That looks like the pressure regulator that sits on top of a pressure cooker.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 24, 2013, 06:32:27 PM
well that was quick ! your up again dude. forgot you do gardening also.
make it a fun one!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 24, 2013, 06:38:26 PM
My mom canned when I was kid, and still does. I listened to that rattle for more hours than I care to count.
I'm going to pass the torch to whoever wants it next. I need a break. Anybody want to give it a go?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 24, 2013, 06:57:22 PM
i will give it a pass on bow out for a spell. kiwinginuity is always throws up good one. if not who ever get here first i guess?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 24, 2013, 07:20:07 PM
Cheers OldMech - lets try this - and it isn't a valve or solenoid manifold.. Good luck - the top has been removed so you can see the interior...

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 24, 2013, 07:38:03 PM
Is a laser bell? Or laser related?
Is it an injection mold?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 24, 2013, 07:49:21 PM
That must have been too easy.. I will hunt through my work files a bit harder next time.. we call them a laser pump over this side of the world, but a bit of internet browsing shows they can be referred to as a bell since they resonate the laser charge.

You are up Pliskin  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 24, 2013, 08:01:15 PM
No not to easy. It's just  that the same place I worked with a water jet I also worked with lasers (cutting, welding, and heat treating). The largest was as big as a car. If I remember correctly it was a 5000 kilowatt. You might know what this is. I used a laser to cut these.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 24, 2013, 08:54:47 PM
Artery stent
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 24, 2013, 08:58:34 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on March 24, 2013, 08:54:47 PM
Artery stent
Wow, you got it Paulcet . Lets see what you got next.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 24, 2013, 09:16:17 PM
lol been paulcet and pliskin last two weeks now  :bowdown: :bowdown:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 25, 2013, 12:46:07 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2F61A8EC53-951E-415D-A2BA-5DB50B3D95FC-829-0000011C7C1CCD5D_zpsedf70010.jpg&hash=937bc9377964c89d93814860d70c534e8f367d51)
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Clues will trickle in
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 25, 2013, 01:41:58 PM
Output Coupler without reflector
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 25, 2013, 02:05:13 PM
Rotor cover
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 25, 2013, 02:10:06 PM
Dang, pliskin is on the right track!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 25, 2013, 03:33:01 PM
something for conduit? or electrical cable
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 25, 2013, 06:11:48 PM
optical output LNB fiber coupler part used in satellite signal distribution
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 25, 2013, 08:39:01 PM
im done here. id say youve got it again. im out of ideas :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 25, 2013, 09:09:19 PM
dang it... i was kinda hopin its a puck for Extreme Bloodsports Ice Hockey!!!!!  :icon_twisted:  :bowdown:

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 25, 2013, 09:15:20 PM
I think pliskin is obscuring the matter...  Not communications related.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 25, 2013, 10:08:33 PM
hell get it lol. yall have fun :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 26, 2013, 04:17:07 AM
The center is Potasium Cloride, about 10mm thick.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 26, 2013, 05:25:22 AM
-Laser protection port/window for viewing inside.
-Infrared Spectroscopy window.
-Camera Lens?.... Thermal imaging.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 26, 2013, 06:33:38 AM
Nailed it. Laser protection port. $50 window sits over this expensive lens:
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 26, 2013, 06:39:31 AM
told ja :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 26, 2013, 07:45:34 AM
I'm going to quit guessing after this one. :wink:
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 26, 2013, 07:50:05 AM
That's a fuzzy picture of a filter element.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 26, 2013, 07:51:11 AM
Not a filter
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on March 26, 2013, 09:47:27 AM
seriously?

...looks like a piece of chalk...

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 26, 2013, 10:09:49 AM
Not chalk. Not as smooth as chalk, and not as thick as chalk. It's a little thinner than a #2 pencil. It's pastel green in color.
Nitrogen
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 26, 2013, 10:40:29 AM
Plant food spike.  Fertilizer stick.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 26, 2013, 11:28:46 AM
Quote from: Paulcet on March 26, 2013, 10:40:29 AM
Plant food spike.  Fertilizer stick.
:woohoo: Miracle-Gro Plant Stick. OK everybody, I'm not going to guess on what Palucet posts next. At least not until it runs for a few days.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 26, 2013, 02:01:51 PM
I was going to guess tampon, but too late for that. and "tampon" is a good foreign work meaning "filter".
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 26, 2013, 06:17:50 PM
Alright, my last one for a while too.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 26, 2013, 06:21:36 PM
looks like a odd shaped electrical line insulator.. but i wouldnt even know what from?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 26, 2013, 06:23:20 PM
It does look like that doesn't it.  But no.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 26, 2013, 06:24:14 PM
Tuning knob?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 26, 2013, 06:28:32 PM
hrmmm... it reminded me of something else too... but it looked wrong... then i thought about what was and wasnt there...

not a part of a injection molder to make car air vent swivelly thingys?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 26, 2013, 07:00:28 PM
Nope
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 26, 2013, 07:02:55 PM
almost looks like a handle for a precision tool. but no
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 26, 2013, 07:08:45 PM
can we get a scale or size reference/estimate?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 26, 2013, 07:17:38 PM
Approximately 40mm diameter
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 26, 2013, 07:24:34 PM
hmmm.. dunno why but i thought about that size anyway...

one of those steering wheel spinny knob things... like they use on forklifts or for old people/disable drivers??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 26, 2013, 07:30:40 PM
Ah, I see why you would say that. But no.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 26, 2013, 08:33:48 PM
no clue whatsoever. maybe pliskin or oldmech or adidas has some idea 40mm is quite large was thinking part of an antenna/antennae assy.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 26, 2013, 08:43:05 PM
I think it is made of vinyl.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 26, 2013, 10:00:11 PM
It is porcelain. A porcelain thingy?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 27, 2013, 03:28:15 AM
that looks very familiar..just can not place it :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 27, 2013, 04:41:37 AM
Non-industrial, used at home.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 27, 2013, 12:53:45 PM
is it the ornamental thingy on the end of a curtain rod?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 27, 2013, 03:52:10 PM
and/or a shower curtain?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 27, 2013, 03:53:26 PM
An attachment.  For personal use.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 27, 2013, 04:02:32 PM
i dont have much hair left so i am not totally correct on the name. but is it hair dryer diffuser?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 04:10:47 PM
Massager thingy?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 27, 2013, 04:18:02 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 04:10:47 PM
Massager thingy?
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 27, 2013, 07:21:13 PM
Come on people! This is an easy one.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 27, 2013, 07:26:05 PM
part of a housefan?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 27, 2013, 07:28:04 PM
OH, I was giving it to Addy.  Close enough.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 27, 2013, 07:33:24 PM
A massage thingy? Is it one of the knobs inside of a massage chair that spins and goes up and down?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on March 27, 2013, 07:45:39 PM
Yes. Adidasguy has it.  You're up Patrick!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 27, 2013, 07:46:49 PM
naaaa pliskin   ;).. paulcet linked a pic... this is another pic of same machine but bit easier to see?... the top left attachment beside the power unit!

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 27, 2013, 08:12:09 PM
I'm kind of glad he got it. It looked so familiar yet so far out of reach. So paulet, what the story? How did you come about such a device? Wait, I don't want to know :whisper:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 10:12:42 PM
We know it is a Swiss Army knife.

What is so unusual about this one?



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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 27, 2013, 10:19:48 PM
its got a light in it iirc. beside its a translucent case. not sure what else
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 27, 2013, 10:21:03 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 10:12:42 PM
We know it is a Swiss Army knife.

What is so unusual about this one?
It has lights
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 10:28:57 PM
No. Not a light.
While it does have a light, many of them do.
Something a little more. You can see it! Study it carefully.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 27, 2013, 10:32:05 PM
It has a USB
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 27, 2013, 10:40:22 PM
USB USB USB USB USB  :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 10:43:07 PM
Correct. I saw these at a store in Munich a few years ago and though they were the Swiss Army Knife for Nerds!



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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 27, 2013, 10:52:09 PM
This should prove to be an easy one

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 10:55:44 PM
Right - like we never seen a glass cutter before?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 27, 2013, 10:57:17 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 10:55:44 PM
Right - like we never seen a glass cutter before?
I did say it was easy :dunno_black:
I just grabbed the first thing I could see. I promise to make it harder next time :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 27, 2013, 11:03:10 PM
just for the merest second i thought it was Dr Who's Sonic Screwdriver!!! .. then reality slapped me in the face again!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 11:04:42 PM
OK. What is this?


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 27, 2013, 11:07:55 PM
Part of a grease gun?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 11:09:47 PM
Nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 27, 2013, 11:12:39 PM
It looks strangely familiar but cannot place it. Oh well I am sure it will come to me once someone guesses it. :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 27, 2013, 11:21:41 PM
looks like something the european car makers consider part of a jack?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 27, 2013, 11:22:31 PM
Nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 28, 2013, 05:55:22 AM
Rivet tool

BTW,
I can only see your pics if I sign in.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 28, 2013, 09:59:25 AM
Tool - yes
Rivet - no
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 28, 2013, 10:34:20 AM
is it 'part' of a tool of the whole thing??
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 28, 2013, 11:20:23 AM
Wire/cable stretcher
Spring stretcher
Stanton Stretcher
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 28, 2013, 12:28:33 PM
sheet metal nibbler.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 28, 2013, 01:28:53 PM
Quote from: oldmech on March 28, 2013, 12:28:33 PM
sheet metal nibbler.
You are correct!  :woohoo:  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 28, 2013, 02:28:52 PM
this one has a specific job. and can be listed under totally useless kitchen tools :D


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 28, 2013, 02:36:38 PM
french fry maker thingy? 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 28, 2013, 02:41:21 PM

Pasta slicer?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 28, 2013, 02:44:17 PM
cheese grater,...slicer? 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 28, 2013, 02:50:06 PM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on March 28, 2013, 02:36:38 PM
french fry maker thingy? 

yes it frenches something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 28, 2013, 05:19:29 PM
vegetable slicer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 28, 2013, 05:21:44 PM
like i said this one is made for a certain one. veggie yes. slicer yes.. frenching yes. close sir.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 28, 2013, 06:28:09 PM
carrots
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 28, 2013, 09:32:24 PM
green beans?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 28, 2013, 09:39:47 PM
Has anyone said potato yet?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 28, 2013, 10:35:27 PM
not yet. was thinkin taters or onions, or really anything that could fit into that thing
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 29, 2013, 02:51:50 AM
Zucchinis and cucumbers .... For those that are too feckin lazy to learn how to use a knife!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on March 29, 2013, 05:42:47 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 28, 2013, 09:32:24 PM
green beans?


close enough!!! your up.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 30, 2013, 05:26:05 PM
lemme dig around for something. 11pm est i should have it listed
Aaron
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 30, 2013, 09:10:00 PM
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What do we have here ladles and jellyspoons? :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on March 30, 2013, 10:42:32 PM
Can you give us a clearer picture?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 12:05:21 AM
sure. wont be til monday tho. cause my jump drive is @ shop. no way to get pics from camera to pc. had to use phone. ill see what i can do with phone daytime tomorrow. perhaps better. not expecting miracles though
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 31, 2013, 12:28:01 AM
Watchmakers bit holder
Or used for tapping the links out.
Cant really tell
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 12:48:33 AM
Quote from: codajastal on March 31, 2013, 12:28:01 AM
Watchmakers bit holder
Or used for tapping the links out.
Cant really tell
well slips wont have to worry bout clearer pic. cause cods nailed it. lol dammit. will have to dig far deeper for next one . Cods youre up
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 31, 2013, 12:49:51 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 12:48:33 AM
Quote from: codajastal on March 31, 2013, 12:28:01 AM
Watchmakers bit holder
Or used for tapping the links out.
Cant really tell
well slips wont have to worry bout clearer pic. cause cods nailed it. lol dammit. will have to dig far deeper for next one . Cods youre up
Well you know I was a watchmaker so you must have had an idea I would get it :thumb:
Will get a pic as soon as I can. Its currently PISSING DOWN AND DARK :mad:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 12:52:41 AM
 :oops:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 31, 2013, 12:54:58 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 12:52:41 AM
:oops:
Lol well I wont be going into my tool kit for a photo :kiss3:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on March 31, 2013, 01:21:51 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 30, 2013, 09:10:00 PM
... ladles and jellyspoons?
Haven't heard the poem that goes with that for ages but here it is for the curious:

Dear Ladies and Jellyspoons

I come before you
to stand behind you
And tell you something
I know nothing about

Next Thursday,
which is Good Friday,
there will be a Mothers meeting,
for Fathers only.

Wear your best clothes
if you haven't any,
and if you can come,
please stay at home.

Admission's free
pay at the door.
Take a seat
and sit on the floor.

It makes no difference
where you sit
The man in the gallery's
sure to spit.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 01:35:12 PM
a recollection of my childhood.  lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 31, 2013, 04:38:19 PM
Ok here you go

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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 05:54:40 PM
any way we can get dimensions?, to me it resembles a chinese dollar store 35mm camera from the 90's but no cant be that.
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Post by: codajastal on March 31, 2013, 06:20:42 PM
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 06:27:33 PM
does it hold small office supplies of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 31, 2013, 06:55:21 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 06:27:33 PM
does it hold small office supplies of some sort?
sort of but you need a little more information
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Post by: pliskin on March 31, 2013, 07:02:02 PM
Pencil sharpener.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 31, 2013, 07:03:33 PM
Quote from: pliskin on March 31, 2013, 07:02:02 PM
Pencil sharpener.
no
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 07:48:53 PM
almost looks like a paperclip dispenser of some type. that or thumbtacks
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Post by: codajastal on March 31, 2013, 07:52:50 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 07:48:53 PM
almost looks like a paperclip dispenser of some type. that or thumbtacks
No
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Post by: slipperymongoose on March 31, 2013, 08:16:01 PM
Lint shaver
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 08:16:55 PM
for inking stamp pads or the like?
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Post by: pliskin on March 31, 2013, 08:18:44 PM
Does it lick envelopes for you?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 31, 2013, 08:51:53 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 08:16:55 PM
for inking stamp pads or the like?
close enough. it is a stamp, well multiple actually. The wheel at side is for changing what the stamp says :thumb:

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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 31, 2013, 11:42:34 PM
Ill dig in workbench/area tomorrow. if i cant find anythign suitable ill pass it on to another lucky contestant :)
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 01, 2013, 02:19:38 PM
Hmmm sometimes using only one, sometimes two
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Post by: adidasguy on April 01, 2013, 02:24:09 PM
Wheel bearing/axle spacer?
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 01, 2013, 03:49:42 PM
Weights for a balance beam scale
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 01, 2013, 05:34:28 PM
hmmm .. similar to addy .. but

'axle' spacer and drive lock-in thingy for a goped type machine ... goes over rear axle/engine shaft and the offset hole is used to secure it to the front or rear cog ... ??
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 01, 2013, 07:05:33 PM
no not goped related nor a spacer or bearing. it is mechanical in nature as part of its function. but not to a machine errm not to a gasoline/petrol/diesel type of machine.
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Post by: Janx101 on April 01, 2013, 08:02:06 PM
hrrrm... would say heavy calibre silencer baffles but the extra hole wrecks the concept...

something for a metal lathe ... or a heavy drill press .. or a stamping press ...

hmmmm .. something for that printing press of yours!!...

the thingywhatsit part!!  :D
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 01, 2013, 08:22:19 PM
a press yes. but not drill or stamping these are less than an inch in diameter
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Post by: Janx101 on April 01, 2013, 08:42:25 PM
ooooooooo k.... so.. assuming you aint being too sneaky .. and the underside of those widgets is same as top side.. and their is no other hidden keyway or grub screw for securing against rotation... hmmmm

a travel stop 'shim/washer' /s for your printing press .. used possibly in conjunction with a rubber 'washer' also... to control how far the typeface plate moves either on its print or ink phase ?... if that makes 'propuh sents'  ;)
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Post by: codajastal on April 02, 2013, 04:36:22 PM
Watch back press
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 02, 2013, 06:18:37 PM
heading in the right general area cods. but not watches. it could be defined as a press of sorts. but not for watch casebacks. those that i have are a white almost plastic type material. these are a dense steel. what it presses will give long before it does
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Post by: pliskin on April 02, 2013, 06:47:22 PM
press die or wire extruder.
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 02, 2013, 07:07:20 PM
Not some sort of custom made die for reloading?
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 03, 2013, 02:18:55 PM
not for extruding in a sense. its used in a rotary fashion ( same way its shown)  clockwise or anticlockwise. will be a fairly major clue tonight
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 03, 2013, 04:51:04 PM
This is too much thinking this early in the morning haha
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Post by: Badot on April 03, 2013, 05:04:57 PM
Some type of sizing die that you press over the part?
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 03, 2013, 07:13:54 PM
10k-14k-18k .925 reversed it makes patterns too.
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Post by: pliskin on April 03, 2013, 07:58:24 PM
Rolling mill machine roller (jewelry)
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Post by: Janx101 on April 03, 2013, 08:04:28 PM
Quote from: pliskin on April 03, 2013, 07:58:24 PM
Wire rolling mill machine roller die
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...

except for gold and silver rings? .. not wire ..

the die to make a nice consistent smooth circle with or without pattern ..

which i would assume is then adjusted for the size by removing some metal and being careful to keep shape consistent .. or for people like me... metal added in... my ring finger is Z+0.5  :icon_rolleyes:
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Post by: Janx101 on April 03, 2013, 08:15:15 PM
ahhh ok then... you edit monkey!!  ;) :D :flipoff:
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Post by: pliskin on April 03, 2013, 08:38:20 PM
Look at my edit time. Give me a second or 2 to finish my post :icon_lol: GOSH! I know it was for jewelry...was in the process of correcting myself.

BTW, not for making circles. It's for cold rolling stock metals. :flipoff:
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Post by: Janx101 on April 03, 2013, 08:47:44 PM
 :nono: you had a whole 6 min 15 second gap!!!!!  :icon_eek: .. thats 375 seconds!!!! ...  :icon_rolleyes: ... damn!! .. i could make a whole toasted sandwich in that time!!! .. ye gods!!  :icon_lol:

this is a QUICK edit!!!...

... besides... i like assuming stuff.... keeps the arvo interesting  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on April 03, 2013, 08:55:54 PM
When you assume you.... run the risk of someone reciting a platitude at you  :icon_rolleyes:
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Post by: Janx101 on April 03, 2013, 09:01:07 PM
 :icon_mrgreen: bahahahahhaahha
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 03, 2013, 09:27:33 PM
Janx pretty much nailed it ( used for stretching ring shanks. ) Its yours my friend. btw ill post a picture tomorrow of the unit with those pieces installed. But janx you got it :cheers:
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Post by: Janx101 on April 03, 2013, 09:47:59 PM
ok .. just to be clear ... while pliskins machine is for jewellery .. and cool btw!! ... its for wire... i guesseded ring die... so..  :flipoff:!!

ok... gimme min or so...


short on time today.... so .. something i just 'found laying around the warehouse' .. its not mine!!... i swear... should be easy!!

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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 03, 2013, 09:53:36 PM
So that's where my potato gun got to! Been looking for that! Give it back janx
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Post by: Janx101 on April 03, 2013, 10:15:40 PM
lol .. close enough... its caliber happens to be tennis ball size since potatoes are not consistent.. oranges also 'apparently' work if smaller size .. although .. i was told that oranges can and do disintegrate once outside the muzzle if too high a charge of 'start ya bastard' (aerostart/ether) is used!!...

also... apparently maximum distance straight up with a new and tight tennis ball is in the region of 400-500 metres?... at heavy 'charge' levels..  :icon_eek:
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 03, 2013, 10:37:34 PM
Ill post up on the Facebook page since tapatalk is down again. At work so lots of things to confuse the most astute guessers
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Post by: Kijona on April 04, 2013, 04:11:44 PM
BANANA
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Post by: pliskin on April 04, 2013, 07:08:16 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 03, 2013, 10:37:34 PM
Ill post up on the Facebook page since tapatalk is down again. At work so lots of things to confuse the most astute guessers

What? Facebook? What does this mean?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 04, 2013, 07:47:34 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 03, 2013, 10:37:34 PM
Ill post up on the Facebook page since tapatalk is down again. At work so lots of things to confuse the most astute guessers
:icon_rolleyes:

:technical: :2guns:
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Post by: adidasguy on April 04, 2013, 08:25:24 PM
24 hours coming up. Post or we take away your win to keep it moving.

Need help?

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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 12:06:18 AM
It's up on the gstwin Facebook page
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Post by: codajastal on April 05, 2013, 12:11:12 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 04, 2013, 08:25:24 PM
24 hours coming up. Post or we take away your win to keep it moving.

Need help?

Take away the win and post something else for chrissake :dunno_black: :dunno_black:
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 01:15:16 AM
Ummmmm no! The picture is up I can't link it up to here so ease up turbo
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Post by: codajastal on April 05, 2013, 01:21:03 AM
Quote from: pliskin on April 04, 2013, 07:08:16 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 03, 2013, 10:37:34 PM
Ill post up on the Facebook page since tapatalk is down again. At work so lots of things to confuse the most astute guessers

What? Facebook? What does this mean?
Missed this before?
Can someone post the photo here so WE CAN ALL SEE IT AND HAVE A GUESS PLEASE :dunno_black: :mad:
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Post by: adidasguy on April 05, 2013, 01:36:22 AM
As starter of game, I give to coda.
It isn't that hard to post pix and link or just add as an attachment. Pix on Facebook is not allowed. Pix must be here.

Coda, your wheels squeak the loudest so get a pix posted ASAP.
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 01:41:18 AM
Thanks a f%$king lot then
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Post by: codajastal on April 05, 2013, 01:45:49 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 05, 2013, 01:36:22 AM
As starter of game, I give to coda.
It isn't that hard to post pix and link or just add as an attachment. Pix on Facebook is not allowed. Pix must be here.

Coda, your wheels squeak the loudest so get a pix posted ASAP.
Lol I just want the pic posted here for EVERYONE.
I wasnt looking to be the next photo peep nor did I want to stir the pot.
If the photo is not posted here by tomorrow morning 'Aussie Time' I will post something
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Post by: codajastal on April 05, 2013, 01:49:12 AM
Also I dont see the pics on GSTwins Facebook page as I am sure others dont necessarily do either?
You have to be a member there as well as here if that were the case and I am sure we are not all members of both? :dunno_black:
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Post by: adidasguy on April 05, 2013, 02:02:24 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 01:41:18 AM
Thanks a f%$king lot then
Put the picture here. The game is here, not of fb and not everyone is on fb.
You can still post it here.
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 03:44:40 AM
It's up there. I can't link it cause I'm not near my computer and tapatalk no longer works
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 03:31:57 PM
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Post by: pliskin on April 05, 2013, 07:25:18 PM
It's a triangular restrictor plate for a rotary engine manifold. Or the piston or the thing that rotors around.
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 07:43:39 PM
Nope
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Post by: pliskin on April 05, 2013, 07:55:12 PM
a ball pien hammer
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Post by: pliskin on April 05, 2013, 08:00:03 PM
Part of a hot air balloon burner
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 05, 2013, 08:35:36 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on April 03, 2013, 10:15:40 PM
lol .. close enough... its caliber happens to be tennis ball size since potatoes are not consistent.. oranges also 'apparently' work if smaller size .. although .. i was told that oranges can and do disintegrate once outside the muzzle if too high a charge of 'start ya bastard' (aerostart/ether) is used!!...

also... apparently maximum distance straight up with a new and tight tennis ball is in the region of 400-500 metres?... at heavy 'charge' levels..  :icon_eek:
cant get start ya bastard here in the us.  engine starting fluid is avail. tho. but dammit. like the name lol. now what about calcium carbide?
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 05, 2013, 08:38:02 PM
Used in furniture?

Sent from my keyboard using tapakey
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Post by: pliskin on April 05, 2013, 08:58:25 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 05, 2013, 08:35:36 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on April 03, 2013, 10:15:40 PM
lol .. close enough... its caliber happens to be tennis ball size since potatoes are not consistent.. oranges also 'apparently' work if smaller size .. although .. i was told that oranges can and do disintegrate once outside the muzzle if too high a charge of 'start ya bastard' (aerostart/ether) is used!!...

also... apparently maximum distance straight up with a new and tight tennis ball is in the region of 400-500 metres?... at heavy 'charge' levels..  :icon_eek:
cant get start ya bastard here in the us.  engine starting fluid is avail. tho. but dammit. like the name lol. now what about calcium carbide?
Lighter fluid or hair spray works as a propellent. Just jam a potato in the end for a tight fit. Potato's turn into mashed potato's when they impact.
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 09:51:59 PM
Used in railways but its mainly the purpose it's used for the job it performs gives the biggest clue to what it is
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 05, 2013, 09:54:36 PM
Yup ive used that before.  but so many times, ( like on the goped) id get aggrivated, BP thru roof, and yell out "START YA BASTARD" weve got similar stuff in us, but not called that  :technical:
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nulon.com.au%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Faerosol%2FSYB350-medium.jpg&hash=09d91eb658926a7a45f0baf82028291c9b458f76) ive 4lbs give or take a lb. of calcium carbide. a bit of water = acetylene gas and of confined, a small bomb
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 05, 2013, 09:55:20 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 03:44:40 AM
It's up there. I can't link it cause I'm not near my computer and tapatalk no longer works
can you not copy the url and post it? i could on my mobile. what gives?
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 05, 2013, 09:56:58 PM
nehow back on topic. is this item used to keep things from moving?or sliding?
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 09:58:15 PM
On the right track Yamma it when fully installed it prevents movement
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 05, 2013, 10:01:52 PM
vertical or horizontal?
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Post by: slipperymongoose on April 05, 2013, 10:04:58 PM
Rotational
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Post by: Paulcet on April 06, 2013, 07:53:30 AM
Reminds me of truss plates.
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Post by: oldmech on April 06, 2013, 02:45:59 PM
is it an oversized lock washer/tab device for a bolt?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on April 06, 2013, 09:02:01 PM
Old mech has it. It's known as a lock tab tab plate. When a bearing is I installed onto the wheel set the bolts go into the three holes and when they are torqued the tabs are bent up onto the sides of the head of the bolt to stop them undoing.
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Post by: oldmech on April 07, 2013, 03:31:33 PM
here is the next one. there are Phillips screws, straight slot,torx, and many others. what kind is this? even though it has a hex head also like a bolt. it is still considered a screw since it has no grip area and threads all the way up.

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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 07, 2013, 03:38:31 PM
a tri wing screw?
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Post by: oldmech on April 07, 2013, 03:56:07 PM
that is it!! :woohoo: :woohoo:
what they really are is a pain in the arse.
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Post by: Janx101 on April 07, 2013, 07:01:47 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 05, 2013, 09:54:36 PM
Yup ive used that before.  but so many times, ( like on the goped) id get aggrivated, BP thru roof, and yell out "START YA BASTARD" weve got similar stuff in us, but not called that  :technical:
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nulon.com.au%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Faerosol%2FSYB350-medium.jpg&hash=09d91eb658926a7a45f0baf82028291c9b458f76) ive 4lbs give or take a lb. of calcium carbide. a bit of water = acetylene gas and of confined, a small bomb

hrrrrm... i'd be really really REALLY careful with the carbide Yama... mainly because X amount of crystals + Y amount of water over Z time well yeah makes acetylene gas .. but i'm thinking loading the mix into the breech then loading the ammo... all takes variable time... and.. more time = more gas? .. unless really small quantities of carbide .. ?? ... a spud gun/orange gun etc .. mostly made from pvc pipe... and handheld .. i've seen a photo of a breech blowout just from ether spray overload, lad had 15 shards of pvc removed from his abdomen/chest area... an overload of acetylene and your reference to small bomb... errr i dunno about holding that!! .. unless you also have a remote (10yard?) sparker and handy  wall to duck behind...

even the ether/hairspray/fuel versions are a recipe for disaster pretty much always (but we test our luck many times eh!!) .. just the calculation of charge for FUN vs OOPS is a delicate area  ;) :D
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Post by: pliskin on April 07, 2013, 07:12:53 PM
We used to duct tape some tennis ball cans together and launch tennis balls using lighter fluid. A little safer than PVC because the cans would come apart before enough pressure builds to make it go boom.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 07, 2013, 07:31:15 PM
 :thumb: .... although i think in all cases of tennisball/potato/orange launching... SAFE and SAFER is a rather flexible term...  :D
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 08, 2013, 07:55:33 AM
could always laod gun thru firing hole ( flame port) err load projectile then water thru small firing hole. idk will see. 
anyhoo moving on
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Post by: pliskin on April 08, 2013, 08:12:50 AM
I think it's called a long ball joint clamp or ball joint arm. Like one of these
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(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DH.4984911749578753%26amp%3Bpid%3D15.1&hash=f81fb7a722648dc307e8eee60223dafcb8d73bd7)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 08, 2013, 10:29:33 AM
Sonofabitch lol youre up  :cheers: :cheers: damn gotta dig harder next time  :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 08, 2013, 06:57:16 PM
I have a few good pics to post. Lets try this one for now. I figure one or two of you guys will guess this one.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fvfr1%2FCIMG0724.jpg&hash=27003faaac5bd418453946ecafb687883449d690)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 08, 2013, 06:59:34 PM
ooooooh oooh!!!.. thats a ....  :icon_eek: ..... a .....  :icon_rolleyes: ........ a....  :oops: .... dammit... I KNOW i've seen that .. even had one in my box'o'bits at one point... ........ a......  >:( .... mutter mumble ...  :dunno_white:


.... hang on...  :star: ..... a clamp/bracket for a hydraulic/brake hose or sometimes airline (in trucks) .. to add a second line next to the 1st!! .. the double side goes over the main/original line and the single side holds your add-in?? ..

??  :D
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Post by: pliskin on April 08, 2013, 07:11:58 PM
nope
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Post by: Janx101 on April 08, 2013, 07:20:23 PM
bugger!!  :icon_confused:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 08, 2013, 08:37:57 PM
I've seen them used for holding two hoses together in parallel like how our fuel lines are when they come out of the tank. Whether that's the intended use or not I have no idea.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 08, 2013, 08:46:19 PM
Looks like disintegrating link belt ammo links... except the stuff I have doesnt have holes.. must be though... M13 links for M60 ammo?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 08, 2013, 08:50:35 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 08, 2013, 08:46:19 PM
Looks like disintegrating link belt ammo links... except the stuff I have doesnt have holes.. must be though... M13 links for M60 ammo?
That didn't take long. It's a belt link from a M60 pig. 7.62cal. Yea, I have a mix, some with holes some without. They are the same.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 08, 2013, 08:52:47 PM
sigh .. the retrospectograph workin 100% today! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftoeas.com%2Femoticon%2Ffiles%2F2011%2F07%2Ffacepalm-emoticon-3.gif&hash=bdf97e4f84e69eb53db181d57a633e24c9096a8b)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 08, 2013, 08:54:57 PM
Quote from: pliskin on April 08, 2013, 08:50:35 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 08, 2013, 08:46:19 PM
Looks like disintegrating link belt ammo links... except the stuff I have doesnt have holes.. must be though... M13 links for M60 ammo?
That didn't take long. It's a belt link from a M60 pig. 7.62cal. Yea, I have a mix some with holes some without. They are the same.
You tend to notice these things.. the M13 link has an unusual profile, I have some tracer ammo in d-link which doesn't have the hole.   

Heres something small, metal, and very annoying (and yes it is a clip - you all have to try guess for what)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_1684_zps12d72d74.jpg&hash=3ce51f9242889aea1f19e363682c794bac943d00)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 08, 2013, 09:28:16 PM
Ceiling tile clip?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 08, 2013, 09:42:28 PM
For acoustic tiles?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 08, 2013, 11:54:40 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 08, 2013, 09:28:16 PM
Ceiling tile clip?

Hey its AdidasGuy - quick out of the gate, it is indeed one of those wretched little annoying cursed clips that never get put back in after someone lifts the tiles.. our office is full of them at the moment.

Your turn :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 12:08:57 AM
Here is an odd one.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 09, 2013, 12:28:20 AM
Looks like a wine testing thingy?
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Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 12:47:50 AM
Not testing. Close.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 09, 2013, 01:14:16 AM
measure?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 09, 2013, 01:15:06 AM
part of the filter process :icon_question:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 02:09:54 AM
Nope and nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 09, 2013, 02:50:59 AM
 :whisper: ... Pssst ... Cods ... Say something breathing/decanting!!??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 09, 2013, 03:05:03 AM
something breathing/decanting
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 09, 2013, 05:47:56 AM
Facepalm!!..... Now relate that idea to your previous line of inquiry....

Dont make me get this one (I think) ... I'm way too short on time at work right now...

Sigh.... :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 09, 2013, 06:39:46 AM
Soiree Wine Aerator....or it could be your crack pipe ;)

And for some reason I can only see you Adidas's pics if I log on. All the other pics display....just not yours Adidas???
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 11:29:05 AM
Quote from: pliskin on April 09, 2013, 06:39:46 AM
Soiree Wine Aerator....or it could be your crack pipe ;)

And for some reason I can only see you Adidas's pics if I log on. All the other pics display....just not yours Adidas???
Maybe it depends on whether the picture is hosted somewhere else or uploaded as an attachment. I'm doing nothing different or special.

You're turn.

(Not a crack pipe - I have no pipe to stick in my crack. I just fart as is. No pipe to enhance the sound.)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 09, 2013, 11:43:02 AM
Identify the round object not the hotwheels car.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2FCIMG2060.jpg&hash=7bb656f5fee83651e91486ddbc0833a5c324e1d9)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2FCIMG2055.jpg&hash=4f7e79652af5b4a9202624f8ccdc1f4199e38800)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fvfr1%2FCIMG0738.jpg&hash=d652c4379b1803f551c3e0cca28c7f2f6d5e418b)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 11:51:23 AM
For a primitive hand drill, this is the stone held at the top of the drilling rod, held with the hand to apply downward pressure on the drill rod. Drill rid rotated with a cord on a stick, like a bow, with it wrapped around the drill rod a couple times.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 09, 2013, 12:07:13 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 11:51:23 AM
For a primitive hand drill, this is the stone held at the top of the drilling rod, held with the hand to apply downward pressure on the drill rod. Drill rid rotated with a cord on a stick, like a bow, with it wrapped around the drill rod a couple times.

How the heck did you know that? Indian Bow Drill also could be use for starting fires the same way. I actually found this one.
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachments/what/176017d1332398230-rock-id-maybe-indian-rock-fireanima.gif
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 12:24:14 PM
I spend a lot of time watching Discovery, Science Channel and NatGeo. My brain is full of trivial crap and stuff. I have no life.

For some, this one will be super easy. Others will have no clue.




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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 09, 2013, 12:34:57 PM
Glass insulator for telco pole. My dad was a phone man and always had a few of those on the shelf. I shot most of them up with my BBgun. To bad. they are collectable now.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 12:43:32 PM
Yes, that was too easy. I  have a box of them. Assorted types. A couple are porcelain.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 09, 2013, 12:44:27 PM
Pliskin moves fast - looks like an insulator to me - we have quite a few lined up here at work
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 09, 2013, 12:46:19 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fvfr1%2FCIMG0733.jpg&hash=c96870a6d1f937a2b2c2ce9792187677eee49282)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 01:15:37 PM
Puck for a shuffle board or shuffle bowl game?
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Post by: pliskin on April 09, 2013, 01:19:21 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 01:15:37 PM
Puck for a shuffle board or shuffle bowl game?
Geez, we need to make this game a little harder. Lets see what you got.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 01:56:46 PM
Maybe harder?


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 09, 2013, 02:16:56 PM
Spring clip that goes between two screws/nails?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 02:38:16 PM
Quote from: Badot on April 09, 2013, 02:16:56 PM
Spring clip that goes between two screws/nails?
Nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 09, 2013, 02:56:53 PM
They are a spring retaining clip for something.. something that eludes me at the moment - downlight / light fitting clip?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 03:38:36 PM
close but no cigars.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 09, 2013, 04:13:40 PM
Leaf Spring clip from a picture frame?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 04:56:09 PM
.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 09, 2013, 05:31:42 PM
That last one almost drove me insane...

Heres something very obscure..
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_1685_zpsc51c5ca7.jpg&hash=139d5fd34bae659c4d5c2b9968efd8ed9fda7dc6)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 09, 2013, 05:42:36 PM
battery cap remover?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 09, 2013, 06:24:05 PM
Not even close... I can offer a clue in that I don't have a ruler that does mils
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 09, 2013, 06:47:22 PM
Well, I have a bunch of that aluminum stock with the exact same hole drilled into it. My pieces are longer. They are aluminum file cabinet lock bars. Looks like you cut a piece and made a tool from it. I used a piece to make a spoke wrench that looks almost like your pic. But your notched ends are to large for spokes. Am I close? 
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Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 09, 2013, 07:20:41 PM
It is a semi custom whittled tool - I did buy it, some time ago.. the hole isnt really the useful part.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 09, 2013, 07:34:52 PM
Is it a tool used to tune a piano?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 09, 2013, 07:45:56 PM
not even close.. think electronics, and this tool is not used often anymore
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 09, 2013, 07:48:10 PM
dRAM lever out-erer thingy?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 09, 2013, 08:04:03 PM
I do have an IC remover, but no, not this tool.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 08:25:00 PM
A lead bender. Used mostly for resistors so leads are the correct spacing for PB board assembly. Good for any axial component: diodes, some capacitors....

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 09, 2013, 08:25:57 PM
COAX wrench
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 09, 2013, 08:26:31 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 08:25:00 PM
A lead bender. Used mostly for resistors so leads are the correct spacing for PB board assembly. Good for any axial component: diodes, some capacitors....

It is indeed - not used much these days since everything seems to be surface mount

your turn  :thumb:
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Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 08:32:54 PM
Blob of fuzz.....


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Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 09, 2013, 08:43:59 PM
too easy - might let someone else get this one..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 09:13:08 PM
You have a lead bender - I'm sure you have one of these.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 09, 2013, 09:13:54 PM
Soldering iron tip cleaner
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 09, 2013, 09:15:53 PM
if thats what it is... cool  :thumb:... seen them before and wondered.... all my mates use the old wet dish sponge method though... must be a really posh/swanky type to use the pictured one!!  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 09:24:13 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on April 09, 2013, 09:13:54 PM
Soldering iron tip cleaner

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 09, 2013, 09:27:18 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 09, 2013, 09:13:08 PM
You have a lead bender - I'm sure you have one of these.

I do have a few.. and a sponge trick one with my gas soldering iron.

for everyone's info - we use steel wool a lot in substations and other sites - keeps rats and mice from chewing their way into cabinets and ducts...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 10, 2013, 04:38:36 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2F4BDCBE5E-7D37-49AF-9182-24D60EFFBE5E-3143-000005258F92F767_zpsedb70f56.jpg&hash=fdad30348c26bfe15303f1d57178de83316c3c99)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 10, 2013, 05:48:32 AM
Almost looks like a glass top lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 10, 2013, 06:05:53 AM
Some kind of Homopolar generator
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 10, 2013, 07:43:09 AM
Quote from: pliskin on April 10, 2013, 06:05:53 AM
Some kind of Homopolar generator
Interesting, but no.
The amber/bronze is glass. The disc inside does turn.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 10, 2013, 08:24:19 AM
Rotating Disc Fermenter
Electrostatic Machine

It also looks like some kind of CRT (cathode ray tube)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 10, 2013, 08:55:00 AM
CRT: a very distant cousin. Voltage here is probably in the tens of thousands.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 10, 2013, 09:46:22 AM
High voltage Vacuum Variable Capacitor
Electrostatic Capacitor

Hell, I'm running out of stuff here.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 10, 2013, 10:06:55 AM
No air or gas inside.  So, yeah, vacuum.  Not a capacitor.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 10, 2013, 10:22:54 AM
Last guess
Carbon NanoTube-Reactor
Neutron generator
Vacuum Tube Multi-wave Oscillator
Vacuum tube Dekatron Spinner
Glass Resistor
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 10, 2013, 10:26:38 AM
aperture flywheel grommice with a vacuum gasket?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 10, 2013, 11:52:18 AM
Blinker fluid exciter for tire switch machine  :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 10, 2013, 12:06:22 PM
Not something food related? like a pepper grinder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 10, 2013, 04:01:23 PM
is that a cathode ray tube from an x-ray machine?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 10, 2013, 04:17:35 PM
Quote from: oldmech on April 10, 2013, 04:01:23 PM
is that a cathode ray tube from an x-ray machine?
Bingo!  Well, except for the cathode ray part.... X-ray tube. The cathode end is at the top, the anode is the rotor. Extremely high energy and heat requires the rotor to be tungsten.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 10, 2013, 04:37:34 PM
lol DAMN i need to get one of those for my oddball stuff collection  :bowdown: :bowdown:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 10, 2013, 05:15:46 PM
now that i think about i think its called a gamma ray tube?
anyways heres the next one..should be easy.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1075.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw438%2Ftroutmaster65%2FIMGP7179.jpg&hash=f73ff27dd0fd72ffa30dbd0ec311ad6311fd4e48)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1075.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw438%2Ftroutmaster65%2FIMGP7178.jpg&hash=52d4b8314bcae7f7ff4bbd9e9fcc65113f63d652)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 10, 2013, 06:32:33 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on April 10, 2013, 04:17:35 PM
Quote from: oldmech on April 10, 2013, 04:01:23 PM
is that a cathode ray tube from an x-ray machine?
Bingo!  Well, except for the cathode ray part.... X-ray tube. The cathode end is at the top, the anode is the rotor. Extremely high energy and heat requires the rotor to be tungsten.
Hold on there...... I would like to log a formal protest. "X rays are a normal byproduct from neutron generators" hmmm, neutron generator...where did I hear that before? Oh, I know I believe was one of my guesses. As was CRT but I digress I did not say it was from an actual x-ray machine.
http://www.inl.gov/technicalpublications/Documents/4731765.pdf
http://www.iem-inc.com/prmade8.html
Can we get a recount? Just kidding, I'll let oldmech have it this time.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 10, 2013, 06:37:12 PM
The black plastic thing looks like the wad from a 410 or 20ga shell.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 10, 2013, 06:47:06 PM
good debate on the formal protest. LOL. :icon_lol: think i guessed it from my favorite saying. " even a blind pig find an ear of corn every once in a while" that's me on mast of these challenges.
yes it is a plastic wad thing but not from a 410 or 20 gauge. close, it does have to do with firearms. a little bigger than 410 caliber.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 10, 2013, 06:54:15 PM
.50 cal muzzleloader wad
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 10, 2013, 07:26:39 PM
16ga?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 10, 2013, 07:43:21 PM
Is it a .50 / .54 / .62 sabot for roundball ammo? (muzzleloader)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 11, 2013, 07:45:00 AM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 10, 2013, 07:43:21 PM
Is it a .50 / .54 / .62 sabot for roundball ammo? (muzzleloader)
:thumb:
you said the majic word. "sabot" and thats what it is. for a 50 caliber muzzleloader.
your up!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 11, 2013, 09:20:11 AM
Quote from: oldmech on April 10, 2013, 05:15:46 PM
now that i think about i think its called a gamma ray tube?
No, it is an X-ray tube.  Gamma rays are not produced by these tubes, but by radioactive processes within atoms. 

Quote from: pliskin on April 10, 2013, 06:32:33 PM
Hold on there...... I would like to log a formal protest. "X rays are a normal byproduct from neutron generators" hmmm, neutron generator...where did I hear that before? Oh, I know I believe was one of my guesses. As was CRT but I digress I did not say it was from an actual x-ray machine.
http://www.inl.gov/technicalpublications/Documents/4731765.pdf
http://www.iem-inc.com/prmade8.html
Can we get a recount? Just kidding, I'll let oldmech have it this time.
Protest denied!  :tongue2:
To make neutrons, the tube would have to produce emissions in the million-electron-volts range.  The X-rays are a byproduct.  But the tube in the pic can only operate in the thousands of volts, so not a neutron generator.
Quote from: oldmech on April 10, 2013, 04:01:23 PM
is that a cathode ray tube from an x-ray machine?
This guess wasn't exactly correct, but close enough.  If I had rejected your guess, then the guesses would get farther off base... Cathode rays are rays of electrons.  These "rays" (electrons moving in a straight line) excite phosphors on the face of CRTs to produce visible images.  The X-ray tube in the pic does emit electrons over a very short distance (from the small round part on the arm above the rotor) to the rotor, then light of very short wavelength is emitted from the metal in the rotor. The electrons have pretty well crashed at that point.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 11, 2013, 09:30:48 AM
Quote from: Paulcet on April 11, 2013, 09:20:11 AM
Quote from: oldmech on April 10, 2013, 05:15:46 PM
now that i think about i think its called a gamma ray tube?
No, it is an X-ray tube.  Gamma rays are not produced by these tubes, but by radioactive processes within atoms. 

Quote from: pliskin on April 10, 2013, 06:32:33 PM
Hold on there...... I would like to log a formal protest. "X rays are a normal byproduct from neutron generators" hmmm, neutron generator...where did I hear that before? Oh, I know I believe was one of my guesses. As was CRT but I digress I did not say it was from an actual x-ray machine.
http://www.inl.gov/technicalpublications/Documents/4731765.pdf
http://www.iem-inc.com/prmade8.html
Can we get a recount? Just kidding, I'll let oldmech have it this time.
Protest denied!  :tongue2:
To make neutrons, the tube would have to produce emissions in the million-electron-volts range.  The X-rays are a byproduct.  But the tube in the pic can only operate in the thousands of volts, so not a neutron generator.
Quote from: oldmech on April 10, 2013, 04:01:23 PM
is that a cathode ray tube from an x-ray machine?
Well I guess we all got schooled

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 11, 2013, 11:49:11 AM
I know I used the word "wad" at the club during a blackpowder shoot and nearly got lynched...

anyhow, this one should be reasonably easy..

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_1687_zps0c20c31c.jpg&hash=5c08330cec1fb20415c5a46f73cac28e49b8bdcb) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_1687_zps0c20c31c.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 11:55:06 AM
Motor armature thingy for an old floppy drive
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 11, 2013, 12:00:26 PM
Stator for brushless DC pancake motor?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 11, 2013, 12:11:02 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on April 11, 2013, 12:00:26 PM
Stator for brushless DC pancake motor?
From out of a PC cooling fan.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 12:26:18 PM
It is a red ruler being held up by an extra ceiling tile clip?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 11, 2013, 12:45:24 PM
Product identification label covered. For now.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 12:57:26 PM
A sensor for objects passing through the gap. Probably  optical or IR sensor.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 11, 2013, 01:20:54 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 11:55:06 AM
Motor armature thingy for an old floppy drive

Addy got in first - it is indeed a motor thingy out of an old floppy drive - although Paulcet is more technically correct in that it is the stator out of a brushless motor.

Sorry for the slack response - had an emergency call out this morning..

I would say that the new object may be a hall effect sensor of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 11, 2013, 01:52:52 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 12:57:26 PM
A sensor for objects passing through the gap. Probably  optical or IR sensor.
This. Definitely optical. Probably IR.

<edit>
Just realized I jumped the gun assuming pliskin's response was Kiwi's confirmation of my guess. Sorry about that!

Carry on Adidas!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 01:57:08 PM
Did that mean I won?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 11, 2013, 01:58:09 PM
Yes, see my edit. You won twice!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 11, 2013, 02:23:23 PM
all sortsa odd things Eh? :bowdown: ducking out due to apporaching weather. will return tomorrow evening
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 02:32:01 PM
Not the cookie (but bonus if you guess the brand).


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 11, 2013, 02:53:13 PM
I can guess the Oreo, in terms of the other widget - some sort of key for releasing / diassembling a piece of equipment?

(It looks sort of similar to a high voltage switch interlock key I have which allows you to open the equipment cabinet without tripping the switch open)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 03:06:32 PM
1. Not a real Oreo. better tasting knock-off but from/by whom?
2. Close.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 11, 2013, 03:28:02 PM
Used to release a stereo from a car mounting? now the cookie,
is it a joe joe's? ( from trader joes)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 04:14:18 PM
Cookie: Trader Joes.

Thingy: still wrong.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 11, 2013, 04:43:57 PM
is the key thing for unlocking racks for main frames for server systems..hell i am reaching far here. :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 05:34:23 PM
Nope.Something most of you probably had, never thought about it and tossed it out with the instructions and plastic bags which all were of little use.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 11, 2013, 05:57:06 PM
is tool used by a moto owner?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 06:03:19 PM
Kiwi's first guess was on the right track.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 11, 2013, 06:08:51 PM
used to open a server case ( or pc case? to pop a lock/tab?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 11, 2013, 06:18:53 PM
It's a key to open the interior doors of your house. Push it in those little holes in the doorknob.

Or

To open a CD/DVD door without power.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2013, 06:29:33 PM
CD/DVD drive thingy. Probably could work on a bathroom door.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 11, 2013, 07:03:55 PM

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fvfr1%2FCIMG0755.jpg&hash=1311c8f8bfc947b9f4241f919315f2c6d1d3202a) (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ironhse/media/vfr1/CIMG0755.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 11, 2013, 07:15:23 PM
Some sort of obscure fibre optic connector?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 11, 2013, 07:16:42 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 11, 2013, 07:15:23 PM
Some sort of obscure fibre optic connector / attenuator?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 11, 2013, 07:18:30 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 11, 2013, 07:15:23 PM
Some sort of obscure fibre optic connector?
No but they work together
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on April 11, 2013, 07:26:22 PM
lock picks
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 11, 2013, 08:07:31 PM
Not a lock pic
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 12, 2013, 12:39:04 AM
Nib assembly for a fountain pen?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 12, 2013, 01:26:42 AM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 12, 2013, 12:39:04 AM
Nib assembly for a fountain pen?
:thumb: +1
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 12, 2013, 05:24:00 AM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 12, 2013, 12:39:04 AM
Nib assembly for a fountain pen?
Not for a fountain pen. But you are on the write track.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 12, 2013, 06:25:27 AM
Felt tip pen
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 12, 2013, 06:27:12 AM
Pencil
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 12, 2013, 07:31:33 AM
Not a felt pen noor a pencil.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 12, 2013, 10:24:25 AM
A pen that goes in a plotter.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 12, 2013, 10:54:41 AM
Precision screwdriver kit? noting the half err .50 adidas aprt i forgot about the cd thing. i had always used a paperclip. ( and mounted one in a precision screwdriver handle out of my watch collection of tools lol) never paid attn to that clip that DID come with the drives lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 12, 2013, 01:14:21 PM
No, not a plotter tip or screw driver. The cross cuts in the threaded part is to let air in. The needle slides in through the threaded end. Along those lines, I've left some typo's on my reply's that are clues. Maybe they will help you connect the dots.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 12, 2013, 01:44:42 PM
part of a dot matrix printer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 12, 2013, 01:45:35 PM
could be part of a tattoo gun assy. but i dont think so
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 12, 2013, 01:49:51 PM
Nothing to do with any type printer, electronic device, or machine. It's modus operandi is organic/electrochemical in nature.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 12, 2013, 01:58:18 PM
Quote from: pliskin on April 12, 2013, 01:49:51 PM
Nothing to do with any type printer, electronic device, or machine. It's modus operandi is organic/electrochemical in nature.

For some reason the site is resembling a bit of a jumbled mess (IE and firefox) - Pictures are not working..

Is it part of a Tattoo Machine? looks like the assembly feeds a liquid down through the .50 barrel with the fine bit to act as a restrictor / capilliary.

EDIT
Sites looking good again  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 12, 2013, 02:05:39 PM
It did that a few minutes ago. Now back to normal.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 12, 2013, 03:13:22 PM
part of an Inoculation Gun?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 12, 2013, 06:46:25 PM
Not a tat needle or inoculation gun (would have been my first guess). Anyway, Kiwi was close when he said fountain pen......but it is not from a fountain pen.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 12, 2013, 07:39:12 PM
part of a drafting kit?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 12, 2013, 07:41:12 PM
Yes, used in drafting before computers aided drafting.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 13, 2013, 06:42:55 AM
Radiograph pen?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 13, 2013, 06:52:01 AM
the .50 device is this the ink or lead holder, and the metalpart, the pivot point? ( getting closer to guessing)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 13, 2013, 04:30:06 PM
not sure of the exact name but is it the stylus that draws out the white portion of a plan or view on a blue print? aka blue paper and white lines.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 13, 2013, 06:18:49 PM
Illbe damned hadnt even considered this one
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 13, 2013, 07:02:59 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on April 13, 2013, 06:42:55 AM
Radiograph pen?
Woah! I almost gave it to you. Radiograph Pen? Maybe your fingers where moving to rapidly when you typed your guess? Try again?

Yamahonkawzuki, no, the ink or lead holder part is not shown but it screws into the .50 part. The metal thing with the needle slides into the threaded end.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 13, 2013, 08:09:30 PM
part of a rapidograph drafting pen? or calligraphy)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 13, 2013, 08:28:57 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 13, 2013, 08:09:30 PM
part of a rapidograph drafting pen? or calligraphy)
YES! it's a tip from a Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph Technical pen.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 15, 2013, 11:58:29 AM
Something simple this time. my good camera was unavailable to get detailed pics
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2F0415131452.jpg&hash=e74d0b9e5ee66c9a981800964888241aa7522fb6)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 15, 2013, 12:42:04 PM
6" garden hose extender.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 15, 2013, 12:49:35 PM
only about 4" in length. brass/metal fitting only on top side there. other end is rubber only
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 15, 2013, 02:09:17 PM
rubber nipple (I said NIPPLE!) for connecting a hose to some plain plastic or metal thingy on something you need to connect a hose to but it doesn't have threads for a hose so you use a rubber nipplie type thingy.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 15, 2013, 05:09:06 PM
Part of a door stop?
Part of a pump sprayer handle?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 15, 2013, 05:46:35 PM
well, ill give it to adidas. Cause this device is used for many things. we use it to test pressurewashers w/o an outside spigot. ( connecting it to a sink faucet. ) Adidas, youre up ( i promise next onewont be so easy ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 15, 2013, 06:22:40 PM
Tonight after the gym I'll post a new one.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 15, 2013, 07:33:30 PM
Looking forward to it lol :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 15, 2013, 07:59:58 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 15, 2013, 06:22:40 PM
Tonight after the gym I'll post a new one.
If by "gym" you mean rolling on the carpet wrestling your cats then you'll probably be way to tired.  :icon_lol:
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DH.4550540334991208%26amp%3Bpid%3D15.1&hash=384f1ff680fa689c1cc82cf8fc30b34113e5a90c) 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 15, 2013, 10:22:10 PM
can never get too tired wrestling kitty cat lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 15, 2013, 10:29:27 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 15, 2013, 10:22:10 PM
can never get too tired wrestling kitty cat lol

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 15, 2013, 11:00:14 PM
damned word censors lol meant wrestling p.ussy course its funny how it came out Eh?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 15, 2013, 11:36:47 PM
What is this used for?

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 16, 2013, 12:48:14 AM
Earth strap
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 16, 2013, 03:54:28 AM
EMI shield for wires
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 16, 2013, 10:57:09 AM
Nope and uh-uh no.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on April 16, 2013, 11:04:13 AM
Looks like bare copper stranded wire used for grounding.

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 16, 2013, 11:47:47 AM
Nope.
It is small - and comes in various sizes depending on where you use it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 16, 2013, 12:19:41 PM
armature brush braid?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 16, 2013, 12:29:13 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 16, 2013, 12:19:41 PM
armature brush braid?
EDIT
It could also be solder wick - but I only am able to get that here in one size..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 16, 2013, 03:06:05 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 16, 2013, 12:29:13 PM
It could also be solder wick - but I only am able to get that here in one size..

This was my first thought.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 16, 2013, 03:45:48 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 16, 2013, 12:29:13 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 16, 2013, 12:19:41 PM
armature brush braid?
EDIT
It could also be solder wick - but I only am able to get that here in one size..

Solder wick it is!  Comes in many different sides - tiny for IC pin holes and bigger for bigger stuff.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 16, 2013, 03:55:39 PM
I don't use it that often these days - but is great for taking older equipment apart..

Just used some of these on a roading project.. and for some wierd reason I cannot get it to display the correct rotation (rotate CW 90 degress to get normal mounting orientation. 

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FWhat_Is_This_zps0600b341.jpg&hash=466e031f72be34401b4e1cbfe0678e53d86498a0) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/What_Is_This_zps0600b341.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 16, 2013, 04:09:01 PM
fixed
As a jpg, it is not the correct dimension to be rotated (I think a multiple of 4 pixels each way, or 8 ) so it was trimmed automatically when ThumbsPlus rotated it.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 16, 2013, 04:26:30 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 16, 2013, 04:09:01 PM
fixed
As a jpg, it is not the correct dimension to be rotated (I think a multiple of 4 pixels each way, or 8) so it was trimmed automatically when ThumbsPlus rotated it.

Ah, that explains it - I had cropped it a bit..  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 16, 2013, 06:06:16 PM
I think it is a photo detector of some kind.  "Photo eye"
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 16, 2013, 06:22:10 PM
Garage door safety sensor.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 16, 2013, 06:41:58 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on April 16, 2013, 06:06:16 PM
I think it is a photo detector of some kind.  "Photo eye"

Can you guess the application on a road? It is a very specific type of "photo eye" - normally 2 or 4 of these are used for a single installation...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 16, 2013, 07:01:42 PM
Toll booth "eye"
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 16, 2013, 07:11:30 PM
Quote from: pliskin on April 16, 2013, 07:01:42 PM
Toll booth "eye"

not toll or ANPR related, nor is it DOAS / gas monitoring related... something very convoluted but necessary for a project we had a while back.. a tunnel project, but this device is miles away from the tunnel.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 16, 2013, 07:14:45 PM
overheight truck sensor.... linked to a hugeass flashing sign that tells 'bob the truckie' to turn off onto another road before this happens .. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2.fox10tv.com%2F%2Fphoto%2F2012%2F08%2F30%2Ftruck1_20120830112221_320_240.JPG&hash=0bf49312cf176c330bdc4b3d85a0ea5204da52fc)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 16, 2013, 07:18:04 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on April 16, 2013, 07:14:45 PM
overheight truck sensor.... linked to a hugeass flashing sign that tells 'bob the truckie' to turn off onto another road before this happens .. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2.fox10tv.com%2F%2Fphoto%2F2012%2F08%2F30%2Ftruck1_20120830112221_320_240.JPG&hash=0bf49312cf176c330bdc4b3d85a0ea5204da52fc)

Good one Janx - it is a SICK optical HISIC 450 overheight sensor - frickin expensive gadgets.. we also have then integrated to existing big display signs to tell the trucks to take the next convienent exit.. we installed these here to prevent "accidents" from happening during a temporary works phase..

Our version also has barriers that close the motorway / freeway approach to the tunnel.

You're up  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 16, 2013, 07:55:14 PM
I drive trucks a fair bit... i keep an eye out for those little beasties...  :icon_rolleyes:

... oh crap .... now i gotta find a 'thing' ...

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2F500%2FThingie.jpg&hash=dc1edf34d8126a63d7c429000a1bb074a56c1f45) (http://www.gs500.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/229/title/thingie/cat/500)

a simple enough thing.... the paper its sitting on is standard space lined foolscap (for those of you want an initial size reference) ..

but is it an easy thing or a hard thing to guess??  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 16, 2013, 07:57:45 PM
Is it your shower drain :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 16, 2013, 08:05:15 PM
no mate... my shower drain looks like this

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-w_BEJwlgjnU%2FTwtljwSifWI%2FAAAAAAAAAGQ%2FdRYUL8QTs3w%2Fs1600%2Fhairantula.jpg&hash=2e6cbadf2d1a7717a8cb33b43529dd8c93ce9867)

.. you gotta guess this one below.. (linked pic again to avoid page change confusion)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2F500%2FThingie.jpg&hash=dc1edf34d8126a63d7c429000a1bb074a56c1f45) (http://www.gs500.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/229/title/thingie/cat/500)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 16, 2013, 08:09:10 PM
Carbon nano-tube growth chamber collector
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 16, 2013, 08:12:47 PM
 :icon_eek: ... wow i dont even know what that is .. or that it existed ...  :icon_lol:

... but bro... you thinking waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy too high tech.....

this is LOW tech ... very low tech ... and in a way .. completely in the spirit of a lot of the GSTWINS forum!!  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 16, 2013, 08:38:11 PM
Low quality image, can't tell what the black stuff on it is  >:(

Muffler cap?

Shake cap for spices?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 16, 2013, 08:42:23 PM
an exhaust baffle of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 16, 2013, 09:05:39 PM
ok.. sorry for the lo-res image... built in cybercam on laptop screen ..

the black stuff is actually surface rust ..  :icon_rolleyes:

Badot is getting close with his shake cap for spices idea...

but it is 'vehicular transport' related ..


... you all might be annoyed when you realise/find out ..  :D ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 17, 2013, 05:25:40 AM
it is the cap from a tire..sorry, a "Tyre" tube repair kit. had to use the proper spelling for ya janx.  :D
the shaker looking part is to scuff up the rubber on the tube.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 17, 2013, 05:31:23 AM
 :thumb: ...  Yes!!! .... #1 velly good quarity ty-ah lepair kit... Onry 2 dorrar! ... Lmao

It sucks to use... But that's it!!

I wish they would bring back the old school vulcanising patch repair kits.. Little mini vies/clamp widget... And the patches on little metal discs ... Rubber patch on one side and a kind of matchstick/phosphorus tab on the other side....

Clamp disc in place over hole.... Strike the little rough head pin thingy against the 'match bit' ... Pshshshshwshwshwssh!!! ..... Let it cool and remove clamp!! ... Awesome fun.... Bit stinky though!!

You up OldMech!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 17, 2013, 09:30:18 AM
not much time today to dig up a good one, but this should do.


(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1075.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw438%2Ftroutmaster65%2FIMGP7102.jpg&hash=557196b30391406e5408894ab8b8fd9343a32508) (http://s1075.photobucket.com/user/troutmaster65/media/IMGP7102.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 17, 2013, 11:24:42 AM
Set Screw Wire Connector and a screw on Wire Nut Connector
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 17, 2013, 01:57:51 PM
Yep thats it! i will try to make it a little harder next time.
:D your up.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 17, 2013, 06:27:56 PM
Here we go.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fvfr1%2FCIMG0768.jpg&hash=14571f02d492db4aa49738c2891bdaa990719af5) (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ironhse/media/vfr1/CIMG0768.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 17, 2013, 09:26:47 PM
An old style LED display
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 18, 2013, 05:59:46 AM
No it's not an LED. It is electronic in nature. It's part of a very well know fictional item. The item pictured is a working replica of the fictional item.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 18, 2013, 03:26:57 PM
Star Trek phaser?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 18, 2013, 04:33:15 PM
Looks like an old style 7 segment (or 11 or 13) LED 6 character display.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 18, 2013, 04:34:25 PM
Quote from: oldmech on April 18, 2013, 03:26:57 PM
Star Trek phaser?

I would love a working (functional) replica of a Star Trek Phaser.. Did you see the one that sold recently? $230k..

Thought this was LEDs too - am still pondering.. but lunchtime is time to install my handlebar risers that took 50 hours to get here from RI.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 18, 2013, 04:38:16 PM
230k? isnt that around the price of a house!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 18, 2013, 04:53:29 PM
Quote from: oldmech on April 18, 2013, 04:38:16 PM
230k? isnt that around the price of a house!!

Its about half of a cheapish one here, even considering the exchange rate.. Still pretty pricy for a prop from the original series.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 18, 2013, 04:58:39 PM
prices gone up that much? 300k was the going rate for the average home when the wife and i lived there in 2005.
shame.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 18, 2013, 05:27:45 PM
Definitely that thing the creepy guy to cut his son's hand off.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 18, 2013, 05:40:13 PM
Quote from: oldmech on April 18, 2013, 04:58:39 PM
prices gone up that much? 300k was the going rate for the average home when the wife and i lived there in 2005.
shame.
Average price is NZ$420k, but a lot of sales are in the NZ$700-900k range (or more for some areas)

It is seen as a big problem here now for first home buyers - a lot of speculators bought up large about 10 years ago, and we have only really large developments happening in Christchurch (post quake) and Auckland.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 18, 2013, 05:47:40 PM
dang didnt think it had gone that far. when i was there alot of POMs where escaping  the uk with there pounds sterling along with the japanese where bying up alot of stuff./buying power. guess it snowballed so to speak. lots of power companies over here dude. sell out and make a mint. the us is kinda screwed up but ok if you find a small town like i did.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 18, 2013, 06:04:13 PM
ok back on subject. is it a light saber from star wars? if right i will give it to badot. he descibed it best. if wrong will keep on guessing. ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 18, 2013, 06:17:40 PM
Quote from: oldmech on April 18, 2013, 06:04:13 PM
ok back on subject. is it a light saber from star wars? if right i will give it to badot. he descibed it best. if wrong will keep on guessing. ;)

That's what I was getting at (Darth Vader's in particular) but I don't think I have anything decent left to post.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 18, 2013, 06:22:29 PM
sure you do..just find some obscure piece of something and keep us guessing. thats what makes this fun.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 18, 2013, 06:55:21 PM
Quote from: Badot on April 18, 2013, 06:17:40 PM
Quote from: oldmech on April 18, 2013, 06:04:13 PM
ok back on subject. is it a light saber from star wars? if right i will give it to badot. he descibed it best. if wrong will keep on guessing. ;)

That's what I was getting at (Darth Vader's in particular) but I don't think I have anything decent left to post.
Badot nailed it but of he wants to hand it off to Oldmech it's ok with me. It is the power switch on a Master Replicas Force FX Darth Vader Lightsaber.
Actually, I think adidas was kind of right as well. The lightsabers used in the Star Wars movies where made from a old camera graflex (flash holder) and the switch I believe was an old LED lens. They made these lightsabers out of a bunch of real life junk.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DH.4695306466231475%26amp%3Bpid%3D15.1&hash=e8c1c161132497f7515c128b1a0ceff4d3be6012)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fvfr1%2FCIMG0769.jpg&hash=09487f0ca295fadab8dffc9325b8dd5b37fc7796) (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ironhse/media/vfr1/CIMG0769.jpg.html)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2FCIMG5497-1.jpg&hash=02d2c3b3095454abe0c5583c3fef464b822e9e36) (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ironhse/media/CIMG5497-1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 18, 2013, 07:10:18 PM
Hmm, well, here's something out of the trash.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1198.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa459%2FDydler%2F20130418_220612_zps6c376047.jpg&hash=e8cc92556f48814b55f10cd8db32d09cbfd0959e)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 18, 2013, 09:51:26 PM
tire pump mount
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 18, 2013, 09:52:55 PM
or a clip for a mag-light
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 19, 2013, 06:10:34 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 18, 2013, 09:51:26 PM
tire pump mount

This
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 19, 2013, 10:27:44 PM
ive got 2 of these i use on the goped to hold mag lights. for backup until i get my hands on some good lights. anyhoo will get my hands on something odd @ shop tomorrow. i set the bar high with my radioactive balls
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 20, 2013, 07:17:55 PM
Here is an intermission pic while we wait for the real thing. Just for fun.
Name the bike
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2FCIMG7133.jpg&hash=d5ce2fe127b35c061fa7f13d3d1a1f22e6b4ae7f) (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ironhse/media/CIMG7133.jpg.html)
Name the car
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2F4.jpg&hash=87e22398d3618495a54d4ffe477c586e16596884) (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ironhse/media/4.jpg.html)
Name cartoon character
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2FCIMG0833.jpg&hash=a587786c0f2196891aa4536ebe187c3f44cc97b3) (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ironhse/media/CIMG0833.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 20, 2013, 07:26:04 PM
Cartoon character? Probably gonna be a transformer. Optimus prime is the only one off the top of my head with blue, but I was never too into it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 20, 2013, 07:58:03 PM
You are the man. It's the legs of Opitmus  Prime. Don't lie, I know you are into transformers if you know this??? Did you link surf?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 20, 2013, 08:04:47 PM
is the car a bastardised mustang?
the bike frame build by reynolds tubing of england.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_Cycle_Technology
my latest pic is ofa well known local landmark inside
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi519.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu360%2Fgstwin%2F0317011947.jpg&hash=a1ce258a94c0751e52241c1e5b127ef81463e073)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 20, 2013, 08:18:45 PM
Yes and yes. The bike is a an old Trek with a Reynolds frame and the other is a Mustang.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 20, 2013, 08:21:15 PM
Quote from: pliskin on April 20, 2013, 07:58:03 PM
You are the man. It's the legs of Opitmus  Prime. Don't lie, I know you are into transformers if you know this??? Did you link surf?

How many cartoon characters have wheels? Then optimus prime is basically the main character, right?

And now that I actually look at it you can see the two closely spaced 'axles' so more of a hint it's a semi.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 22, 2013, 03:20:25 PM
Anyone up for posting a new item? Pliskin? can't let this thread go cold..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 22, 2013, 06:07:23 PM
Tricky one!
What is it and where?


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 22, 2013, 06:17:06 PM
Looks like a mower in a tree?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 22, 2013, 06:17:38 PM
Or part of a car in a tree
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 22, 2013, 06:24:51 PM
In a tree - but what and where? It is quite famous around here.
Knowing where I ride and since I took the picture, someone should be clever enough to figure it out.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 22, 2013, 06:47:25 PM
Tree on Vashon Is with a pushbike stuck in it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 22, 2013, 06:48:11 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn1.cowbird.com%2Fitems%2Fpages%2F2012%2F03%2F05%2F18%2F46%2F19662%2F4233_4f5509f2085456.09107373-big.jpg&hash=f4cc7c02c6783dc6470297020a4837902ab4d526)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi7.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy270%2Foudist%2Fbicycleintree1.jpg&hash=3d1dfeb2782d827f1a859f071fa943bb0e993b20)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 22, 2013, 09:11:41 PM
It has had the front wheel welded back on.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 22, 2013, 09:48:12 PM
did someone win mine already?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 22, 2013, 09:49:29 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 22, 2013, 03:20:25 PM
Anyone up for posting a new item? Pliskin? can't let this thread go cold..
had already posted one. no ones taken a glance or a guess
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 22, 2013, 10:42:09 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 20, 2013, 08:04:47 PM
my latest pic is ofa well known local landmark inside
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi519.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu360%2Fgstwin%2F0317011947.jpg&hash=a1ce258a94c0751e52241c1e5b127ef81463e073)

This is the one we are supposed to be guessing
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 22, 2013, 10:44:41 PM
was supposed to have been. but i seemed to have been ignored lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 22, 2013, 10:45:15 PM
Proscenium arch of a Fox theater?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 22, 2013, 11:54:58 PM
theatre yes/. fox no. not far from my home. for concerts, plAYS, etc this was right after a show began. it is ornate, the lights make it look almost acid trippish colourwise lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 25, 2013, 01:02:37 PM
within 45 minutes westwardly of clinton
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 25, 2013, 01:48:46 PM
Sumerset Center
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 26, 2013, 01:36:36 PM
no sir. well ill be obvious. so game can move on. name of facility shares a name with a local city ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 26, 2013, 01:44:33 PM
Probably something like Nashville Theater or something.
Give someone a win. Game has been dragging too long.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 26, 2013, 01:53:03 PM
think knoxville ;)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.denark.com%2Fadmin%2Fuploads%2Fportfolio_big%2FTNTheatreAudienceChamber.jpg&hash=69d66aced1269f07a05596e237dcf6d672aa5af6)answer is VERY close ;)
the properties tell ya ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 26, 2013, 03:36:32 PM
Easy. Lets get the game going again.
Kind of easy to know what it is but what is it used on/for?


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 26, 2013, 03:56:17 PM
emergency tire inflation tool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on April 27, 2013, 08:40:09 AM
CO2 line/valve for something?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 27, 2013, 11:28:02 AM
ill concede since no one guessed closely. the answer was in the picture under properties.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 27, 2013, 11:28:55 AM
valve for a nitrogen tank?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 27, 2013, 02:40:20 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 27, 2013, 11:28:55 AM
valve for a nitrogen tank?

Gets me thinking -- HPA or CO2 hose for your new airgun?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 27, 2013, 07:41:42 PM
NOS take valve?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 27, 2013, 07:49:42 PM
Quote from: Badot on April 27, 2013, 02:40:20 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 27, 2013, 11:28:55 AM
valve for a nitrogen tank?

Gets me thinking -- HPA or CO2 hose for your new airgun?
or a charge line for said airgun
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 27, 2013, 09:54:20 PM
Quote from: Badot on April 27, 2013, 02:40:20 PM

Gets me thinking -- HPA or CO2 hose for your new airgun?

Yes - CO2 line to charge a PCP pellet air gun. ONLY for CO2 - not air as at 3000 psi you need a bleeder valve or you can't remove it when used for air.

You win!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 28, 2013, 10:21:45 AM
btw the pic i had posted was of the tennessee theatre in knoxville :) guess i gotta find interesting things to post. anyhoo looking forward to next pic :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on April 28, 2013, 05:46:13 PM
aww I said CO2 line, i guess I didn't mention the airgun part.  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 28, 2013, 06:56:05 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1198.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa459%2FDydler%2F20130428_215246_zps208a4790.jpg&hash=02c53ff3c7e3954b71d878a897857cc0cc24b2e7)

Hint: It goes somewhere on a gs500.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 28, 2013, 07:00:50 PM
Plastic push rivet you cut off
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 28, 2013, 07:06:07 PM
Quote from: pliskin on April 28, 2013, 07:00:50 PM
Plastic push rivet you cut off

Nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 28, 2013, 07:29:10 PM
The plastic cap on the side of the frame. The one to get at the bolt on the rear shock.
Sure does look like one of those plastic retainers that come off the faring.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 28, 2013, 07:51:27 PM
Definitely not off a fairing, I have an E model. Not a plug for the rear shock bolt. If you want a hint on how big it is, look at my previous items for this game... most of them had their pictures taken on the same mouse pad.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 28, 2013, 08:06:14 PM
One of the plugs that are in the bolts that hold the handlebars on?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 28, 2013, 08:12:20 PM
Nope. Note the shinyness.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 28, 2013, 08:50:48 PM
Cam chain tensioner plug.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 29, 2013, 07:28:36 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 28, 2013, 08:50:48 PM
Cam chain tensioner plug.

There ya go!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2013, 08:43:33 AM
hell that was confusing. looked damn near like a battery terminal lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 29, 2013, 01:17:54 PM
What is the function of the tennis racket thingy?


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2013, 01:24:15 PM
zipper pull? or a pin back?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 29, 2013, 01:57:03 PM
nope and nope
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2013, 02:09:11 PM
bottle opener?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 29, 2013, 02:38:03 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2F500%2FDancing_Cat.gif&hash=1be8f67256ec486dc86678a5dc202e1dab9a77a1) (http://www.gs500.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/248/title/dancing-cat/cat/500)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2013, 02:41:59 PM
lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 29, 2013, 04:23:36 PM
tennis racket for your cat?  :D
seriously maybe a money clip?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 29, 2013, 04:39:43 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2013, 02:09:11 PM
bottle opener?

Pretty sure Yama nailed it
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADIDAS-ORIGINALS-BOTTLE-OPENER-Tennis-Racquet-LENDL-/160849552591 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADIDAS-ORIGINALS-BOTTLE-OPENER-Tennis-Racquet-LENDL-/160849552591)
Pretty steep for a bottle opener - I have electrical cabinet keys that come (for some odd reason) with a bottle opener at one end..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 29, 2013, 04:49:05 PM
I thought Yama would have guess that I gave him the win.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on April 29, 2013, 04:52:03 PM
i thought he did too but wasn't sure. thats why i threw another guess out there.
bye the way thats one happy cat! :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 29, 2013, 07:05:08 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 29, 2013, 04:39:43 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2013, 02:09:11 PM
bottle opener?

Pretty sure Yama nailed it
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADIDAS-ORIGINALS-BOTTLE-OPENER-Tennis-Racquet-LENDL-/160849552591 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADIDAS-ORIGINALS-BOTTLE-OPENER-Tennis-Racquet-LENDL-/160849552591)
Pretty steep for a bottle opener - I have electrical cabinet keys that come (for some odd reason) with a bottle opener at one end..

oh thats easy.. if you gonna have a good chance at electrocuterising yerself!! .. may as well have a couple coldies so's it dont hurt as much!!  ;) :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 29, 2013, 07:29:28 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on April 29, 2013, 07:05:08 PM

oh thats easy.. if you gonna have a good chance at electrocuterising yerself!! .. may as well have a couple coldies so's it dont hurt as much!!  ;) :cookoo:

Is really odd though - These cabinet keys usually have a lock that most sparkies end up using a pair of long nose to open anyway..
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_1896_zps58a8b0e1.jpg&hash=003adf28921224b96a24ce5d882a77be27d8e82a) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_1896_zps58a8b0e1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 29, 2013, 08:12:08 PM
it could be just the age old solution ... like amateur pottery ... if you making something .. and it stuffs up... simple!.. make a couple of dings around the edge and 'instant ashtray!" .. or those tv products where they advertise 'want more!?!?!??! the design also includes a handy-dandy micro torch or tape measure! so your never caught without one again!!!!! .. call nooooooooowwww!! ' ... so whoever did the key was thinking .. hmm .. this is just the spot for a bottle opener! , bugger the Oh&S implications! we want the sparkies to be pissed on the job!! ..

lol .. it could happen!  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 29, 2013, 08:15:40 PM
HOLY CRAP! WHO RUNS THIS PLACE? I'M OUT OF HERE. I CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER MINUTE OF THE.... AW, NICE KITTY, THAT's so cute, cats-n-dogs can be friends, lets all roll on the floor and have a tickle fight. I'm gonna go join a motorcycle gang, or wrestle alligators, or explore the Amazon by myself with only a knife, live in seclusion in Antarctica....something to get back the manliness I've lost reading all these cat threads. WHY DOES EVERYTHING HERE TURN INTO A CAT THREAD?  >:(
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 29, 2013, 08:37:55 PM
We like to ruffle your feathers

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 29, 2013, 08:54:53 PM
bwah hah hah .. the plan is working!!!

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: codajastal on April 29, 2013, 09:06:57 PM
Quote from: pliskin on April 29, 2013, 08:15:40 PM
HOLY CRAP! WHO RUNS THIS PLACE? I'M OUT OF HERE. I CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER MINUTE OF THE.... AW, NICE KITTY, THAT's so cute, cats-n-dogs can be friends, lets all roll on the floor and have a tickle fight. I'm gonna go join a motorcycle gang, or wrestle alligators, or explore the Amazon by myself with only a knife, live in seclusion in Antarctica....something to get back the manliness I've lost reading all these cat threads. WHY DOES EVERYTHING HERE TURN INTO A CAT THREAD?  >:(

Here, have a teaspoon of concrete for your morning coffee and HTFU!


Sent from my iPad
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 29, 2013, 09:15:05 PM
still thread jacking.... but... pliskin in couple years time!!  :flipoff:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2013, 10:16:35 PM
I guess pliskin hates kitty cat Eh? :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 30, 2013, 01:13:36 PM
Yama - you got a new item of interest?  I have something on my desk that could be a quick one to guess..

Edit: Should I post a picture of a sharp pointy stick?  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 01, 2013, 01:08:51 PM
kiwi, ill pass this one to you. i have to dig for stuff. will take time. So ill pass this to you, and wait for my next victory.
Aaron
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 01, 2013, 01:45:21 PM
On an unrelated note - saw this outside my work this morning - guess someone doesnt like scooters...

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On to the guessing - Am sure someone will guess this pretty quickly.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 01, 2013, 03:40:50 PM
well kiwi i will have to say every time you post something i have to say, " wtf is that".
i will guess even though i do not have a clue :D
is it a reset button or circut breaker of sorts?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 01, 2013, 04:00:49 PM
Not electrical as such - is reasonably common, but not many people glimpse them.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 01, 2013, 04:06:39 PM
is it for the telephone system?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 01, 2013, 04:29:38 PM
Quote from: oldmech on May 01, 2013, 04:06:39 PM
is it for the telephone system?

It is used for communications of all sorts - phones, ethernet, others..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 01, 2013, 04:48:24 PM
i remember the phone set up was a bit different in NZ than here in the states.
would this be a splitter. if no i will give it a rest and see who knows what it is and get an education. :wink:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 01, 2013, 05:08:42 PM
Not a splitter - will see if anyone gets it - will throw in some more clues after a few hours.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 01, 2013, 05:24:25 PM
Fiber optics connector.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 01, 2013, 05:41:08 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 01, 2013, 05:24:25 PM
Fiber optics connector.

That was quick - do you know what sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 01, 2013, 05:45:29 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 01, 2013, 05:41:08 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 01, 2013, 05:24:25 PM
Fiber optics connector.

That was quick - do you know what sort?
No. But I would guess one is video and the other audio?
Or could be for internet connections: one is IN and the other is OUT.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 01, 2013, 05:48:36 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 01, 2013, 05:45:29 PM

Or could be for internet connections: one is IN and the other is OUT.

I guess you could think of it that way - it is an SC duplex multimode fibre connector - duplex being one transmit, one receive. 50 micron fibre for short haul communications circuits.

Your turn or Yamas  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 01, 2013, 06:11:59 PM
ahh so thats what it is..like i said i got an education! :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 01, 2013, 06:18:54 PM
Quote from: oldmech on May 01, 2013, 06:11:59 PM
ahh so thats what it is..like i said i got an education! :icon_lol:

Always good to learn these new things.. I think SC stands for "simple connector" - But I always remember "square connector", but then you have ST, LC, PC, FC and a s**tload of others that never get used..

Fibre optics are also really good for substations and other facilities where large faults could cause meltdowns on comms circuits - fibre optic glass doesnt carry power and can be run with any voltage cables with no interference..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 01, 2013, 09:19:22 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 01, 2013, 05:48:36 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 01, 2013, 05:45:29 PM

Or could be for internet connections: one is IN and the other is OUT.

I guess you could think of it that way - it is an SC duplex multimode fibre connector - duplex being one transmit, one receive. 50 micron fibre for short haul communications circuits.

Your turn or Yamas  :cheers:

YAMA - GO FOR IT! You must have all kinds of stuff in that pawn shop.

I pass the honor to you.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 03, 2013, 10:52:32 AM
will have something up by end of day :). pawned camera a while back ( bills)so cell phone pic will work. anyhoo wlil have something up by 6pm
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 04, 2013, 03:51:33 AM
shaZam! my apologies guys ( and gals)
try this
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Per my self imposed ban for time being ( covered elsewhere, will be on to check and reply to guesses. and pms  anyhoo first clue it is NOT the quarter. that is for size reference. cannot show you the other side, necause it has nearly its name and use
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on May 04, 2013, 03:54:31 AM
Random watch drive parts?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 04, 2013, 04:05:26 AM
Not really, except it is used in the industry myself and cods are part of. but not directly.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 04, 2013, 04:15:37 AM
Templates for marking out watch faces... Or repairing the marks/thingies on watch faces?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 04, 2013, 04:56:07 AM
Hate to admit this yama but I have no idea what those are...............although they do look similar to the drill templates we used? :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 04, 2013, 07:39:01 AM
Only relation to watches is if it was stoned . stoned being the key word. whether watches or jewelry or whatnot ;) will log in and check later.
Aaron
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 04, 2013, 11:26:55 PM
Marking templates for lapidary shapes.... Errr ... You gets your rock/gem slab and places the template over it... Uses an aluminium 'pencil' to mark the outline then can wet grind or 'lap' down to the line for basic shape.... After that you can start to facet a gem or continue to wet grind a rock to make it all purty like!!

... I reckon..... Did about 2 years of lapidary in my young teens... But our templates were bigger than that
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 05, 2013, 01:13:50 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 04, 2013, 11:26:55 PM
Marking templates for lapidary shapes.... Errr ... You gets your rock/gem slab and places the template over it... Uses an aluminium 'pencil' to mark the outline then can wet grind or 'lap' down to the line for basic shape.... After that you can start to facet a gem or continue to wet grind a rock to make it all purty like!!

... I reckon..... Did about 2 years of lapidary in my young teens... But our templates were bigger than that
marking templates no. BUT used for gauging measuring stones for jkewelry settings. to gauge sizes of stones etc. so janx its close enough its yours. im out ofhere. again for time beign.
Aaron
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 05, 2013, 01:59:01 AM
Ok... I feel that I was kinda close but not right really.... Though the stone sizing woulda been my next port of call....

Anyhoo ... In the interests of keeping things moving.... I'm passing it to whoever can get one on the screen.... I know I'm gonna be hell busy at work tmw and probably will forget ...

So fire them up lads or lasses!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 05, 2013, 02:03:35 PM
Lets try this for now - apologise for the useless phone camera picture..

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 05, 2013, 03:46:58 PM
a rack connector?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 05, 2013, 04:32:26 PM
Quote from: oldmech on May 05, 2013, 03:46:58 PM
a rack connector?

It does goe in a rack - can you be a tiny bit more specific? bonus points if you can give me its proper name (which is also how it works)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 05, 2013, 04:45:25 PM
not gonna bs you here.., i took a wag at this one.  i knew it was a rack connector of sorts. but the specific type? i would call that a modular style. most of the ones i deal with are made of shall we say more harder material and are bolted into racks for all the funny black boxes on airplanes to plug into. not totally familiar with this style.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 05, 2013, 04:52:26 PM
You are likely to be the only person to have used something anything like it. It is an "Insulation Displacement Connector" or IDC for short.  It is used in telco comms racks to provide easy cross patching between cables and cards into multiplexers.  Cables terminate on top, jumper wire on the bottom.

Replaced wire wrap (although we still have clients with that too.. )

You are up -  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 05, 2013, 05:05:12 PM
ahhh.. an industrial sized audio integrating system connector of sorts! i am used to a box with three 50 pin connectors on it that does all the passenger address, communications and crew interphone routing in the comm system. it has a simple name. an reu..remote electronics unit. works great till something fries and you get to here the comms through the passenger address and the interphone for the crews through the comms when you are not supposed to.
late here and will post something tomorrow, have to get up at 4 am for work.
IDC connector..damm neat names they come up for stuff.  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 06, 2013, 03:35:04 PM
busy day at work. only had time to grab a photo of this out of the shop.
heres the next challenge.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on May 06, 2013, 05:25:06 PM
Temperature sensor?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 06, 2013, 05:28:12 PM
it is a tool. they come in different sizes for different diameter holes.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 06, 2013, 05:35:38 PM
Cleco Fastener
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 06, 2013, 05:38:56 PM
Like these


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 06, 2013, 05:42:01 PM
you are the man!! :woohoo:
nice work, what does it go to? cleco is a brand name, but i have one of their 3x guns i would not give up for anything.
your turn.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 06, 2013, 05:49:25 PM
Pneumatic Tool. Widely used in the manufacture and repair of aluminum-skinned aircraft, it is used to temporarily fasten multiple sheets of material together before the pieces are permanently joined
Gimme a minute to find something obscure :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: codajastal on May 06, 2013, 06:09:10 PM
Ok easy one

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 06, 2013, 06:25:36 PM
Windshield wiper fluid nozzle?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 06, 2013, 06:29:12 PM
not even close. this is approx 4 inches wide
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 06, 2013, 06:31:03 PM
painting pad mounting/adapter thingy?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 06, 2013, 06:35:20 PM
Close enough :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 06, 2013, 06:35:29 PM
Yea what oldmec said. It's and edger with little wheels to guide it. The handle is missing.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 06, 2013, 06:37:42 PM
Yep. You two can fight it out. Oldmech was first and close enough but you were dead right :police:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 06, 2013, 06:47:09 PM
its yours pliskin. i got a busy day tomorrow. your up! :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 06, 2013, 07:18:02 PM
OK, give this one a try. The blue pen is just for size reference.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 06, 2013, 07:19:29 PM
Quote from: pliskin on May 06, 2013, 07:18:02 PM
OK, give this one a try. The blue pen is just for size reference.
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Plug for a boat. Plugs up the drain hole.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 06, 2013, 07:30:50 PM
Kijona, this might be a record time. You nailed it. You're next.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 07, 2013, 12:25:40 AM
Looking for an exact description here. It has a very specific use and location.

Click the pictures to make them BIG!!

GO!

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 07, 2013, 05:41:48 AM
Recoil spring and spring guide rod....off a 9mm?......Colt?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 07, 2013, 07:47:48 AM
Quote from: pliskin on May 07, 2013, 05:41:48 AM
Recoil spring and spring guide rod....off a 9mm?......Colt?

That's slightly close. Very slightly.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 07, 2013, 10:35:46 AM
Gas piston off something. AR, SKS?

OOPS, think I found it.
Tapco SKS Gas Piston extension?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 07, 2013, 12:47:21 PM
Quote from: pliskin on May 07, 2013, 10:35:46 AM
Gas piston off something. AR, SKS?

OOPS, think I found it.
Tapco SKS Gas Piston extension?

Eh. Close enough I guess...

I think it's kind of defeating the purpose to use google, though :P

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 07, 2013, 06:46:14 PM
Only I did need the internet....I have one. Mine is a russian made version and the piston looks a little different. I said recoil guide first because it also looks close to one I have in an old Spanish Astra.

Pic to come
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 07, 2013, 07:28:50 PM
Quote from: pliskin on May 07, 2013, 06:46:14 PM
Only I did need the internet....I have one. Mine is a russian made version and the piston looks a little different. I said recoil guide first because it also looks close to one I have in an old Spanish Astra.

Pic to come

Mine's a 1958 (I think) Norinco from Arsenal 26. Has a 4-digit main serial number (on the side), 3 everywhere else.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 07, 2013, 08:36:35 PM
Guess this
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 07, 2013, 08:50:43 PM
I'm going with bottle opener.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 07, 2013, 09:01:39 PM
Quote from: RossLH on May 07, 2013, 08:50:43 PM
I'm going with bottle opener.
Yes it is. It's Sears Craftsman tools bottle opener. I didn't think anyone would get it.
You are next.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 07, 2013, 09:06:33 PM
Alcoholism does funny things to a man's brain. I don't know what it is....but I bet I could open a bottle with it. :D (Also I've used one of those before, a couple of my friends have them.)

Now to go find something around here that's interesting...

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 07, 2013, 09:13:55 PM
This one's not too hard. Quarter is there for scale.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 07, 2013, 10:05:57 PM
Quote from: RossLH on May 07, 2013, 09:13:55 PM
This one's not too hard. Quarter is there for scale.

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Another bottle opener? Lol. Looks like a key.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 07, 2013, 10:08:17 PM
jeeez.. this game causes stress!!! ... another bloody thing i KNOW i have seen ... but never really paid attention to.. or knew the function of!! ..

its Identifyus Interruptus !!!  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 07, 2013, 10:21:47 PM
Quote from: Kijona on May 07, 2013, 10:05:57 PMAnother bottle opener? Lol. Looks like a key.

Surely it could be, can't say I've tried yet. :laugh: And nope, not a key.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 07, 2013, 10:29:29 PM
it looks a little like a safety latch/hook that filing cabinet drawers.. or more specifically the runners/sliders of the drawers.. use to prevent over extension and falling of drawer to floor.. but the orientation is wrong... and they dont usually have a stamp/brand in them that needs to be hidden by some tape!!

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this is my brain now Ross!!!! .. i hope you satifisfied!!!!  :sad: ;) :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 07, 2013, 10:42:21 PM
Nope!

And yes, I am fairly satisfied. :laugh: But I do know that there are at least a few active people on this board that have one of these (I did a search), so the answer will probably come up soon.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 07, 2013, 11:24:54 PM
a lock for suitcase? errm key?
anyhoo back to exile. take care guys :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 08, 2013, 03:44:24 AM
is it a part for a sewing or embroidering machine?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 08, 2013, 05:16:51 AM
It would almost be part of a helmet chin strap if it had a loop on the other end.

Is it a seat belt off a child bike seat?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 08, 2013, 08:51:25 AM
Some good guesses in here....but none are right.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 08, 2013, 12:45:08 PM
Key for removing rack mount kit of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 08, 2013, 12:47:27 PM
Nope. Not a key of any sort.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: jcube_04 on May 08, 2013, 01:56:42 PM
Is it a 5 point harness....buckle latch thingy

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 08, 2013, 02:57:19 PM
Nope, definitely too small for that.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 08, 2013, 04:27:13 PM
spacer for a brake caliper?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 08, 2013, 04:39:41 PM
Interesting guess, but no. Not a car or a bike part.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 08, 2013, 04:46:23 PM
ok help a brother out..is it animal vegetable or mineral? :) a tool, part, or other?
i was gonna guess left hand filster nut retainer, but knew that was not right :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 08, 2013, 04:54:21 PM
It's a component. Category: electronics.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 08, 2013, 07:05:27 PM
Some type of connector-loosener thing-a-ma-jig.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 08, 2013, 07:30:02 PM
CMON G'DAMN IT! I wanna KNOW!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 08, 2013, 07:32:41 PM
I'll narrow it down a little more: camera accessories.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 08, 2013, 07:45:17 PM
Quote from: RossLH on May 08, 2013, 07:32:41 PM
I'll narrow it down a little more: camera accessories.

Wi-Fi Remote Attachment for a GoPro!

Damn. If I had a GoPro I would've gotten that a lot faster...haha
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 08, 2013, 07:46:28 PM
Quote from: RossLH on May 08, 2013, 07:32:41 PM
I'll narrow it down a little more: camera accessories.

Also, you said it wasn't a key!!

Clearly GoPro thinks it's a key, they're calling it one LOL

http://gopro.com/camera-accessories/wi-fi-remote-attachment-key-rings
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 08, 2013, 07:49:01 PM
Correct! I figured someone with a GoPro (I know weedahoe has a Hero3 Black, which comes with the remote) would come along and figure it out right away. This was much more entertaining than I was expecting. :laugh:

I guess that makes it your turn to post something!

If GoPro calls it a key, I guess I was wrong there. My bad! :angel:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 09, 2013, 11:25:02 PM
Back! Sorry for the delay.

Here's your new image...

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fyfs98.jpg&hash=ca6b6c5974c87a573f608a2ea540809ea1524718)

The only clue I'll give you is the hole is too small for a pencil to fit through.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on May 10, 2013, 04:15:46 AM
Looks like a wire bushing/guide of some sort that can be fastened to a wall/pole.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 07:15:11 AM
Quote from: jdoorn14 on May 10, 2013, 04:15:46 AM
Looks like a wire bushing/guide of some sort that can be fastened to a wall/pole.

Not quite.

It's a good bit smaller than it appears. The metal cylinder is about the size of a tic-tac.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: jcube_04 on May 10, 2013, 07:26:58 AM
Is it some sort of resistor or insulator?

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 07:35:55 AM
Quote from: jcube_04 on May 10, 2013, 07:26:58 AM
Is it some sort of resistor or insulator?

Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Nope. Not used in electronics.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on May 10, 2013, 09:06:19 AM
guide for line on fishing rod?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 10, 2013, 11:08:36 AM
urethane bushing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 11:35:06 AM
Here's the item in its home.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FpGiwz1W.jpg&hash=0ad74f5ce888ea18bfde20bfc23260d68d3d2e3f)

Click for bigger.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 10, 2013, 11:46:48 AM
switch for thermostat or smoke detector? a thermal switch?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 11:48:54 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 10, 2013, 11:46:48 AM
switch for thermostat or smoke detector? a thermal switch?

It has no electronic nature whatsoever. :)

Hint: This is an inside view of the item.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 10, 2013, 11:51:18 AM
Heh almost resembles the innards of a gun clip
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 11:53:11 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 10, 2013, 11:51:18 AM
Heh almost resembles the innards of a gun clip

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bogley.com%2Fforum%2Fattachment.php%3Fattachmentid%3D40202%26amp%3Bd%3D1294173620&hash=a69fb69c7aaba067246412e6e752cdef62ff3957)

:flipoff: :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 12:02:49 PM
Was looking at 10/22 clips and it does look like the wound up spring in the clip.
Those unfortunate people in states where you can only load 10 or less (HI, CA, DC, IL, NJ, MA, NY).
Buy the big ones while you can.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 12:05:31 PM
Quote from: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 11:35:06 AM
Here's the item in its home.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FpGiwz1W.jpg&hash=0ad74f5ce888ea18bfde20bfc23260d68d3d2e3f)

Click for bigger.

Sure looks like one for a 10/22 Ruger. Butler Creek Steel Lips I believe? Not that I have any knowledge of these things....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 02:55:46 PM
Yama I would've given it to you but I was looking for a more accurate description and Adidas got closer before I could respond.

I'll give it to you Adidas, even though you called it a "clip" - lol.

Inside of a Ruger BX-25 magazine. It's the only one that can be disassembled as far as I know.

You're up Adidas.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 04:14:36 PM
Well, the package says "clip two together for added fire power" so "clip" is used in some of the packaging!
Champion makes one with a clean-out door on the bottom. Don't know if it completely comes apart. I'd have to look at one.
Short 30 rnd in a double row. Don't know how well they work.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 04:15:56 PM
What is the white thingie? Should be easy for some people.
"Nail clippers" is a wrong answer.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 10, 2013, 05:53:39 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 04:15:56 PM
What is the white thingie? Should be easy for some people.
"Nail clippers" is a wrong answer.
holds ammunition within a box
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 07:04:52 PM
That was an easy one.
Next one I do will be harder. probably a tool or GS part no one would ever know what it was.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 09:50:45 PM
My guess is it's 9mm or 380

Possibly either Tula brand or some other Russian manufacturer
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 10:30:58 PM
Quote from: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 09:50:45 PM
My guess is it's 9mm or 380

Possibly either Tula brand or some other Russian manufacturer
I believe PPU 380 auto

Yama: It is your turn, though if y ou want you can pass to Kiojojijjojainnnaaa as he was really close as to caliber.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 10:33:34 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 10:30:58 PM
Quote from: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 09:50:45 PM
My guess is it's 9mm or 380

Possibly either Tula brand or some other Russian manufacturer
I believe PPU 380 auto

Yama: It is your turn, though if y ou want you can pass to Kiojojijjojainnnaaa as he was really close as to caliber.

Also known as Prvi Partizan who makes Monarch ammunition which is available at Academy Sports & Outdoors I assume yours was brass as it appears the steel comes in cheaper holders
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 10, 2013, 11:19:35 PM
Yeah ill give to kiji. we sell the partizan. i knew the holder looked familiar
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 11:46:08 PM
Quote from: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 10:33:34 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 10:30:58 PM
Quote from: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 09:50:45 PM
My guess is it's 9mm or 380

Possibly either Tula brand or some other Russian manufacturer
I believe PPU 380 auto

Yama: It is your turn, though if y ou want you can pass to Kiojojijjojainnnaaa as he was really close as to caliber.

Also known as Prvi Partizan who makes Monarch ammunition which is available at Academy Sports & Outdoors I assume yours was brass as it appears the steel comes in cheaper holders
Friend's 380 box that was left in my air gun bag.

Kijo - you're up.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 11, 2013, 12:07:28 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 11:46:08 PM
Quote from: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 10:33:34 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 10, 2013, 10:30:58 PM
Quote from: Kijona on May 10, 2013, 09:50:45 PM
My guess is it's 9mm or 380

Possibly either Tula brand or some other Russian manufacturer
I believe PPU 380 auto

Yama: It is your turn, though if y ou want you can pass to Kiojojijjojainnnaaa as he was really close as to caliber.

Also known as Prvi Partizan who makes Monarch ammunition which is available at Academy Sports & Outdoors I assume yours was brass as it appears the steel comes in cheaper holders
Friend's 380 box that was left in my air gun bag.

Kijo - you're up.

OK here's a new one

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FVuSqzEx.jpg&hash=754c95601f60bedc338947aae326ff1baac3361b)

Click for bigger If nobody gets it first go-around I'll post size pics then start posting hints

Edit sorry for the hairs in the picture
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: W79 on May 11, 2013, 12:09:18 AM
Coil to push up the flint in a Zippo-type lighter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 11, 2013, 12:12:15 AM
Quote from: W79 on May 11, 2013, 12:09:18 AM
Coil to push up the flint in a Zippo-type lighter?

Only the best for me

It's from a 1934 model Zippo which is extremely rare

Can't beat Zippos you're up W79
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: W79 on May 11, 2013, 12:25:23 AM
I used a Zippo too when I still smoked.  Still have it lying around somewhere...
11 years without the damn things now, and happy for it  :icon_mrgreen:

Next up:
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg837.imageshack.us%2Fimg837%2F1316%2Fcontestmk.jpg&hash=612f0d59e64d4752f3edb08a1dec34ebce7ac3b0)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 11, 2013, 12:26:59 AM
Quote from: Kijona on May 11, 2013, 12:12:15 AM
Quote from: W79 on May 11, 2013, 12:09:18 AM
Coil to push up the flint in a Zippo-type lighter?

Only the best for me

It's from a 1934 model Zippo which is extremely rare

Can't beat Zippos you're up W79
i collect those too. btw was it a flat top?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 11, 2013, 12:31:01 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 11, 2013, 12:26:59 AM
Quote from: Kijona on May 11, 2013, 12:12:15 AM
Quote from: W79 on May 11, 2013, 12:09:18 AM
Coil to push up the flint in a Zippo-type lighter?

Only the best for me

It's from a 1934 model Zippo which is extremely rare

Can't beat Zippos you're up W79
i collect those too. btw was it a flat top?

I inherited it from my grandfather it's completely square instead of rounded around the edges/top if that's what you mean
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 11, 2013, 12:31:37 AM
Quote from: W79 on May 11, 2013, 12:25:23 AM
I used a Zippo too when I still smoked.  Still have it lying around somewhere...
11 years without the damn things now, and happy for it  :icon_mrgreen:

Next up:
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg837.imageshack.us%2Fimg837%2F1316%2Fcontestmk.jpg&hash=612f0d59e64d4752f3edb08a1dec34ebce7ac3b0)

Looks like part of a pen
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 11, 2013, 12:32:46 AM
Wait no its definitely a nozzle/sprayer of some kind but I can't place it
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: W79 on May 11, 2013, 12:36:53 AM
Not a moving part of a pen (or anything else for that matter)
and not a nozzle...

Good, this is my first ever picture for this game and I was afraid someone would guess it on the first try.
That can happen of course: if you use these, you'll just recognize it, like I did with the flint-coil.  :laugh:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 11, 2013, 12:39:22 AM
Quote from: W79 on May 11, 2013, 12:36:53 AM
Not a moving part of a pen (or anything else for that matter)
and not a nozzle...

Good, this is my first ever picture for this game and I was afraid someone would guess it on the first try.
That can happen of course: if you use these, you'll just recognize it, like I did with the flint-coil.  :laugh:

Grrr uhhh

It looks very familiar

Is it actually brass or just brass colored
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: W79 on May 11, 2013, 12:42:56 AM
Brass.

Except for what's in the little hole in the middle.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 11, 2013, 12:45:28 AM
It's too early in the morning for this crap lol I'm going to sleep Goodnight guys Maybe I'll give it another try in the morning
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: W79 on May 11, 2013, 12:49:51 AM
Morning over here ;)

goodnight, Kijona.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 11, 2013, 07:31:50 AM
a weight of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: W79 on May 11, 2013, 07:45:54 AM
No weight either.

Hint #1: the picture's a bit out of focus because the thing is very small.
Only a few mm in diameter.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 11, 2013, 09:40:05 AM
not a projectile is it? would think not since youre in europe and guns and parts arent as easily obtained
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: W79 on May 11, 2013, 10:30:57 AM
Nope, but it's called a bullet because of it's shape.
Actual function is completely different though.

Hint #2: when you buy them, there's something else attached to the hole in the middle.
This is just a small part.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: jdoorn14 on May 11, 2013, 11:53:43 AM
Does the hole go all the way through?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: W79 on May 11, 2013, 12:52:22 PM
It does.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 11, 2013, 12:55:18 PM
Is it considered a weight,  or used in building or enginnering or perhaps plumbing? ive seen these, but for the life of me i cannot remember what its used for. 79 you picked a good one lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: W79 on May 11, 2013, 01:48:06 PM
Hint #3: I have six of them.
Most people will buy them six at the time.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on May 11, 2013, 05:35:43 PM
rollers of sorts
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 11, 2013, 06:29:15 PM
Wheel spoke weight
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DH.4929317748017304%26amp%3Bpid%3D15.1&hash=853b7969652be52f24f2018ecd03b35a326cdd97)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 11, 2013, 06:37:23 PM
Is is used in application where heat is a factor?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 11, 2013, 07:46:23 PM
Part of a guitar string perhaps

I know nothing about guitars lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: W79 on May 12, 2013, 12:03:35 AM
Kijona's got it: these bullets hold guitar strings in place in the bridge. They're made by Fender specifically for their stratocaster tremelo bridges.

When you apply the tremelo, you basically wobble the bridge back and forward, shortening and lenghtening the strings causing the pitch to go up or down.  Typical guitar strings start with a little o-ring.  These can twist under stress, causing a sudden drop in pitch.

Since the bullets are designed so they'll fit perfectly into the bridge shafts, this issue is resolved.  :thumb:

Here's a link with some more pictures.
http://www.fender.com/news/fender-bullets-strings/ (http://www.fender.com/news/fender-bullets-strings/)

You're up, Kijona
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 12, 2013, 08:41:39 AM
Wow I honestly just pulled that out of thin air Lucky guess I guess :icon_exclaim:

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: W79 on May 12, 2013, 08:56:02 AM
 The hint about 'six of them' might have helped  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 12, 2013, 09:06:39 AM
Quote from: W79 on May 12, 2013, 08:56:02 AM
The hint about 'six of them' might have helped  ;)

I didn't know guitars had 6 strings  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 12, 2013, 09:45:26 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FIcwRSTP.jpg&hash=cc069c83489b07d47a7fa3514ede2b0c608add07)

Click for bigger
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 12, 2013, 09:57:20 AM
almost looks like the key that opens a paper towel or toilet paper dispenser.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 12, 2013, 06:58:49 PM
Kill switch key from a jet ski, 4 wheeler, or other motorized vehicle?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 12, 2013, 09:44:40 PM
It's a key Kind of It's also a tool Has a VERY specific use, and can only be used for that one purpose

The size of the square portion is approximately 12mm x 12mm
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 13, 2013, 05:26:37 AM
Tool to unlock shifter leaver in a car is not running or has no key....so you can get in into neutral?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 13, 2013, 03:27:51 PM
Quote from: pliskin on May 13, 2013, 05:26:37 AM
Tool to unlock shifter leaver in a car is not running or has no key....so you can get in into neutral?

Not quite It's made out of soft, flexible plastic The rounded portion is paper thin at the tip almost like a wedge

It's designed to slipped between one object and another so that the pressure is relieved allowing an object to be removed

To give you a better idea of its size, the square portion is roughly the size of your thumbnail
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 13, 2013, 07:22:25 PM
Some kind of circuit breaker?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 13, 2013, 07:23:05 PM
phone / small electronics case dissasembly tool for a brand specific device? I have a wider version of something similar for laptops..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 13, 2013, 07:32:26 PM
The first guess I was going to make on this one was something like this...

Some kind of thing to release the plastic tabs that hold molded covers on.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 13, 2013, 07:33:28 PM
Oh wait, is it used to push ribbon cables into the socket?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 13, 2013, 08:03:53 PM
Here's another hint: it's part of a gun accessory
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 13, 2013, 08:23:51 PM
Don't have any accesories that use that sort of tool - blade / rear sight removal tool of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 13, 2013, 08:36:42 PM
Side view of the thingie?

Perhaps a front sight from a gun?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 13, 2013, 08:52:16 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 13, 2013, 08:36:42 PM
Side view of the thingie?

Perhaps a front sight from a gun?

It is not a front sight

You are getting very close

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FAu8LOH7.jpg&hash=eee8c1add8d00bed168342a08ad8ad9976f15c84)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 13, 2013, 09:02:30 PM
A shim for a mounting rail.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 13, 2013, 09:10:16 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 13, 2013, 09:02:30 PM
A shim for a mounting rail.

Not quite

Getting colder
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 13, 2013, 09:41:39 PM
kinda too small to be a choke screwdriver( removal or install) damn you kj, this is a good one. i work in firearms and cannot figure it out. well done sir
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 13, 2013, 09:45:21 PM
Here's some more info:

It comes as part of a package, a set of items and is necessary to modify the original item
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 13, 2013, 09:46:38 PM
part of a laser sight/red dot type scope?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 13, 2013, 09:51:08 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 13, 2013, 08:23:51 PM
Don't have any accesories that use that sort of tool - blade / rear sight removal tool of some sort?

I missed this earlier You're about as close as Adidas but still not quite there yet
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 13, 2013, 09:53:12 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 13, 2013, 09:46:38 PM
part of a laser sight/red dot type scope?

Colder
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 13, 2013, 09:57:00 PM
I think Kiwi was the absolute closest so far

Not quite what I'm looking for however because it's the wrong part of the gun he's talking about
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 13, 2013, 09:58:48 PM
part of a sight adjuster kit by chance?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 13, 2013, 10:02:40 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 13, 2013, 09:58:48 PM
part of a sight adjuster kit by chance?

Clarify

You're right on top of it but I don't think you have it yet
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 13, 2013, 10:06:15 PM
It is designed to compress a spring

It is a tool used to modify an aftermarket add-on/replacement accessory - it comes with the aforementioned accessory

You know how certain companies make a wide array of one type of accessory for many types of guns but require a proprietary item along with it - it's like that, mostly
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 13, 2013, 10:29:14 PM
Something like changing the elements in a light pipe style shotgun sight?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 13, 2013, 10:49:37 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 13, 2013, 10:29:14 PM
Something like changing the elements in a light pipe style shotgun sight?

Yup You got it It was for a Glock but good enough

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hivizsights.com%2Fmedia%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct%2Fcache%2F1%2Fimage%2F9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95%2Fd%2Fs%2Fdscn2274.jpg&hash=65244ef00e133326a823e1d3b5b18828aef71c13)

(click for bigger)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 14, 2013, 02:06:56 AM
Sorry for the delay - got some unsual queries come through for work..

Now for something that someone may guess immediately..
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_1902_zpse9d6b90b.jpg&hash=91bdb2a827a20f8c272fced3387f3d0e90f2da04) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_1902_zpse9d6b90b.jpg.html)

EDIT: Its about 2" x 1" x about 1/2" thick
2nd Edit: Replies may be delayed as I have to travel to the middle of nowhere today to resolve a project issue... may not even have cell coverage..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on May 14, 2013, 11:55:21 AM
Some type of meter for measuring flow :icon_question:

A small handheld pump
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 14, 2013, 01:07:17 PM
backside of a vaccuum pump gauge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 14, 2013, 07:19:48 PM
Is a pacemaker/defibrillator (for you heart)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 15, 2013, 10:23:29 AM
Quote from: pliskin on May 14, 2013, 07:19:48 PM
Is a pacemaker/defibrillator (for you heart)
would be interesting if it were. thats something you hardly EVER see. unless youre a surgeon. i thought my reactor bearing was odd lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 15, 2013, 11:52:25 AM
Insulin pump?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 15, 2013, 12:21:05 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 15, 2013, 11:52:25 AM
Insulin pump?
if it were internal, perhaps. one i used to use was worn on belt. ( had to stop due to no insurance coverage. it was about size of small pager. as most are nowadays. seems to take some type of tubing ( @ bottom there in picture)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 15, 2013, 10:07:59 PM
Quote from: pliskin on May 14, 2013, 07:19:48 PM
Is a pacemaker/defibrillator (for you heart)

You got it Pliskin - sorry for the really slow response.. been driving for quite a lot today...

Your turn  :thumb:

Edit - I got the photo via a work mate here - his father had a pacemaker swapped out - he is an engineering sort, and they let him keep it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 16, 2013, 09:47:30 AM
Ill be damned mate, welcome to the hardly ever see it club. we're a small group  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 16, 2013, 10:23:55 AM
I've never seen one. Seriously, that was a pure off the wall guess. Something about the plastic fitting thing on top made me think of it. After the fact (the next day) I looked up pacemaker and low and behold, there was a picture of some that look similar. My brother had his replace a couple years ago and they let him keep the old one. I'm going to ask him to see it.

Now, I'm gonna find something really hard for the next pic.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 16, 2013, 11:12:18 AM
was thinking internal after a while cause of the two fittings @ the bottom
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 16, 2013, 12:16:07 PM
If they let him keep the old one, it will probably be all wrapped up like this one was.  Amazing little devices, probably could have done with one this morning on the way in when I had a muppet change lane <1m from the lane to the left of me to my lane with no indication... ah, must be Friday  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 16, 2013, 06:36:48 PM
Not the tape...
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fvfr1%2FCIMG0865.jpg&hash=8be3ca64a42e8215b6108eea87ade3fbb6cb6460)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 16, 2013, 06:39:08 PM
morphine ampoule
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 16, 2013, 06:41:30 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 16, 2013, 06:39:08 PM
morphine ampoule
pliskin already won lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 16, 2013, 06:46:15 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 16, 2013, 06:41:30 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 16, 2013, 06:39:08 PM
morphine ampoule
pliskin already won lol

:icon_rolleyes: ... theres a new photo Yama... the little thing in front of the tape dispenser.... "lol"  :flipoff: ;)

... and a ampoule is a term for a small container .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampoule ...

but according to that wiki it can be for a lot of medical or chemical liquids

... regardless.... its an ampoule!!!!!

HA!!  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 16, 2013, 06:54:46 PM
No, not a ampoule
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on May 16, 2013, 07:39:03 PM
Fire sprinkler fuse?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 16, 2013, 07:41:49 PM
Not a sprinkler fuse.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 16, 2013, 07:47:43 PM
Rotameter indicator float?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 16, 2013, 08:37:07 PM
 :icon_eek: :icon_sad: ... looks like a bloody ampoule ... bugger!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 16, 2013, 08:44:09 PM
Sure as shitt it looks like an ampoule.....I looked it up. But it's not.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 16, 2013, 08:44:38 PM
the glass trigger within a smoke detector?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 16, 2013, 08:45:25 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 16, 2013, 07:47:43 PM
Rotameter indicator float?
No, what the frack is a Rotameter indicator float?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 16, 2013, 08:54:50 PM
Quote from: pliskin on May 16, 2013, 08:45:25 PM
No, what the frack is a Rotameter indicator float?

Ha - its a very old style of flow meter - can be used for gases or other more liquid fluids.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotameter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotameter)

Still quite common - and quite accurate.  I have seen gas floats that look similar to the picture.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 17, 2013, 07:27:50 PM
Quote from: pliskin on May 16, 2013, 06:36:48 PM
Not the tape...
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fvfr1%2FCIMG0865.jpg&hash=8be3ca64a42e8215b6108eea87ade3fbb6cb6460)
Nobody? Need a hint? It's really, really low tech. Most everyone has seen one of these. It's very common.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 17, 2013, 07:35:48 PM
Glass stopped in a perfume bottle.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 17, 2013, 08:15:48 PM
No it's not a perfume bottle stopper. Many people on the planet have seen or held hundred of these.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 17, 2013, 09:29:23 PM
lite brite peg?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 17, 2013, 11:52:35 PM
Quote from: pliskin on May 16, 2013, 10:23:55 AM


Now, I'm gonna find something really hard for the next pic.
Errrm pornography/nudity isnt allowed here  :nono: besides youd need one HeLL of a macro to capture that one
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on May 18, 2013, 02:21:38 AM
small saline vial?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 18, 2013, 11:59:00 AM
Quote from: Badot on May 17, 2013, 09:29:23 PM
lite brite peg?
BINGO! It's a Lite Bright peg. Badot's up.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 18, 2013, 12:20:14 PM
Quote from: pliskin on May 18, 2013, 11:59:00 AM
Quote from: Badot on May 17, 2013, 09:29:23 PM
lite brite peg?
BINGO! It's a Lite Bright peg. Badot's up.
NICE. i forgot about the clear ones.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 18, 2013, 08:10:00 PM
Just moved into an apartment so I've done away with all my random accumulated knickknacks. I'll pass it on to someone who can post something that's the color green.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 18, 2013, 08:41:03 PM
Janx should go next. The ampoule thing looked pretty close. And, he's been trying so hard but never seems to get it right. :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 19, 2013, 02:52:14 AM
Pfftt.... Shan't now!! ... Besides.... Everyone bitches about it if I make things hard to Ident.

Plus it's Sunday night... I'm warm and curled up on the lounge ... Won't have much till 18 hours or so from now.... No . . Hang on.... Now.... ..... Oh bugger.... Now ...  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 19, 2013, 03:31:01 PM
Well, since Janx is snoozing - I am going to post something up since I saw this a few days ago and thought it may interest some people.. There were about 20 of these - still in service.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_1970_zpsd448dd46.jpg&hash=a55e98c76062c4b9ea13d822bf96d15f30276892) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_1970_zpsd448dd46.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 19, 2013, 03:37:56 PM
Prototype flux capacitor for the DeLorean? :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 19, 2013, 04:07:04 PM
lets see three wires, looks like two hots and a ground. vacume tube thingy. stone aged transitor thing. so it was used as a switch.
door bell buzzer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 19, 2013, 04:11:42 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 19, 2013, 03:37:56 PM
Prototype flux capacitor for the DeLorean? :D

You almost get bonus points for that one  :woohoo:

OldMech - you are close - it is a switch of sorts...
EDIT: here is a clue - it is designed to stop something from happening by doing something that happens on your GS500 (both cylinders)
EDIT2: another clue - it has been replaced by a TVS in modern "non stone age" systems
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 20, 2013, 03:51:20 PM
would it be a voltage suppressor/surge protector?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 20, 2013, 05:15:39 PM
It is indeed - spark gap arrestor - been replaced by semiconductors these days, but the old ones work fine - use an inert gas and depending on the spacing of the electrodes can save your precious control equipment from being destroyed..

These ones were still in service - preventing unwanted 200kV signals making it out of a substation to an adjacent timber mill.

You're up  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 20, 2013, 05:57:04 PM
ah yes , good old vacume tubes still do the job. give a few to find something good to put up.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 21, 2013, 11:09:02 PM
maybe oldmech got blowed away in a twister?!?!>..  :icon_eek: :dunno_black: ... hope he is ok!!

... lacking much happening .. i'll bang this in ..

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2F500%2Fooh_thats_a.JPG&hash=8174950f65ccdf28d60d640506a88dc250bc88fe) (http://www.gs500.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/270/title/ooh-thats-a/cat/500)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2F500%2Fooh_its_umm.JPG&hash=a673ed252e6e154a663463574073f26ab884b5a9) (http://www.gs500.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/269/title/ooh-its-umm/cat/500)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on May 22, 2013, 10:36:26 AM
piece of chain link fence,...post top is what it reminds me of
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 22, 2013, 11:39:50 AM
no twisters here janx. i just got stupid busy at work and forgot to post something. :embarrassed:
i swear i have seen that thing you posted before but just cannot place it..is it a dust cap for something?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 22, 2013, 11:40:34 AM
a tube? for a display.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 22, 2013, 12:48:00 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 22, 2013, 11:40:34 AM
a tube? for a display.

Agreed. Looks like some kind of tube cap to me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 22, 2013, 02:02:20 PM
Lol... No not a tube cap .. When I was rummaging though a old box at work (one of those multi thing boxes a bloke just has to get from the auctions for $5 cos it looks too much 'good stuff'  ;) ) ... I found the thing ... I had it in my hands and still took me about a min to work it all out!! ... Then I was .... Ohhhhh ! I gotta get me one of these!! Oh wait .. I did!  :thumb:

In use ... The bent bar 'cross piece'  stays still while the round bit revolves ... I might even have to do a short video on the laptop to demo it after ident has been achieved ... Or youse give up....

I would add .... I have never seen this setup before ... But I think now that its possibly the most 'elegant' way of setting it up in that size range!  :thumb:

I reckon it gotta be a pretty old thing ... Jacks generation may have seen them frequently .... But I went looking for it online too once I had it ... Not found it yet!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 23, 2013, 07:50:26 PM
Janx - throw us a bone - I know I have seen one of these, just can't remember where..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 23, 2013, 08:57:00 PM
coffee grinder
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 23, 2013, 11:13:22 PM
no not a coffee grinder ...

... and a bone eh? ... well ... in the lower pic .. that random sliver of metal in the lower half of the thingy ... its quite a bit longer than the bit you see sticking across .. could say it coils around a bit .. hmmm?

edit ... roll that around in your engineering headspace and see how you go
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 24, 2013, 01:49:38 AM
Some sort of thread / profile cutting device?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 24, 2013, 02:54:55 AM
Nah , .... You gonna be annoyed .... And amazed ... And maybe want one when you know what it is... It's a very simplistic engineering solution for a fairly common concept ...

... Think less tech
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 24, 2013, 10:47:33 AM
is it a wheel/roller that clip on somehow?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 24, 2013, 06:30:30 PM
Nup .. Not a wheel ...

Think in the pocket of perhaps ... A builder .... A carpenter.... Some mechanics .... Perhaps an engineer ... A handyman ....

It's a device (admittedly simple) .. That every man uses
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 24, 2013, 06:41:57 PM
I don't see any "silver bit" in the bottom pic. But I'll make a guess. Is it a wind up timer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 24, 2013, 06:45:04 PM
Quote from: pliskin on May 24, 2013, 06:41:57 PM
I don't see any "silver bit" in the bottom pic. But I'll make a guess. Is it a wind up timer?

S L I ver .. Not S I L ver .... The little extra fine metal strip that runs across the inside of lower half.... When this thing was new I assume it would have hugged the curve ... But it's been accidentally or deliberately bent so it don't hug...

Oh and no not a timer
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 24, 2013, 07:29:54 PM
Part of a fishing reel
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 24, 2013, 08:46:21 PM
Part of a measurement device? like inside guts of a tape measure?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 25, 2013, 12:01:21 AM
Not a fishing reel ......

However ..
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 24, 2013, 08:46:21 PM
Part of a measurement device? like inside guts of a tape measure?

That's close enough for me ... Because it isn't part of .... That's what it is! ....  :thumb:

It's sort of a different approach to the whole retracting tape measure ... You pull up the end (the s l i ver/ strip of metal bit) which then angles up and out under the cross bar bit ... Instead of a spring which tightens as you pull the tape out .. The tape is the spring ... It holds itself tight against the containing wall.... But spools up for small size and not getting broken ... It's not auto retract , you hold the cross bar and spin the drum to extend or retract the steel tape .. But it doesn't slip and go bzzzzzshshshshshshshspppppp back into the case when you don't want it to ... You wind out how much you want and measure against it..... Then you wind it back in ..  :bowdown:

I have no idea where/who designed it... I just found it in a box....

I'll do a 30 -60 second video on its operation during the week at the office.... In case anyone looks at me trying to describe it and goes  :confused:

You up KIWI!!... Chur!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 25, 2013, 02:29:22 AM
Well, I havent seen one myself, be good to see a video. 

Umm, will post something in the morning - need to rummage in the shed during daylight..

Found this - and it is also pretty low tech / old (and not a Whistle)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_2309_zpse5caf0c5.jpg&hash=eecec87c4ae1b1d4167d141ded00eb984d743dfa) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_2309_zpse5caf0c5.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 25, 2013, 07:14:15 AM
Antique brass cocaine snorter?  :D :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 25, 2013, 01:14:33 PM
part of a watch fob?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 25, 2013, 02:29:13 PM
well it is antique - but neither of those guesses are close enough.. will wait an hour or so and give you a good clue.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on May 25, 2013, 02:49:25 PM
Is it a pipe tobacco packer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 25, 2013, 03:12:23 PM
Awesome guess, but no - sorry. It is shown in the retracted position, device extends about 20mm from the small end.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 25, 2013, 10:23:04 PM
Lets bump this..

Item is hand tool - extremely common in a slightly different form.

Well, little bit windy this morning on the ride in - "fresh" is what our met service calls it - 33 gusting to 55 kph. Just checked the forcast, gales and hail tomorrow.. goooooody.

Another clue - what can you never seem to find when you need one?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 26, 2013, 01:05:00 PM
So heres another photo - item in its extended form
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2Fextended_zpsa433f76b.jpg&hash=86b1a28f016b6f4cd5a8ea4809dd9fe7354ec434) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/extended_zpsa433f76b.jpg.html)

and non extended form
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_2309_zpse5caf0c5.jpg&hash=eecec87c4ae1b1d4167d141ded00eb984d743dfa) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_2309_zpse5caf0c5.jpg.html)

Just an eleborate version of something you find at home and office.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 26, 2013, 04:40:45 PM
i am going to guess a pencil?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 26, 2013, 04:52:07 PM
Quote from: oldmech on May 26, 2013, 04:40:45 PM
i am going to guess a pencil?

It is - very robust "mechanical" pencil. probably at least 70 years old.

Your up  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 26, 2013, 05:24:09 PM
give me a chance to get a pic of something obscure it work.  will post something in the pm when i get home usa time. hope fall is treating you well kiwi. late spring here and it is still cold, 42 degrees f one the ride to work this am. and wind also.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 26, 2013, 06:44:50 PM
just noticed something... at home on the ipad.... the picture of the brass pencil and the ruler.... the pencil is on the left... and pointing upwards ... but here at work on the laptop... its facing downwards and on the right...  :confused: ... weird!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 26, 2013, 08:45:58 PM
Quote from: oldmech on May 26, 2013, 05:24:09 PM
hope fall is treating you well kiwi. late spring here and it is still cold, 42 degrees f one the ride to work this am. and wind also.

I think winter is arriving tomorrow - forcast issued at lunchtime here: "Showers, hail, hill snow evening. South gust 110 km/h. High of 6 degrees C"
Not that I can complain really, had an amazing summer, mild autumn.  I think you may know how bad the wind can get here when you run around on two wheels..

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 27, 2013, 02:46:36 PM
here is the next one. looks high techy but it is really 20 year old technology.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 27, 2013, 04:27:32 PM
Well it looks like an expensive servo motor of some sort with that 19 point MIL connector. No idea of function - flap control for an aircraft?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 27, 2013, 04:31:37 PM
Looks like a winch?
Possibly fitted to steering?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 27, 2013, 04:37:05 PM
well coda described it in a round about way but kiwi nailed it! yep its an auto pilot servo for the elevators. and yes those little buggers are expensive!
your up kiwi :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 27, 2013, 05:03:06 PM
Coda - if you have something you want to post - go for it - might be a bit slow finding something here at the moment..

OldMech - snow on the hills here this morning, southerly gales as promised.. fun ride in..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 27, 2013, 05:07:28 PM
here in the states a southerly wind is a warm one that comes up from mexico. first one i encountered in nz felt like someone opened the freezer door!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 27, 2013, 08:20:40 PM
Hmm, heres something old, and still working

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FTelettra_zpsd496b1d0.jpg&hash=a7fd1c99c335cf90924a3ead7b26c067819df6c9) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/Telettra_zpsd496b1d0.jpg.html)

Its a special type of Radio transmitter - see if anyone has seen one before..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 27, 2013, 08:27:37 PM
Very old TV transmitter
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 27, 2013, 08:40:15 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 27, 2013, 08:27:37 PM
Very old TV transmitter

Swing and a miss  :icon_mrgreen:

Heres the partner photograph - was going to put this up orginally

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 27, 2013, 09:02:09 PM
reset/problem warning transmitter .. automated... for a substation?....that can also accept a signal to close breakers again... maybe? ...  i figure?

if it is.. i always vaguely wondered about how do they know when something goes boom/pop .. and or how the reset worked... i mean without 'old mate' driving over to poke it with a stick?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 27, 2013, 11:41:47 PM
Not a circuit breaker - think what else high voltage wires can be used for.. think coat hanger.. car..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 27, 2013, 11:43:52 PM
Radio Transmitter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 27, 2013, 11:50:29 PM
Quote from: codajastal on May 27, 2013, 11:43:52 PM
Radio Transmitter?

Well - I will give you the title - it is a Power Line Carrier - IE SSB radio that gets a signal jammed down the overhead wires to emerge at the other end.  The round red thing is a line trap (inductor) and there are a few other sundry items required.

I hear they still use these over long distances in Russia - we are finally removing them here..

Can use them for voice services (there is a handset that plugs into the cabinet) or really really low baud rate modems (2400 baud max)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 27, 2013, 11:56:18 PM
... but you said it was a radio transmitter after the photo....  :icon_rolleyes: .. then cods said radio transmitter .. without specifics .. and then....

.. never mind...  :flipoff:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 28, 2013, 12:02:47 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 27, 2013, 11:56:18 PM
... but you said it was a radio transmitter after the photo....  :icon_rolleyes: .. then cods said radio transmitter .. without specifics .. and then....

.. never mind...  :flipoff:

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LOL I thin kiwi should do another cause I just wrote what he wrote :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 28, 2013, 12:38:15 AM
Sorry Janx - really I dont mind if you post something - am expecting to be called out for power related woes here - 4 degrees C outside and gale force winds..

I should stop posting obscure relics that arent seen very often..

EDIT - you did throw about 5 things into a list  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 28, 2013, 12:57:36 PM
Easy one

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 28, 2013, 01:51:10 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 28, 2013, 12:38:15 AM
Sorry Janx - really I dont mind if you post something - am expecting to be called out for power related woes here - 4 degrees C outside and gale force winds..

I should stop posting obscure relics that arent seen very often..

EDIT - you did throw about 5 things into a list  :icon_mrgreen:

Nah it's cool... I threw one thing into the list ... The rest I was trying to describe what I thought the function was and where for ....

But I'm busy today also ... And won't have time ...

So I won't guess that's a tuatara! ?  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Loki76 on May 28, 2013, 02:07:35 PM
Ex's kid?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 28, 2013, 02:40:20 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 28, 2013, 01:51:10 PM
Nah it's cool... I threw one thing into the list ... The rest I was trying to describe what I thought the function was and where for ....

But I'm busy today also ... And won't have time ...

So I won't guess that's a tuatara! ?  ;)

Wonder if anyone else will guess what it is..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 28, 2013, 07:01:13 PM
Baby Godzilla (Godzuki).

I call dibs on this name for my GS. Godzuki is his name now. Nobody else can use it.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 28, 2013, 07:46:15 PM
Quote from: pliskin on May 28, 2013, 07:01:13 PM
Baby Godzilla (Godzuki).

A Godzuki it is  :laugh:

Janx guessed it this morning - but you got in first - time to post something tricky  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 29, 2013, 05:28:01 AM
Eh kiwi ... Cos I'm being lazy on the iPod and not doing a PM ... What's the weather like around Xmas down there? .. Seems 'we' have decided to do a cruise to Aotearoa over Xmas ... It was there or Pac Islands ... I said frag PAC Isl at Xmas .... Like a friggin sauna! ... I want a sauna I'll go to a small wood room!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 29, 2013, 12:08:58 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 29, 2013, 05:28:01 AM
Seems 'we' have decided to do a cruise to Aotearoa over Xmas ...

'we' - that sounds an awful lot like 'volunteering'..

Last summer was great over Christmas - if you go up north (avoid since thats where all the Aucklanders go) - you can expect 25-30 degree days.  Further south / South Island you get about 20-25 inland.  Usually we get a bit of wind at the start of December, then it all settles down and the BBQ gets rolled out for the next month or two.

You doing a cruise-cruise? like big boat cruise? seem to get a lot of massive cruise liners here a lot over summer.

Anyone got a photo they want to put up? Otherwise I will have to find something a bit obscure.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 29, 2013, 12:24:27 PM
your christmas time of the year sounds ALOT like our springs/summers lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 29, 2013, 12:55:15 PM
Yeah - we sort of get that being in the southern hemisphere and all.. some parts of the States (east coast) and Canada felt the same when I was there in spring and summer.  We don't tend to get covered in as much snow during winter though..

Heres a new pic - item is the clear thing, about 2 inches long.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 29, 2013, 01:06:49 PM
low light scanner? or used to count/sort items?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 29, 2013, 01:40:18 PM
It is what we call a passive device - doesnt do much.. but very useful.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 29, 2013, 01:58:55 PM
item counter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 29, 2013, 02:22:17 PM
much more mundane I am afraid.  It serves the same purpose as another item already posted on this thread.. (not by me)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 29, 2013, 02:36:53 PM
Terminal block.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 29, 2013, 02:46:02 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 29, 2013, 02:36:53 PM
Terminal block.
IMHO addy has it. i see phone type or cat5 connectors in it now. lol. dammit  :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 29, 2013, 02:57:11 PM
 :laugh:

Addy - your up  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 29, 2013, 04:32:13 PM
I'll see what I can find here in Newark. Give me an hour or so.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 29, 2013, 06:17:38 PM
Simple.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 29, 2013, 08:10:57 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 29, 2013, 06:17:38 PM
Simple.
Looks like a fuse puller?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 29, 2013, 08:16:27 PM
Quote from: codajastal on May 29, 2013, 08:10:57 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on May 29, 2013, 06:17:38 PM
Simple.
Looks like a fuse puller?
nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 01:48:14 AM
IDC / Phone jack punch down tool (cheap one)?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 02:25:42 AM
release key for a buttplug?  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on May 30, 2013, 08:34:52 AM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 01:48:14 AM
IDC / Phone jack punch down tool (cheap one)?
Correct
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 12:03:44 PM
better than using a screwdriver.. I am one of those sad, sad, very sad people that owns a genuine Krone IDC punch down tool which cost waaaaaay too much...

Heres something I find exceptionally useful - currently in its folded away form.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 30, 2013, 01:23:31 PM
Is it a line fault tester?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 01:28:41 PM
Consumer product - good for camping and such
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 30, 2013, 02:43:58 PM
mains tester?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 03:31:02 PM
Its more useful when you don't have mains..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 03:37:23 PM
flashlight?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 03:40:39 PM
hmm, works best in daylight.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 03:45:56 PM
solar powered radio?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 03:48:46 PM
Quote from: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 03:45:56 PM
solar powered radio?

Getting closer..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 03:53:08 PM
rechargable razor/ electric type.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 03:57:04 PM
getting colder... it is something you use with another device - think USB
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 04:02:37 PM
something like an ipod music player, the correct wording eludes me right now.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 04:33:05 PM
colder again.  good if your USB device goes flat.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 04:38:51 PM
ok last go at it, solar powered gps.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 04:51:15 PM
It is solar - but only serves other devices.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 05:01:25 PM
ok i lied, this is my last guess. you have me curious what it is. to put it in simple terms is it a solar powered battery back up of sorts?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 05:07:55 PM
yeah.. what oldmech said... solar recharger for usb chargable gadgets .. probably got a little weeny inverter or something inside it to ensure reasonable voltage supply from such a little surface area of solar cell...

I'm sure thats what he meant!! ...  :thumb:

have to ponder though ... and yeah i know having your phone or a portable cb radio would be a invaluable life saving tool if you were camping or such and got into serious trouble... but .. isnt the point of camping to 'get away from it all' ...

spose it could be used to charge the ipod/iphone or whatever too.... on train commutes or something... so there was absolutely no chance of being social network free!! ...  :icon_rolleyes: ... mutter mumble social schmetworks!!.. mumble grumble
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 05:13:38 PM
Quote from: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 05:01:25 PM
ok i lied, this is my last guess. you have me curious what it is. to put it in simple terms is it a solar powered battery back up of sorts?

Ah, got there eventually - it is the handiest gadget you can buy if you do a bit of outdoor camping.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_2412_zps9247ebac.jpg&hash=00f7395067a95df91dc4c85ba458fbd03b5dd9da) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_2412_zps9247ebac.jpg.html)

This little puppy has an internal battery can charge off a PC / USB charger or the solar panels which clip out.

I take it so I can charge the phone or GPS.  Can charge tablets / PDAs.

OldMech - your turn  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 05:18:22 PM
thanks for the education kiwi :) will post something up in a bit. no disrepect to you sir but i leave all that stuff at home when i go out camping. nice to get away from it. but i can see the use for a gps in the nz hills ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 05:22:31 PM
 :icon_rolleyes: no surprise that a NZ'er is using a product called a Free Loader!!   :icon_rolleyes: ... still it saves them coming to Aussie for the welfare cheques i guess  ;) :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 30, 2013, 05:23:22 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 05:22:31 PM
:icon_rolleyes: no surprise that a NZ'er is using a product called a Free Loader!!   :icon_rolleyes: ... still it saves them coming to Aussie for the welfare cheques i guess  ;) :flipoff:
You get karma for that. I lol'd
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 05:30:54 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 05:22:31 PM
:icon_rolleyes: no surprise that a NZ'er is using a product called a Free Loader!!   :icon_rolleyes: ... still it saves them coming to Aussie for the welfare cheques i guess  ;) :flipoff:

Its actually made in the UK.. not a bad call though - probably 1/5 of our population lives in Oz and the UK.. good places to send the miscreants..  :icon_mrgreen:

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 05:41:53 PM
ok heres the next one. went to a local mountain trout stream this morning.

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and found this guy next to me sitting on a rock freshly hatched. yes its a bug, but what kind? (ps yes i caught a few fish)

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 05:46:36 PM
 :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: for the fish!!!

immediately thought caddis .. but .. not... hmmm
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 05:54:58 PM
caddis? you got them buggers over there? i thought everything over there was poisonis? or would take a bite out of you. :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 06:11:52 PM
yeah.. caddis .. cicadas .. mayflies .. lot of trout streams around the world seem to have versions of the same critters eh ...

not ALL the things will bite you over here.... not all!! .. sometimes they are full already! .. or sleeping...  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 30, 2013, 06:14:20 PM
do you have these critters? yes they are ugly!

http://www.hellbenders.org/The_Hellbender_Homepage/Home.html
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 06:23:45 PM
yegods!!! .... no... not them... thats a mother love only critter right there!!  :icon_eek:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 07:28:41 PM
Certainly some interesting critters right there - still think I would prefer fishing in the US compared to Oz - last time I went fishing in Cairns I am not sure if I caught a shark or a croc, but it just kept on swimming.. some great fishing to be had in Oz really, never tried freshwater though.

Went fishing a few times when I was in Canada - some good fishing there - imagine some parts of the States would be similar on lakes / rivers?

The bug in the picture - Giant Stonefly?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 07:41:51 PM
eh Kiwi , depends on how your 'runaway' moved.... if it was a fairly quick but steady pull .. most likely shark ... possibly a croc... though from what i know they will usually surface so they can see you ?

im gonna guess a little further... if it was just a really strong slow underwater pull.... most likely a big stingray?!? .. had one of them on the line up in NT years ago... 20lb line on a strongish boatrod and shimano overhead reel (smaller one not the game reels) ... we had to follow him down the river for a while to gain any line... was like trying to pull up a jammed anchor! lol.... got him to surface ... about 4' tip to tip... 'decided to set him free' ..  :D

they aint quick .. just strong!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 30, 2013, 07:51:59 PM
Palmetto Bug
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 07:52:18 PM
Could have been a Stingray now that I think about the last one I caught - just a really strong pull up river. was in a tidal part of the estuary / river that runs out at Cairns.

What I remember most about Cairns (aside from sitting in a pool drinking beer while bats flew around, was a hatch of cane toads and a heap of kids running around trying to squash as many as they could..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 08:00:27 PM
yeah they get right down on the mud and hoover along eh ..

you see the beaches up at cairns?... sand like coffee-sugar size!! ... great if you want to clean your foot calluses up but too cheap to buy a pumice stone or such..

lol.. cane toads... you see some hectic and creative ways to deal with them up there... best not mention it though.. might have the PETA fans down on me!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 30, 2013, 08:30:08 PM
How about a Muskie mouth? One of these (Muskellunge) tried to eat my little brother when we where swimming at Raystown Lake, PA. They hunt with their heads out of the water. Looks like a gator coming at you.
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And this dudes baby Muskellunge just because he has cool hair.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 08:32:25 PM
 :icon_eek: ... cute?!?!? lookin fishies!! .. they cook up ok?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 30, 2013, 08:45:36 PM
Ooooh yes, they are one of the tastiest fresh water fish IMO. Same with Northern Pike. They are similar to Muakie's. Both have very sharp teeth.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 08:58:56 PM
I am so glad we don't get pike here.. maybe we should start a fishing thread - recommended spots / lures / flies etc.

OldMech started one a while back - could hijack it..
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=64053.0 (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=64053.0)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 09:01:35 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 08:58:56 PM
I am so glad we don't get pike here.. maybe we should start a fishing thread - recommended spots / lures / flies etc.

OldMech started one a while back - could hijack it..
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=64053.0 (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=64053.0)


arrrrr!!! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.raiderfans.net%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2F2007%2FPirateSmiley-1.gif&hash=b1719f7acffe0e3d812fad43e1adc7c53d959c09)

edit ... boardin plank down!!  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2013, 09:53:11 PM
we should stop jackin this thread for fish now... or the pic will get too lost ..

but as promised from last week ... short video on that tape measure thingy  :D ... first ever youtube upload actually ... really gotta get myself a vlog rig  :icon_rolleyes:

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 31, 2013, 04:50:21 AM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 07:28:41 PM
Certainly some interesting critters right there - still think I would prefer fishing in the US compared to Oz - last time I went fishing in Cairns I am not sure if I caught a shark or a croc, but it just kept on swimming.. some great fishing to be had in Oz really, never tried freshwater though.

Went fishing a few times when I was in Canada - some good fishing there - imagine some parts of the States would be similar on lakes / rivers?

The bug in the picture - Giant Stonefly?



and yes it is! only  see these guys hatched for a short period. they are also nicknamed trout candy.
your up kiwi. :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 31, 2013, 05:21:34 AM
Is is some kind of cricket?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 31, 2013, 07:50:50 AM
it is an aquatic insect which spends most of its life as a nymph living under rocks in cool flowing streams and rivers.
it starts out like this...

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then when it is ready to hatch it will crawl out of the stream onto a rock, tree, or whatever and hatch into the adult form which has wings and flies around. this one is a large brown stone and is about 2 inches in length. big clumsy buggers when they fly past your head. and look like this.

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and crazy people like me tie abunch of fur feathers and what ever else we can find on a hook to make an imitation of them. all to catch a fish :cookoo: like this...

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sorry for the longwindedness, but no it is not like a cricket. but trout love them too!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 31, 2013, 03:13:56 PM
Stonefly? but see you have nearly 500 species in North America alone..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 31, 2013, 03:28:31 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 31, 2013, 03:13:56 PM
Stonefly? but see you have nearly 500 species in North America alone..

with 500 different species of them i was looking for a general answer. which you gave.  :D
honestly i just know of 4 kinds, large brown,small black, yellow and green. keeps it simple for me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 31, 2013, 03:51:17 PM
Well could have kept us guessing a while..

Heres something easy..
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And yes - its an adapter, but for what?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 31, 2013, 03:56:47 PM
gun cleaning rod thread adapter for different thread size patch jags , brushes, and or bore mops.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 31, 2013, 04:06:46 PM
Well, guess a few people also have about 10 of them laying around.. your turn (again)  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 31, 2013, 04:09:15 PM
here ya go.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on May 31, 2013, 04:25:56 PM
Some sort if oil breather thing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 31, 2013, 05:14:52 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on May 31, 2013, 04:25:56 PM
Some sort if oil breather thing?

no. but here is a better pic with the installation tool removed.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on May 31, 2013, 05:56:16 PM
It's not an orbital gear arangement of some sort is it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on May 31, 2013, 06:04:47 PM
no not that complex at all. shall we say it is a piece of hardware. a way to secure something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 31, 2013, 08:25:14 PM
Flint striker/spark maker?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 01, 2013, 02:13:08 PM
Is it a threaded insert which you rivet to sheet steel / aluminium? I used to use the rivnut things on switchboards, just dont know the name of this little beast.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on June 01, 2013, 02:59:04 PM
very close. installation is a bit different.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 01, 2013, 03:27:23 PM
With the grooves I would guess cast or moulded into the material
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on June 01, 2013, 03:34:43 PM
you are guessing correctly.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 01, 2013, 06:47:30 PM
looks like some kind of little fuel filter.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 02, 2013, 02:47:58 PM
So so far we know it is a threaded insert (like a captured nut) that is moulded into plastic (grooves prevent is spinning), and it does not expand when a bolt is screwed into it (to prevent the plastic it is moulded into from cracking).

Does anyone know the name for this little beast?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on June 02, 2013, 03:57:33 PM
kiwi vou are verrrrry close. but i may have misunderstood one of your replies. this insert type is not typically cast or moulded in to the material it is going into.  at least i have never seen that application.
here is a small clue.
the installation too which is attachedl in the fist post which has holes to match the insert is removed after installation.
sorry for the confusion on my part.
i should know how to speak kiwi by now since i am married to one. ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on June 02, 2013, 04:17:40 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on June 02, 2013, 02:47:58 PM
Does anyone know the name for this little beast?
Irt is called a

THINGY  (or THINGIE.) If you're from the south, it is a thAngee. (drawl out the "a")
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 02, 2013, 07:41:29 PM
Quote from: oldmech on June 02, 2013, 03:57:33 PM
the installation too which is attachedl in the fist post which has holes to match the insert is removed after installation.

i should know how to speak kiwi by now since i am married to one. ;)

chur bro! .. you mean .. thu unstullution whuch us uttuched un thu fust pust whuch hus hules tu mutch thu unsurt us rumuved uftur unstullution!!! ...

hiya kiwi!!  ;) :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 03, 2013, 03:22:38 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 02, 2013, 07:41:29 PM
chur bro! .. you mean .. thu unstullution whuch us uttuched un thu fust pust whuch hus hules tu mutch thu unsurt us rumuved uftur unstullution!!! ...
hiya kiwi!!  ;) :flipoff:
[/quote]

Thats more of a south Auckland accent right there.. must be a few living over your side of the ditch to keep you so fluent  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 03, 2013, 03:26:02 PM
Yeah ... We get them from Otara ...  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 03, 2013, 04:10:07 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 03, 2013, 03:26:02 PM
Yeah ... We get them from Otara ...  :icon_rolleyes:

I could tell last time I was over Gold Coast - you can spot their driving skillz..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 03, 2013, 04:48:18 PM
Quote from: oldmech on June 02, 2013, 03:57:33 PM
kiwi vou are verrrrry close. but i may have misunderstood one of your replies. this insert type is not typically cast or moulded in to the material it is going into.  at least i have never seen that application.
here is a small clue.
the installation too which is attachedl in the fist post which has holes to match the insert is removed after installation.
sorry for the confusion on my part.
i should know how to speak kiwi by now since i am married to one. ;)

Is the tool used to heat the item (induction type fastening)?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on June 03, 2013, 05:48:18 PM
no very simple actually. and very durable in the harshest environments if done correctly. the installation tool shown is clear plastic and has adhesive to stick it to the insert. some are metal ( that's one half of its trade name, insert ) and these little guys are shall we say are glued in. the method or style of "gluing" with different resins gives it the other half of its trade name. the one i have posted is a blind/floating nut style. there are also straight thread and thru sert styles with no threads.
heres a clue. they are installed in honeycomb core composite style panels.
what is the other half of the trade name?  it is the same as you do with a young plant.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 03, 2013, 07:20:59 PM
Potted composite blind insert - floating nut. No idea of manufacturer though - Metal+Pot?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 03, 2013, 07:25:09 PM
metal - mow? .... metal - whippersnipper? ... metal - cat eats it? ... metal - kids fall on it?  ;) :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 03, 2013, 07:34:20 PM
Couldn't nail down a brand name.  Potted insert, though.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 03, 2013, 08:21:49 PM
This is plain crazy talk :cookoo: Let me give it a try.....I got a set of brake dimmers on my backup taco holder. Go get me some rafter benders for my remote ratchet buffer. Act dry mouth wetter works great on chicken teeth. Science wax works good on wing tip rotters shafts. :o 
Quote from: Janx101 on June 03, 2013, 07:25:09 PM
metal - mow? .... metal - whippersnipper? ... metal - cat eats it? ... metal - kids fall on it?  ;) :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 03, 2013, 11:15:32 PM
 :D

Can see your point there Pliskin - lots of jargon in there.. maybe we could start a new game to drive everyone mental - the Three Letter Acronym (TLA) game... and yes, I have worked on projects where that was an approved term in the acronyms section..  :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 03, 2013, 11:35:01 PM
geez... try and keep up fellas!! ..
Quote from: oldmech on June 03, 2013, 05:48:18 PM
what is the other half of the trade name?  it is the same as you do with a young plant.

Quote from: Kiwingenuity on June 03, 2013, 07:20:59 PM
Potted composite blind insert - floating nut. No idea of manufacturer though - Metal+Pot?

now... in this somewhat echoing brainpan i have ...  :icon_rolleyes: .. i related stuff that happens to young plants around my house... usually by mistake ... and linked that idea to kiwis bit ...

Quote from: Janx101 on June 03, 2013, 07:25:09 PM
metal - mow? .... metal - whippersnipper? ... metal - cat eats it? ... metal - kids fall on it?  ;) :icon_lol:
.. and got my answer!! ...

... pay attention in future... there may be an exam!!!  :confused:

.. dont feel bad though Plisky.. you only young yet! ... plenty of time for you to learn the ways of the cavernous mind!!  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: oldmech on June 04, 2013, 11:35:26 AM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on June 03, 2013, 07:20:59 PM
Potted composite blind insert - floating nut. No idea of manufacturer though - Metal+Pot?

that's it. potted insert. :thumb:
your turn.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 04, 2013, 11:53:55 AM
Well, that one took a little bit of an effort to find..

This one is hopefully a bit more of a challenge (and is sort of like one of AdidasGuys previous "what is this" posts)
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And its normal operating angle
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Doesn't come any more apart, but you do have to use it with something else. Good luck  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 04, 2013, 07:09:11 PM
Well - not even a wild guess from anyone yet.. should I offer a clue?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 04, 2013, 07:16:13 PM
It's a oil dispenser. I've seen the plastic tube part many times....comes with printers. I have no idea why that one has washers and legs.

They are sometimes called Dropper Pipette and are used for other liquids.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 04, 2013, 07:22:37 PM
hrrm .. ok.. looks like a small squeezy bottle thing .. and a plastic leg thing with brass washers for weight ..

therefor .. i am thinking it sits/floats in fluid .. and you attach a line/rod to the hook bits...

hrrrm ... could be for fishing ... for overflow control in a tank of some sort...

now i'm going looking for pictures ..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 04, 2013, 07:25:17 PM
Dropper Pipette (disposable)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 04, 2013, 07:26:22 PM
Whiskey tango foxtrot alpha motel India roger echo alpha domino india november george ? India motel november oscar tango domino roger under november kilo yellow edward tango  :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 04, 2013, 07:29:31 PM
onya yama!! ..  :D

Plisky .. i suspect that while that may be a dropper pipette in other lives .. in that config the pipette bit is used because it suited the design purpose ..

still cant find a pic/desc from my clumsy google requests
:icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 04, 2013, 07:30:13 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on June 04, 2013, 07:26:22 PM
Whiskey tango foxtrot alpha motel India roger echo alpha domino india november george ? India motel november oscar tango domino roger under november kilo yellow edward tango  :cookoo:
Drink another one. You'll be able to read.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 04, 2013, 07:37:36 PM
Not a pipette, and good luck with Google... you won't find it using the image search functions either...

:icon_idea: You do use it with water though
:icon_idea: And Janx is right - it does sit in fluid when it is being used
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 04, 2013, 07:38:56 PM
is it a commercially created thing Kiwi? ... or a home engineered solution to a issue?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 04, 2013, 08:34:13 PM
It is a cheap chinese made object - bought for about $1 - lets say its purpose is educational / toy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 04, 2013, 08:38:04 PM
The test-tube where Janx was conceived?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 04, 2013, 09:56:24 PM
Quote from: pliskin on June 04, 2013, 08:38:04 PM
The test-tube where Janx was conceived?

Was not!!  :nono: .. i slithered out of the swamp .. TYVM!!!  :icon_rolleyes:

Quote from: Kiwingenuity on June 04, 2013, 08:34:13 PM
It is a cheap chinese made object - bought for about $1 - lets say its purpose is educational / toy
those kooky chinese eh! .. hrmm .. educational/toy ... hrrrrrrrm

i figure it to be used to suspend something from those hooks .. in water hrrrm.... the brass washers are weight to keep that end downwards .. if the plastic bulb bit had a loop on the end i would have said thingy for one of those hook and loop fishing games at fairs .. win a prize kinda thing..

ive seen similar things used to suspend fishing lines/bait off the bottom .. but those are hooks .. not loops ...

would be the worst squid jig in history!!

dang it... i can  picture so many uses in my mind ... but defining them is a bastard!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 04, 2013, 10:07:10 PM
 :icon_idea: it may not quite float due to the washers
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 04, 2013, 10:22:54 PM
chinese lunch pail delivery 'control float' .. for diver/welders working on their mini subs??  :D .. make sure lunch pail dont crash down hard and upset the bean curd!!  :icon_lol:

thing to sit on the bottom of the soup pot with the dumpling bag string tied to it?!?!?!..

i know i'm gonna be annoyed when this one comes out!  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 04, 2013, 10:32:47 PM
 :icon_idea: washers = weight belt
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 04, 2013, 10:57:59 PM
yeah .. i got the function of the thing... its a zero buoyancy float kinda thing...

just trying to decide for where its used in or what its used for...

drag hook for the diver in a fishtank?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 04, 2013, 11:47:50 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 04, 2013, 10:57:59 PM
just trying to decide for where its used in or what its used for...

drag hook for the diver in a fishtank?

Now that would be awesome, but you normally have to use this in a sealed container so  you can make it work..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 05, 2013, 12:07:07 AM
oops... double post
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 05, 2013, 12:11:32 AM
hang on ...out of a fire extinguisher?... but nah .. thats not a educational/toy type thing...

aaaaargh!!..

:icon_rolleyes:

oh and i cant remember what thread it was.. but yeah ... we going on a cruise cruise... big ass ship... going .. bay of islands/auckland/tauranga/napier/wellington/akaroa/dunedin/fiordland Nat Park ... personally i'd rather fly over and then drive about... but cruising is ok too ..  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 05, 2013, 01:36:35 AM
That time of the year a big boat is probably the least stress option for travelling... and you get to see most parts of the country.

:icon_idea: Neutral buoyancy has been mentioned - add a sealed container...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 05, 2013, 01:50:52 AM
'Science kit' thermometer ... Like a newtonsgalileo thermometer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 05, 2013, 05:26:39 AM
Gas can float. Gas gauge.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 05, 2013, 11:27:39 AM
The buoyant float part of a toy.  Put in a larger container something that sinks to the bottom and has a bail that faces up.  Put the subject in the photo in.  Fill with water or other liquid and seal.  As you squeeze the larger container, the subject whatcha ma callit sinks.  Use the grapple at the bottom to hook the "fish" at the bottom.  Release pressure and your catch will rise.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 05, 2013, 12:04:34 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on June 05, 2013, 11:27:39 AM
As you squeeze the larger container, the subject whatcha ma callit sinks.  Use the grapple at the bottom to hook the "fish" at the bottom.  Release pressure and your catch will rise.

Thats close enough for me Paulcet - it's called a cartesian diver - but this toy did exactly that, picked up small objects using the hooks.

Your turn  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 05, 2013, 12:18:02 PM
thought my reactor bearing was the oddball one, you won the oddball award now lol. i proudly step aside and look for more
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 05, 2013, 02:38:39 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2FCE78EBE8-3BF3-4A90-A269-5E2BD01A6D16-1174-0000012DF1925544_zps23f788d7.jpg&hash=7300cdf18c1facc68bcb1669fe5b5ac8420ca520)
You can do a bit of Googling to find out what's in the middle, the blue circuit board. The main board is my design. What do you think I'm making?

Hints to come as needed this evening.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on June 05, 2013, 03:17:28 PM
Kind of like a Basic Stamp single chip micro on a board.
IC1 is a voltage regulator.
Probably making a gauge indicator for your bike.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 05, 2013, 03:44:55 PM
No micro controller here. The Digi product would interface nicely with uC, but my application doesn't need the brain.  Which Digi International product is it? That might get you going the right way.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 05, 2013, 04:38:50 PM
Hmm, XBee wireless RS232 shield for an Arduino - can do some very cool things with these things. Would be interested in whatever application you are putting this to..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 05, 2013, 04:52:31 PM
The XBee is the upper board, radio and all.  Not a shield in this case.  The lower board isn't really a shield either.  Again, no uC involved.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2FAF788FE4-F3FA-4F86-AE90-42DF0F6E5B8D-1377-000001551B8DA1EE_zps8ff40698.jpg&hash=936fcfcadab48d80a0dfb78adf3e9ab32de0124d)

It's a Series 1.  There is something you can do with Series 1 that you can't do with series 2 or 3.

Here is what is under the XBee radio.
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Eh, kinda blurry.  Optocoupler, a few 3904s and associated resistors.


Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 05, 2013, 06:28:50 PM
Hmm, the series 1 would do point to point wireless, where the new ones only do a mesh network.

Some sort of Serial / USB over wireless link, but what for...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 05, 2013, 06:55:59 PM
Is it the power circuit for the radio?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 05, 2013, 07:05:12 PM
Quote from: pliskin on June 05, 2013, 06:55:59 PM
Is it the power circuit for the radio?

what plisky said... you making a home made radio/intercom thingy for your bike!?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 05, 2013, 08:38:10 PM
Well, the power circuit is just the voltage regulator as mentioned by Adidasguy (and the two capacitors).  Something else the Series one will do that the two will not...  Keep reading!  Oh, and no serial or data communication over this link.  These XBees are great for that, but I just don't need all that data.

This in the picture is the receiver.  The transmitter looks nearly identical. 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 05, 2013, 08:42:27 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 05, 2013, 07:05:12 PM
Quote from: pliskin on June 05, 2013, 06:55:59 PM
Is it the power circuit for the radio?

what plisky said... you making a home made radio/intercom thingy for your bike!?

Nothing for the bike.  I am considering a BlueGiga bluetooth module if I get really ambitious for the bike.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 05, 2013, 10:11:37 PM
used for wifi 802.11 b g or n?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 06, 2013, 05:14:26 AM
Not wiFi. Some other protocol over 900MHz.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 06, 2013, 10:39:47 AM
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The outside world connections.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 06, 2013, 12:01:09 PM
Well, you forced me to read the maunal for the series 1 - you can send analog values directly from one Xbee module to another in series 1.

Remote battery monitoring?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 06, 2013, 01:59:17 PM
Close enough Kiwi.  I can also send general purpose I/O directly from one to the other.  So, I have a flow meter with discrete outputs @24vdc for low flow and high temperature.  The location of the meter is in a room about 50 feet from the operator's control panel.  I can run conduit and wire over or under a glass tempering furnace, about 100+ feet for the under route, or make a wireless "wire".    The XBee "transmitter" is set up to monitor two digital inputs, and the "receiver" is set up to ouptut whatever is on the inputs of the transmitter.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 06, 2013, 02:11:05 PM
Thats a pretty sweet little module being able to do straight level sending - have done quite a lot of telemetry design over the years, but usually a little more complicated.
Simple = good  :thumb:

Am stuck trying to resolve some politics on a design at the moment - if anyone has a item of interest post it up.  Otherwise I can post one later today.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 06, 2013, 03:35:12 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on June 06, 2013, 01:59:17 PM
Close enough Kiwi.  I can also send general purpose I/O directly from one to the other.  So, I have a flow meter with discrete outputs @24vdc for low flow and high temperature.  The location of the meter is in a room about 50 feet from the operator's control panel.  I can run conduit and wire over or under a glass tempering furnace, about 100+ feet for the under route, or make a wireless "wire".    The XBee "transmitter" is set up to monitor two digital inputs, and the "receiver" is set up to ouptut whatever is on the inputs of the transmitter.
Damn i could use this on the goped to eliminate some wiring. cept for one minor issue. no power system on the pig.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 06, 2013, 04:16:56 PM
Heres something novel - clues: it has a small hole at one end, this important to how this widget works.. and it works once.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_2419_zpsf6ed8a12.jpg&hash=ef405f720371e95df56c9eb0e2a57f3e5f0bf42f) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_2419_zpsf6ed8a12.jpg.html)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_2421_zpse3a957a4.jpg&hash=ce7efacb2bd4f7599973c15ce12b65b0849d4202) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_2421_zpse3a957a4.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 06, 2013, 04:53:13 PM
That wouldn't be the ball you get inside cans of Guinness to get that foamy head would it? If so when you said widget that was the clue for me as I just watched mega factories guinness brewery
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 06, 2013, 05:14:27 PM
Yeah, I thought about the word widget - you are correct  :thumb: - think a few other brewers use them now too.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 06, 2013, 05:46:27 PM
LOL wtf. and i watched this show too  :bowdown:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 06, 2013, 06:08:04 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F06%2F07%2Frysugyza.jpg&hash=e69e182673547d2effbdd750be8e4d3e28370270)

What would this be used for?

And yeah Yamma I like watching mega factories. Wish they would come here see how we do stuff
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 06, 2013, 06:09:28 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F06%2F07%2Fypadysy4.jpg&hash=543776a6a53e6323768962eb9abe39785f60d882)

A better contrast
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 06, 2013, 06:19:11 PM
'home made' welders pick?
...

or .. man sized beer can opener/thwacker
:D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 06, 2013, 07:00:54 PM
Someones taken some time to whittle that - is it used for forge work of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 06, 2013, 07:12:37 PM
almost looks like a slag hammer or for slate shingles, or perhaps mortar removal
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 06, 2013, 07:40:14 PM
Manhole cover bar?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 06, 2013, 07:49:50 PM
Does make an awesome ring pull can opener but it's used in removing a very particular thing
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 06, 2013, 08:04:07 PM
Looks like a cobblers tool. You know, for shoes.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 06, 2013, 08:13:29 PM
Is it used in train building?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 06, 2013, 10:07:51 PM
It can be used wherever the removal of this one particular thing is.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 06, 2013, 10:15:22 PM
used to remove railroad spikes?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 06, 2013, 10:19:43 PM
Nope. What it removes is very common in use
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 06, 2013, 10:24:07 PM
ball joints?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 06, 2013, 10:31:40 PM
What secures it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 07, 2013, 10:19:31 AM
pin remover.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 07, 2013, 06:55:48 PM
control arms, or the nuts?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 07, 2013, 09:31:07 PM
What kind of pin?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 08, 2013, 01:22:23 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 07, 2013, 09:31:07 PM
What kind of pin?

BIG PIN!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 08, 2013, 01:31:07 AM
No
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on June 08, 2013, 02:11:31 AM
Split-pin remover?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 08, 2013, 04:54:13 PM
a cotter pin or cotter key? sometimes used with a castle type nut?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 08, 2013, 05:15:07 PM
Quote from: Banzai on June 08, 2013, 02:11:31 AM
Split-pin remover?

He has it. Sorry it took me so long to get back. Birthday weekend.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on June 08, 2013, 06:40:43 PM
New challenge. The camo pen is just for size reference.
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(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi181.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx107%2FBanzai_Elise%2FWeb%2520Pix%2Ffile_zps2a315a90.jpg&hash=8c14bc37d9ce30e36e5e5764adfa016cdc183651)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 08, 2013, 06:46:44 PM
Cradle release key for car stereo?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 08, 2013, 07:17:05 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 08, 2013, 05:15:07 PM
Quote from: Banzai on June 08, 2013, 02:11:31 AM
Split-pin remover?

He has it. Sorry it took me so long to get back. Birthday weekend.
yup he got it first. also known in the us as a cotter pin. now i gotta remember what aussies call things lol.  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 08, 2013, 07:19:12 PM
shaZam! sorry Yamma my bad I forgot I gotta cross translate
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 08, 2013, 07:58:43 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 08, 2013, 07:19:12 PM
shaZam! sorry Yamma my bad I forgot I gotta cross translate
no worries he did win first. his guess is correct as well :). no worries. anyhoo moving on. this key almost looks like a lock reset for a safe deposit box or a lockbox of sorts. for combination locks
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on June 08, 2013, 09:32:14 PM
Janx got it. Next challenge please.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 09, 2013, 01:53:13 AM
Oh crap ... Home on the long weekend ... Got a perfect thing at work ... Ummm .... Lemme see if I can find a suitably obscure item around the house ...

Ok ... Don't know how 'obscure' this is .... It's an odd looking thing unless you have used one  ;)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fimage_zpsd9b2b97a.jpg&hash=fada110cfd895ae79a2dade779411f2382fa4af8) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/image_zpsd9b2b97a.jpg.html)


... Sorry if its a mega size image ... iPad and me don't always see eye to eye with touch screen functionality  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: noworries on June 09, 2013, 04:46:11 AM
As we approach the end of a pleasant Sunday evening here in Australia, it's a time to reflect on why this Janxie bloke has had to make 9 posts today. Is it an obsession, is it cruelty, is it a desire on his part to make the forum appear foolish? Whatever it is, he really needs to get a grip on himself and take up another hobby. Sad that he will never see this advice as he is now, apparently, blocking critic's posts. Another sign of a troubled poster. Farewell, Janxsie, I'll leave you to your obsession.
PS You've got a couple of hours to get a few more pointless contributions here, go 4 it!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 09, 2013, 07:35:56 AM
Pharmacists tool for picking up pills
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 09, 2013, 12:56:55 PM
a jump ring compressor?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 09, 2013, 03:44:21 PM
Err no x2 ...

It is a .... 'Precision instrument' ??? .. When used .. The result on the items it is used on ... 'Supposedly' give the best longevity and effect on those items ... Until you have to do it again! ...

Personally ... The other items ... I just use willy nilly as needed .... The Missus likes the instrument and its purpose though! ... She has a lot of the items it is used on ... It's a woman 'thing'  ;) ... And no I don't mean biological process related.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 09, 2013, 04:24:10 PM
Eyelash tool
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 09, 2013, 05:15:55 PM
Some sort of surgical clamp?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 09, 2013, 05:27:56 PM
No & no ... Though yeah it does look like both .. Kinda ..  :D

Hmmm ... It definately clips something though ... To a specific and 'best' length ...  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 09, 2013, 05:34:49 PM
Got me buggered
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 09, 2013, 05:40:35 PM
 
Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 09, 2013, 05:34:49 PM
Got me buggered

:icon_eek: no it's not for that either!!  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 09, 2013, 06:22:56 PM
Hehehehahahhahaaha we got a comedian here. Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 09, 2013, 06:43:10 PM
the tool you use trim your gnarly toes?
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 09, 2013, 07:21:41 PM
nail trimmer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 10, 2013, 12:47:13 AM
Not a nail trimmer .... And err ... I fail to see how it could be my gnarly toes Plisky ... Looks rather like a POV shot ... And seeing as you posted it! ..  :icon_rolleyes:  :flipoff: .. You have nice ankles! Bahahahahhaha

.. Oops edit for another clue ... The pictured item is used on things that come in an amazing array of shapes, sizes (right from tiny 2" to over 4' tall) ...... And they sometimes smell .... Identify that and you may do a mental link as to what the item does!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 10, 2013, 01:20:37 AM
Attaching hair weaves?

Trimming Flower stems?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 10, 2013, 01:48:29 AM
Nup ... C'mon lads! ... Some of you gotta have a Missus! ... And that Missus would probably have the things this item is used on! ... Rattle your brain buckets around and see if you can come up with a 'bright' idea.....  :icon_idea:

  ;) geeez  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 10, 2013, 02:10:18 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 10, 2013, 01:48:29 AM
Nup ... C'mon lads! ... Some of you gotta have a Missus! ... And that Missus would probably have the things this item is used on! ... Rattle your brain buckets around and see if you can come up with a 'bright' idea.....  :icon_idea:

  ;) geeez  :D
Well my missus has no idea what it is??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 10, 2013, 02:17:54 AM
My Sister has no idea?

My Daughter has no idea?

WTF it cant be very common?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 10, 2013, 02:19:53 AM
zipper clipper?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 10, 2013, 02:25:11 AM
Ahem ... 'Bright' idea ..... This is a pun! ... And a hint
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 10, 2013, 02:29:13 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 10, 2013, 02:25:11 AM
Ahem ... 'Bright' idea ..... This is a pun! ... And a hint
Yea I got the hint but doesnt make a lick of sense to me?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 10, 2013, 02:30:58 AM
Oh for goodness sake.... Curse not the darkness!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 10, 2013, 02:32:25 AM
Was never really good with cryptic clues :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 10, 2013, 02:46:43 AM
Curse not the darkness is a speech by a famous dude.... Google!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 10, 2013, 03:02:20 AM
Candle trimmer?


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 10, 2013, 03:03:35 AM
WTF Why would a woman be the user of this? None of my family nor friends have any idea what it was?
That was a great picture for the guessing game though. Props on that one :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 10, 2013, 03:37:21 AM
Yeah .. Candle Wick trimmer.... Cos chicks like the scented candles and aromatherapy and stuff? ....

Probably not QLD chicks ... They just like the scent of a man fresh from the sugar cane factory and with a dab o' bundy across the chest don't they?  :laugh: :flipoff:

Anyway ... Off ye go with a mystery item then!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 10, 2013, 03:38:58 AM
You will have to give me a few hours or so to find something. Bedtime for me now :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 10, 2013, 04:00:15 AM
Yeah ... Best you don't post a pic of a 'mystery item' if you in your jammies eh  :icon_eek: :nono:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 10, 2013, 06:00:52 PM
Ok to keep the game moving I will pass it off to the next person that posts a picture to guess. :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 10, 2013, 06:14:11 PM
Well, this is probably something someone will have seen..

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_0646_zpse2ac425a.jpg&hash=c65bbbf01f4776c5ecfabf3a53229cbdbff5f077) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_0646_zpse2ac425a.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on June 10, 2013, 06:18:16 PM
Speaker/horn of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 10, 2013, 06:29:08 PM
Not a speaker or horn (I should have mentioned that)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 10, 2013, 06:44:11 PM
Is it a hearing horn/aid? (I know you said it's not a horn). They are called ear trumpets.
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Post by: pliskin on June 10, 2013, 06:56:55 PM
Some part of a SONAR/sound collector or something from a radar system?
Some kind of wave collector/detector.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 10, 2013, 06:58:19 PM
Quote from: pliskin on June 10, 2013, 06:56:55 PM
Some kind of wave collector/detector.

It is - good old fashioned waveguide (prior to SA / PA type).

Your turn  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 10, 2013, 07:21:09 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on June 10, 2013, 06:58:19 PM
Quote from: pliskin on June 10, 2013, 06:56:55 PM
Some kind of wave collector/detector.

It is - good old fashioned waveguide (prior to SA / PA type).

Your turn  :cheers:
No shaZam!! I just made a wild guess on that one. Looked like something that was used to "gather something". What the heck is a waveguide used for?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 10, 2013, 07:28:18 PM
Quote from: pliskin on June 10, 2013, 07:21:09 PM
No shaZam!! I just made a wild guess on that one. Looked like something that was used to "gather something". What the heck is a waveguide used for?

This one was for microwave radio frequencies - although it is unsual in shape - most are either a tube or box section shape. the LNB at the narrowest part should have been the giveaway

Thought it would be obscure enough.. but a good guess  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 10, 2013, 07:54:54 PM
lol.... you hit the jackpot Plisky! ... i was thinkin .. have to be like Granpa Schwarzenegger to use that bad boy as a Ear trumpet!! ..  :D

.. edit .. and a one image mini hijack .... this bloke had the right idea for his 'ear trumpets' .... imagine if you could sneak up to them and shout down the end!... it'd smash him!!  :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fquietus_production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fimages%2Farticles%2F10972%2Fear_trumpet_2_1355404163_crop_550x381.jpeg&hash=74eac31752a323cf56ae661741e147abb7024fce)
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Post by: pliskin on June 10, 2013, 08:10:00 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2FCIMG0907.jpg&hash=3a9257be5d35dad52babbce09f4e194ffcc24d3a)
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Post by: Janx101 on June 10, 2013, 08:20:57 PM
lol.... pretty sure i know that!!... i'll hang back just a little... aint seen one for a while though... cool!!  :thumb:
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Post by: Janx101 on June 11, 2013, 02:55:33 PM
Oh come on lads!!..... It's been ages !! .... Guess already  :laugh:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 11, 2013, 03:44:22 PM
Hmm, cast construction, hinged thingy at top left. is it engine related?
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Post by: adidasguy on June 11, 2013, 04:22:51 PM
Part of a Hot Wheels car?
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Post by: Slack on June 11, 2013, 05:52:06 PM
cap gun
the kind that looks like a colt revolver and uses rolls of caps
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Post by: adidasguy on June 11, 2013, 06:13:06 PM
I would now guess the same.
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Post by: pliskin on June 11, 2013, 06:32:09 PM
Quote from: Slack on June 11, 2013, 05:52:06 PM
cap gun
the kind that looks like a colt revolver and uses rolls of caps
Yup. it's a cap gun. Good guess, you're up. Janx guessed it right away (he pm'd me) but he wanted to see if anyone else could figure it out. He also wanted to pass to whoever got it next.
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Post by: Slack on June 11, 2013, 06:45:37 PM
I didn't see it at first, but all of a sudden the clouds cleared and my vision focused

I'm tired of all these small things, this one is 5 feet tall

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi228.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee70%2FLittle-X%2FBoone%2520Boards%2Fccbbd5e9-a5f5-41fe-b61d-5621f595fa87_zpsf89d1148.jpg%3Ft%3D1371001429&hash=f85db15465676cd340279f2449cf989b1bd93e32)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 11, 2013, 07:33:26 PM
attic ladder?
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Post by: Slack on June 11, 2013, 07:47:38 PM
My attic has stairs  :tongue2:
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Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 11, 2013, 07:52:01 PM
Some sort of form - like for making skis / snowboards?
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Post by: Janx101 on June 11, 2013, 07:55:55 PM
plank straightener/curver ? ... like a form but planks not skis ... and if it is... do you have any of those nails for the left side of the boards? like this [----- ... all my nails face the other way like this ----] .. for the right side of the boards  :icon_lol:
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Post by: Slack on June 11, 2013, 08:08:18 PM
It is a form
not for skis or snowboards though
almost there
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 11, 2013, 08:09:33 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 11, 2013, 07:55:55 PM
plank straightener/curver ? ... like a form but planks not skis ... and if it is... do you have any of those nails for the left side of the boards? like this [----- ... all my nails face the other way like this ----] .. for the right side of the boards  :icon_lol:

I've got a whole box of lefty nails, I keep them with the headlight fluid
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 11, 2013, 08:13:12 PM
ahhh lefty nails... thats the official designation? .. so i know what to ask the hardware assistant!!.  :D :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 11, 2013, 08:17:45 PM
I went to a little dinner for lunch and the dumb waitress put the straw in my drink upside down: Blew bubbles all up in my soda  :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 11, 2013, 08:20:15 PM
Form for water ski's or boat planks?
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Post by: Janx101 on June 11, 2013, 08:22:36 PM
Quote from: Slack on June 11, 2013, 08:17:45 PM
I went to a little dinner for lunch and the dumb waitress put the straw in my drink upside down: Blew bubbles all up in my soda  :technical:

bahahahahha.. hope you dont put condoms on back to front then!!!  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on June 11, 2013, 10:45:39 PM
I'm going with surfboard form.
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Post by: Janx101 on June 11, 2013, 10:49:44 PM
long board skateboard? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F7%2F72%2FLongboard_skateboard.jpg&hash=eb663dcda88713e31d0bb5558891c2dad8f51b6c)
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Post by: adidasguy on June 11, 2013, 11:42:30 PM
Must be good - he's wearing adidas shoes!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 12, 2013, 09:57:12 AM
Janx has it.  It's for pressing concave longboard decks.
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Post by: Janx101 on June 12, 2013, 02:32:58 PM
Cool  :D ... K ... Gimme couple hours till at work ... Got one there 'with a twist'  ;) :thumb:
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Post by: noworries on June 12, 2013, 08:14:31 PM
It's probably going to be his iud.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 12, 2013, 08:16:42 PM
"With a twist"? Let me guess. It's a counter clockwise screw driver?.....no need to post a picture. Am I right? This game is so easy. I'll put up the next challenge now.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DH.4547808789333089%26amp%3Bpid%3D15.1&hash=69f9cede02fe5faa8fe4730f367910060a638a37)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 12, 2013, 08:29:47 PM
shaZam!... i forgot... hangon ..  :icon_rolleyes: :oops:
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Post by: Slack on June 12, 2013, 08:34:48 PM
 :2guns:
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Post by: Janx101 on June 12, 2013, 08:47:44 PM
.. sorry guys... the twist to this one is... i dont actually know what the hell it is!!!  :icon_rolleyes:

so if you CAN identify it .. and prove that somehow! .. then all good!... i beleive this falls within the rules .. kinda??

oh and the handle u piece arms .. pivot on the hopper thingy at the bottom .. ?

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fwhattheheck_zpscf2b4022.jpg&hash=e89ae035c6781f74906228e88bafe6896416248a) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/whattheheck_zpscf2b4022.jpg.html)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fwhattheheckalso_zps79c8665e.jpg&hash=218947406c3b14d73cd2318c2eda696fb0f41eb0) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/whattheheckalso_zps79c8665e.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 12, 2013, 09:09:17 PM
It's a press for wringing out sponges.

"A dry sponge is a happy sponge."
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Post by: Janx101 on June 12, 2013, 09:19:04 PM
mmmm ? ... possibly? .. can you provide some sort of evidence?  ;)
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Post by: codajastal on June 12, 2013, 11:36:12 PM
Quote from: noworries on June 12, 2013, 08:14:31 PM
It's probably going to be his iud.
complaint filed
Sick of this shaZam! noworries
Dont know or care what your problem is with Janx but it needs to stop and you need to grow the hell up :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 13, 2013, 12:50:13 AM
Quote from: Slack on June 12, 2013, 09:09:17 PM
It's a press for wringing out sponges.

"A dry sponge is a happy sponge."

Can you put that in a Patrick Stewart meme?
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Post by: john on June 13, 2013, 01:55:47 AM
Quote from: codajastal on June 12, 2013, 11:36:12 PM
Quote from: noworries on June 12, 2013, 08:14:31 PM
It's probably going to be his iud.
complaint filed
Sick of this shaZam! noworries
Dont know or care what your problem is with Janx but it needs to stop and you need to grow the hell up :dunno_black:

He will be taking some time off.
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Post by: codajastal on June 13, 2013, 02:01:16 AM
Quote from: john on June 13, 2013, 01:55:47 AM
Quote from: codajastal on June 12, 2013, 11:36:12 PM
Quote from: noworries on June 12, 2013, 08:14:31 PM
It's probably going to be his iud.
complaint filed
Sick of this shaZam! noworries
Dont know or care what your problem is with Janx but it needs to stop and you need to grow the hell up :dunno_black:

He will be taking some time off.
Thankyou John, Good to see the system works
Carry on
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Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 13, 2013, 01:03:33 PM
Janx - is the receptacle capable of holding fluid? could it be a roller setup for applying glue on the side of something?

Have seen something similar in paper / cardboard factories for applying glue - except your example is pristine, which is a bit unusual..

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Post by: Janx101 on June 13, 2013, 02:37:51 PM
Yeah kiwi ... It's 'watertight' ... The lower roller is smooth ... But marked from the light patterning on the upper roller .... The patterning is sort of diamond shaped (like that tool used on a metal lathe that gives you 'grip' on a socket wrench handle?) .. But real shallow .. Half a millimetre deep?

Makes sense that could hold glue I guess.... But what the hell needs glue applied like that?

:dunno_black:
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Post by: adidasguy on June 13, 2013, 02:43:37 PM
Wall paper wetter applicator?
Fiberglass wetter applicator thingie?
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Post by: Janx101 on June 13, 2013, 02:48:25 PM
 :icon_eek: :icon_exclaim: ... Now there's a thought! ... Do they make wall paper in 6" strips? ... Be awful lot of work? ... Fibreglass though.... Hmmmm...

I think that's feasible ... Anyone got pics with desc to back that up? ..

Btw .. Don't want to let this drag out if it can't be done... Lets say ... 36 hours more maybe ?
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Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 13, 2013, 02:58:32 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 13, 2013, 02:48:25 PM
:icon_eek: :icon_exclaim: ... Now there's a thought! ... Do they make wall paper in 6" strips? ... Be awful lot of work? ... Fibreglass though.... Hmmmm...


Its a patterned paint roller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E-kg3QIEarQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E-kg3QIEarQ)
http://inthralld.com/2012/11/painterly-patterned-wallpaper-rollers/ (http://inthralld.com/2012/11/painterly-patterned-wallpaper-rollers/)
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 13, 2013, 03:21:49 PM
I'm not the OP of this particular mystery item, BUT am willing to say  kiwi has it.
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Post by: Janx101 on June 13, 2013, 06:10:19 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on June 13, 2013, 02:58:32 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 13, 2013, 02:48:25 PM
:icon_eek: :icon_exclaim: ... Now there's a thought! ... Do they make wall paper in 6" strips? ... Be awful lot of work? ... Fibreglass though.... Hmmmm...


Its a patterned paint roller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E-kg3QIEarQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E-kg3QIEarQ)
http://inthralld.com/2012/11/painterly-patterned-wallpaper-rollers/ (http://inthralld.com/2012/11/painterly-patterned-wallpaper-rollers/)

:D :D :D :D :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

yes indeedy he has it!!!! .. and i must say... WELL DONE!!! ... the couple boxes of stuff i got this out of.. didnt see any of those rubber roller pattern things.. but im going back to look!!!! ... find some paint.....

perfect!! and im 'tickled pink' that I know what it is too now!! .. hahahahah

onya Kiwi!!  :bowdown: :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 13, 2013, 06:24:32 PM
They must be dam awkward to use - keeping it straight with no edge..

Hmm, that last set of photos is probably too random - lets try this
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_0656_zpsb6423bb9.jpg&hash=ed63cb90251b3b8801c43831a3fe6c8f93b629ae) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_0656_zpsb6423bb9.jpg.html)

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 13, 2013, 08:36:06 PM
Earth axis monitor?
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Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 13, 2013, 08:44:56 PM
 :icon_idea: This thing was used in multiples, 4 columns, ~40 per column. was scalable.
:icon_idea: It was decomissioned about the same time transistors were developed.
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Post by: Janx101 on June 13, 2013, 09:06:44 PM
for whatever reason it makes me think of a huge size version of a radio tuner ... kinda ...

but 4 columns... 40 per ....

early radar... range tuner?
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 13, 2013, 10:35:14 PM
old mainframe componentry?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 13, 2013, 11:19:18 PM
It rotates about one axis, and can traverse along another. 

:icon_idea: It could be scaled up depending on how big the neighbourhood was.
:icon_idea: These days it is replaced by something you carry in your pocket.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 13, 2013, 11:27:38 PM
part of a tape drive?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 13, 2013, 11:34:16 PM
 :icon_idea: Not computer related, although the modern system is being superceded by computer control.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShanghaiPete on June 14, 2013, 10:34:26 AM
I have been thinking hard but I have no answer. Sorry. Maybe I can do much better with next thing to guess.
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Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 14, 2013, 04:16:02 PM
 :icon_idea: This system has been replaced by instant messaging and emails..
:icon_idea: And was lovingly whittled by Ericsson
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 14, 2013, 04:46:43 PM
Telephone switch?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on June 14, 2013, 05:10:42 PM
Elevator indicator that goes in the elevator control room
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 14, 2013, 05:31:37 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on June 14, 2013, 04:46:43 PM
Telephone switch?

Getting a whole lot warmer - in fact I will give you this since probably not many of these systems were ever installed in large numbers.

It is an electromechanical line or group selector module for a Telephone exchange.  A typical exhange would have had about 400 of these modules installed in racks. You could scale up the system by adding extra columns of these modules and installing a rats nest of wires...

Your turn  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 14, 2013, 08:45:09 PM
That's cool. My dad was an old school Ma bell  (Bell Systems) guy. I doubt he ever say one of those. In fact I'm going to get some pictures of his old "tech" stuff for my next turn.

I'm in the middle of my first phone system install at work now. The list of features on modern business phone system is mind boggling. And it all fits in a box about the size of a couple desktop computers. I'm learning a lot of new stuff about what they call "unified messaging systems".

I dare say I'm getting to old for this stuff.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 14, 2013, 09:40:14 PM
Speaking of phones go to walmart pick up the handset on one of their phones and hit function 1020 which basically puts every phone terminal in the facility on speaker/broadcast mode. aka page mode
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShanghaiPete on June 14, 2013, 09:42:22 PM
Youtube has interesting video of telephone switch working.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZePwin92cI

Very nice. Is this switch same as posted switch? I like electro-mechanical operations.

I stiil have to experiment with youtube posting here.  I will get it OK I tell you.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShanghaiPete on June 14, 2013, 09:46:58 PM
Putting all telephones on page is very naughty trick. lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 15, 2013, 06:13:28 PM
The exchange card I showed you was a rare install here - we had a lot of the British made cross bar style exchanges.

Just did the VOIP thing at work - our clients who have private wide area telephone networks are also going VOIP.  Some pretty sweet gear out there, but really difficult to configure when you want to cross between VOIP and 2 wire / 4 wire systems.

Looking forward to a good challenge  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShanghaiPete on June 15, 2013, 06:30:36 PM
Here is interesting youtube video about old telephone and telephone jobs. My, my how the world has changed as Mummy says. I like electromechanical things and I would have liked to work in old telephone exchange. Very noisy, ha ha ha must wear motorcycle earplugs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PXjY2wNN3I

My friends say voip big challenge for telephone utility compabnys in future. What do you think? Will world go voice over internet protocol way entirely? I don't know.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShanghaiPete on June 15, 2013, 06:31:35 PM
Forgot to tell you if you go to see my youtube video I recommended there are many more old telephone things there for you to see. Nice.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 15, 2013, 07:32:59 PM
Quote from: ShanghaiPete on June 15, 2013, 06:30:36 PM
My friends say voip big challenge for telephone utility compabnys in future. What do you think? Will world go voice over internet protocol way entirely? I don't know.
I think traditional lines are on the way out - the biggest issue that Telcos have faced with going for VOIP is the fact that the traditional phone was a service that could be maintained during civil emergencies with battery backup.

Cellular phones have changed all of that - the decline of the public phone, the abundance of mobiles and the fact a cellular site with a backbone of fibre is pretty robust in terms of maintaining service. I think eventually you will see VOIP take over - its already started with home users here, and a lot of people don't care as long as it works and is cost effective.

Amazing to see how quickly the gear has changed though - 50 or 60 years. Only issue I see is digital routing edge synchronisation which is using GPS - we have one big solar storn and we are all going to be stuffed.. Thats why I keep a MW/LW radio squirreled away..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShanghaiPete on June 15, 2013, 08:03:01 PM
In sydney last year had vacattion job with Japanese Education Industry company. All phone call to Japan HO on Skype. V-conference all the time to Tokyo on internet. The boss in Sydney always trying to keep telecommunications cheap and he did good job there.  Australia also crazy now on national broadband so speed will get much faster.  Speed now suk when I think about internet speed at home. You have many troubles with squirels also like the adidasman in other post? This is so interesting. So many predators everywhere. My predators in my house in Australia are called possums. Very very noisy. Very smelly predator too.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on June 15, 2013, 11:49:33 PM
First time I've ever heard a possum called a predator. :lol:

Gotta watch those damned Kiwis, they shoot possums.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 16, 2013, 01:03:31 AM
Quote from: Banzai on June 15, 2013, 11:49:33 PM
Gotta watch those damned Kiwis, they shoot possums.

Yip - guilty as charged.. the old man used to poison them with Cyanide too.. used to get them for fur back in the '80s.

A wonderful example of an introduced species with no natural predators...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 16, 2013, 03:05:36 AM
Possum pies, possum gloves, possum socks, possum hats, roast possum, fried possum, possum stew, possum & kumara, possum & puha, possum jackets, possum hangi/hungi? , possum n chips......

Heheheheheheheh   :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 16, 2013, 12:14:47 PM
Maybe for the benefit of our NA friends we should just point out we are talking about the Brush tail possum here.. Otherwise they could suspect we are slightly nuts for wanting to make winter clothing out of Opossums..

Found a worthy challenge yet Paulcet?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 16, 2013, 01:12:37 PM
Sorry, been working crazy hours. Something coming up in a few, stand by.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 16, 2013, 01:17:05 PM
One of my unscheduled tasks this weekend. What is it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzvy_H58gWw
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 16, 2013, 01:38:51 PM
A drill set up with a drive wheel and the trigger zip tied.  The sled floats along the rollers and the drill turns the rollers.

Not sure what the clear hose is. 

It looks like the conduit is being used not only as a handle but doubling as a vacuum extension.

Your cleaning the rollers some how.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 16, 2013, 02:10:48 PM
Quote from: Slack on June 16, 2013, 01:38:51 PM
Your cleaning the rollers some how.
That's it. What you don't see in the video is the driven end of the rollers, and what the drill is driving, which is a brush roll. The clear hose is for water.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 16, 2013, 05:11:32 PM
At first I thought the drill was driving a wire brush, but then changed my mind and decided it was turning the rollers.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 18, 2013, 02:14:01 AM
You found anything yet Slack?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 18, 2013, 07:06:02 AM
Here she is.  Extra points if you not only know what it is, but know exactly which product it comes from.
I bet a lot of you have one of these somewhere in your house.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 18, 2013, 12:50:41 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on June 16, 2013, 12:14:47 PM
Maybe for the benefit of our NA friends we should just point out we are talking about the Brush tail possum here.. Otherwise they could suspect we are slightly nuts for wanting to make winter clothing out of Opossums..

Found a worthy challenge yet Paulcet?
am GLAD you clarified this. thought for a minute you were embracing your inner redneck lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 18, 2013, 03:12:18 PM
Watch battery?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 18, 2013, 06:57:57 PM
Table or chair leg foot
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 18, 2013, 07:53:38 PM
similar thought to Pliskin ... but i reckon slider foot for under whitegoods... stove/fridge/wash machine?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 18, 2013, 08:13:42 PM
Pipe end cap
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 18, 2013, 08:25:44 PM
Non of the above.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 18, 2013, 08:28:08 PM
Something for the kitchen?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 18, 2013, 08:34:49 PM
Typically, but not always, found in the bedroom.
I guess I'll take _____ apart again to get a picture of the other side of the _____ to post tomorrow, if no one has it by then.  I really thought this one would be easy  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 18, 2013, 08:42:45 PM
maybe in your bedroom!!  :icon_eek: ... lol...

hmm take something apart ... bedroom.... i can see wear marks around the lower section... hmmm ..

and i aint headin smutty with this one... for once!! ..

without a size reference its tricky...

push button bit for a simple door lock?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 18, 2013, 08:50:26 PM
Snooze button or the bell of an wind up alarm clock?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 18, 2013, 09:16:19 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 18, 2013, 08:42:45 PM
without a size reference its tricky...

Sorry, I guess that is kind of unfair.  It's roughly 22.40mm in diameter.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 18, 2013, 09:18:31 PM
 :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:

are you actually ALLOWED to say 'roughly' and 22point4 in the same sentence??  ;) :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 18, 2013, 09:22:18 PM
but... hrrrm... roller for a sliding door wardrobe/built in wardrobe? ..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 18, 2013, 09:22:58 PM
22pointfourZERO, give or take  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 18, 2013, 09:29:24 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi228.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee70%2FLittle-X%2FGS500F%2F0012-2_zps575f0f76.jpg&hash=70966095e727f03c9faad2badbc6e4ad10fc6b93)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 18, 2013, 10:02:38 PM
i just cant think of any polite usage for that thing in a bedroom!!??.... upside down or not!  :confused:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 19, 2013, 04:47:13 AM
I realized I needed to clarify myself.  It would be most likely found in American bedrooms.  There are very few of them in Australia, it's probably illegal for you to own Janx.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 19, 2013, 05:48:01 AM
Some kind of a vaporizer or burner reservoir or a tea-light candle/potpourri/oil incense holder?

Humidifier scent holder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 19, 2013, 03:04:00 PM
The piece in question is stock from factory, but some people will upgrade it with a similar piece that is normally neon orange.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 19, 2013, 03:40:47 PM
Hrrrm ... Ok ... End-cap out of a pump action or semi auto action shotgun magazine ... 12ga

Edit ... Whoops... End-cap from the spring in there
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 19, 2013, 04:52:39 PM
It's called a shell follower

Here is the spring it caps off
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Maverick 88 Security 7+1
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It's a category D firearm in Australia: Gov. Agencies and "a few occupational shooters" may own one.  Too bad for you   :flipoff:
In the grand old US of A we  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 19, 2013, 05:43:21 PM
shell follower.... yeah! .. the cappy thing on the springy thing!!  :D

ok..... looooking looooking ... hmmmm here we go!! .. have taken 4 different and each more revealing shots of this... but heres your first one!

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FNewItem1shot_zps1b46c119.jpg&hash=30a3be1080a034e4318f2f0a654b25294363326b) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/NewItem1shot_zps1b46c119.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 19, 2013, 06:34:33 PM
coffee grinder?
Pasta machine?
Meat grinder?
Pencil sharpener?
Food processor/Blender?
Air Raid Siren?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 19, 2013, 06:58:01 PM
Your husbands ball washer :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 19, 2013, 07:40:19 PM
ahhhhh.. your a funny lad Plisky!!  ;) :nono:

it is a grinder type thing yeah .. but not coffee or meat ... or 'mary-jane'!

it would have been one of those 50's/60's/70's type things ... 'that you just cant live without!... ring now and receive a set of steak knives as well' if it was a tv advert ..  :cookoo:

photo #2

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 19, 2013, 08:06:43 PM
French fry machine?
It'd be so much easier if you'd just remove the painters' tape
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 19, 2013, 08:12:42 PM
no not french fry/chip machine...

and its electrical tape!! .. TYVM .. if you dont mind!!  ;) ;) ;) ... it would be easier... itd be even easier if i took a photo of the bottom of the whole thing which has all the info on it... gotta have some challenge though..

should i pop up the next pic?... or wait for a few more guesses?  :flipoff:

.. also... this thing WAS made under license from a USA company design ... manufactured in Aussie though...

I dont know for sure... but i bet Beavers dad probably had one .. which is not really a clue... just thought id mention it... couldve been one in the Bewitched household too?.... they would probably have needed one.. well if it werent for the witchcraft anyway...  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Tallemertes on June 19, 2013, 08:43:22 PM
Does it grind up grains? Like on the side, c is for corn, m is for millet, f is for flax?  :dunno_black:
Edit: or f is for flour?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 19, 2013, 08:47:29 PM
Baby R2-D2?

Is it a vintage hot shave lather or towel machine? For shaving beavers?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 19, 2013, 08:53:18 PM
Tallemerte ..thats a good thought!... but no...

Coarse Medium Fine i beleive ... though after switching through the setting while looking in... cant be that much difference! ... i dont have any of what is supposed to be in there handy .. or i would test it to see consistency! ...

geeez... i nearly blabbed it out then without thinking!!  :icon_rolleyes:

and lol Plisky! .. could be an embryonic droid i spose... but no... not for shaving stuff or towel either

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FNewItem3shot_zpse44e9b93.jpg&hash=985e1fd1ba4d9721577a5dab1f78283e52db3e73) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/NewItem3shot_zpse44e9b93.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 19, 2013, 08:55:57 PM
Ice crusher
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 19, 2013, 09:00:35 PM
Quote from: pliskin on June 19, 2013, 08:55:57 PM
Ice crusher

:thumb: .. it is!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 19, 2013, 09:14:46 PM
I'm going dark after this post....off the grid until Monday. So, this is an easy one. Picture taken on my driveway. What do they call these in the US? Any guess with "worm" in it is no good. I won't won't be able to check on who guesses but the winner will know they are right. Just continue with the game. Catch you later.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 19, 2013, 09:16:15 PM
its a !!! .. nah i just had a go.... someone else... !!  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 20, 2013, 12:34:50 AM
??? Earthworm?

Hang on scientific term non-arthropod invertebrate

Oligochaeta
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: tmbr_wulf on June 20, 2013, 08:07:53 AM
What is a "Nightcrawler"?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on June 20, 2013, 03:57:24 PM
Tape Measure!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 20, 2013, 04:29:27 PM
wet ashpalt!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 20, 2013, 04:47:14 PM
Why that's Harvey!

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doctormacro.com%2FImages%2FStewart%2C%2520James%2FAnnex%2FAnnex%2520-%2520Stewart%2C%2520James%2520%28Harvey%29_04.jpg&hash=a9814b85fb3cbf3082e9ffb319860101ddedcd7d)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Tallemertes on June 20, 2013, 06:59:51 PM
I'm pretty sure tmbr_wulf got it
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 21, 2013, 11:40:13 AM
almost looked like a tapeworm
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 21, 2013, 02:23:23 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on June 21, 2013, 11:40:13 AM
almost looked like a tapeworm

....  :D ...  :icon_rolleyes: ......  :D .....  :icon_rolleyes: ..... Bad mang! ... Real bad!!  ;) :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 22, 2013, 07:01:02 AM
since anything with worm is no good, how bout a nematode?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 23, 2013, 06:56:58 PM
Quote from: tmbr_wulf on June 20, 2013, 08:07:53 AM
What is a "Nightcrawler"?
Yes, I was looking for Nightcrawler. They come out in the rain at night. They are a real bitoch to get off your GS once you run over them and they dry out on your paint or motor.

You are up.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 24, 2013, 08:36:42 AM
never seen em with that flat spot. even when stretched out
always like this lol
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 25, 2013, 01:45:23 PM
Have we got a new one to guess yet? Tmbr_Wulf - find us something random to guess  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 27, 2013, 02:38:31 PM
Well, can't let this thread die - Tmbr_Wulf, if you find something good - please post ahead, for now I would like to offer this little item that came across my desk a few days ago..

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_3063_zps92104701.jpg&hash=dd9f116e90f6693603303d5b35dbd38df1cf7771) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_3063_zps92104701.jpg.html)

EDIT: It was last calibrated in 1951.. So you won't find this on the net most likely..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Tallemertes on June 27, 2013, 04:03:33 PM
Is that what a vacuum tube looks like?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 27, 2013, 04:24:16 PM
Not a vacum tube - tube is there merely to prevent dust getting at it. Item would function fine without glass.

Might pop a few other photos here
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_3064_zps5bb00794.jpg&hash=2f3179987ab84fa2d6439102597640fde2baf679) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_3064_zps5bb00794.jpg.html)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_3065_zps594eab53.jpg&hash=5b373ad55467a3289756f5c6ebf86f65b8fcad6d) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_3065_zps594eab53.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Tallemertes on June 27, 2013, 04:37:50 PM
Was it used in a radio?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 27, 2013, 05:03:49 PM
Not used in a radio, was used in an industrial application.. You could use it for an amplifier I guess if you wanted to.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 27, 2013, 05:13:44 PM
Don't know what it is.  But I just have to say that Kiwi posts the most interesting stuff.  To me, anyway.  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 27, 2013, 05:41:06 PM
All I can say is that this is one of those first generation devices that bridged between mechanical and electrical.

This one is just a bit different in layout to the many devices that peform a similar function you still find everywhere.. hence why I snaffled it for my collection.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Tallemertes on June 27, 2013, 06:13:33 PM
Is it a fuse, resistor, or capacitor?
I hope I didn't break any rules with those multiple, broad guesses.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 27, 2013, 06:25:18 PM
Well I guess technically the closest element this thing contains of an active component is a resistor. But thats only a part of how it works.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 27, 2013, 06:36:12 PM
Thermally operated circuit breaker?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 27, 2013, 06:36:19 PM
Is it a thermal relay
Time delay relay
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 27, 2013, 06:39:17 PM
Dang Paulcet you might have beat me to the punch by 7sec.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on June 27, 2013, 06:58:58 PM
Quote from: pliskin on June 27, 2013, 06:36:19 PM
Is it a thermal relay

:thumb: You got it - Thermal relay. The fine filament inside (held between the tiny ceramic spools) expands as it heats up, releases tension on the end spring, and the main spring forces the contact closed.  The contact is hidden inside the ceramic bead.

This puppy is 70 years old and still works perfectly.

EDIT: There are about 15 other Electrical engineers in my office, and most of them took a few minutes to figure out what this thing was..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 27, 2013, 08:04:04 PM
OK, I'm looking for the name that was on the package of this toy car.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 27, 2013, 08:08:02 PM
HotWheels
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 27, 2013, 08:09:18 PM
Which hotweels?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 27, 2013, 08:46:58 PM
Hot Wheels Redline Boss Hoss Mustang 302, Chrome, 1969


.... i think ...  ;)

interesting too.... cos if it is... ebay says that sucker is in the $50 range!!  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Tallemertes on June 27, 2013, 08:58:54 PM
A hot wheels car?

Edit: sorry refreshed page and didn't see there was another page
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on June 28, 2013, 04:24:14 AM
I reckon it was one of the Hot Wheels Custom Camaros from 1968:
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-iofgIqCvkxU%2FTrNG3SxqRWI%2FAAAAAAAB5QY%2F8RL60CSYHrg%2Fs1600%2FHot-Wheels-Camaro-toys.jpg&hash=ab29a23015af4fe72df0b0623b6fe213f364c369)
Definitely not a Mustang.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 28, 2013, 05:31:56 AM
Not a Boss Hoss or Custom Camaro. Banzai does have a pic of the same one in his reply.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 28, 2013, 06:33:01 AM
Challenger?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 28, 2013, 10:52:38 AM
name of maker, name of model what name? can you clarify?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 28, 2013, 04:26:20 PM
I'm gonna guess "Heavy Chevy"
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 28, 2013, 07:50:25 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on June 28, 2013, 04:26:20 PM
I'm gonna guess "Heavy Chevy"
Yes, it's a Hotwheels Heavy Chevy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 29, 2013, 09:17:01 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2F6C7BCFA1-8B29-4715-B3A8-935B342F0EC9-7961-00000A914CD63888_zps336cee2b.jpg&hash=85700de242c63e3580282435ecbe8d5e46d20be6)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on June 29, 2013, 11:16:58 PM
Looks like an air horn?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 30, 2013, 04:38:48 AM
P.A. Speaker horn out of a large speaker ... Band type or large hall kinda thing
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on June 30, 2013, 05:58:14 AM
Train air horn
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 30, 2013, 07:28:46 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 30, 2013, 04:38:48 AM
P.A. Speaker horn out of a large speaker ... Band type or large hall kinda thing
Close. The length is cylindrical, not conical.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2F45ED8054-82AB-4F7C-8BBC-A26AF7F75B60-7961-00000B5FA808EF57_zps6d7f08dc.jpg&hash=192604aea723bb3d4a4eaf694067ef614ad9a0aa)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 30, 2013, 06:58:34 PM
bass reflex vent port
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on June 30, 2013, 09:08:26 PM
Quote from: pliskin on June 30, 2013, 06:58:34 PM
bass reflex vent port
We have a winner!

I'm building a sub woofer for my home.  8" driver, 1.2 ft^3 box, tuned to 33hz. The 3" port needs to be 12" (plus flare).
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 01, 2013, 06:23:41 AM
tuning IS important if you want GOOD sound.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on July 01, 2013, 08:03:55 PM
That's a AAA battery for size reference.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fvfr1%2FCIMG0922.jpg&hash=4872ee7faddd4a6cf94f9f212ba517565e84cd02)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on July 01, 2013, 10:53:49 PM
Belt roller?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: jcube_04 on July 02, 2013, 09:12:56 AM
Lug nut / hub cap cover on a vehicle
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on July 02, 2013, 02:16:21 PM
Looks like a well made assembly with some bearings in there - and maybe a small spindle motor of some sort...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 02, 2013, 04:25:08 PM
Those copper colored things... Are they hard plastic material? And are there usually more of them when this thing is in use?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on July 02, 2013, 06:47:41 PM
Yes it is some kind of motor with bearings. And, I don't know what those copper colored plastic things are. I have an theory on what they are. Based on that theory there could be more or less of the copper colored plastic things. They are removable. They are not important......ignore them.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 02, 2013, 07:23:49 PM
Hard drive motor
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on July 02, 2013, 07:28:46 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on July 02, 2013, 07:23:49 PM
Hard drive motor
Yes it is. I think those plastic things are weights to balance the motor???
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 03, 2013, 07:13:41 AM
Speaking of HDD's the magnets make GREAT magnets for tank bags.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 03, 2013, 03:26:18 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2F000C4765-D517-44A4-B27B-CF7C2D9EFACD-1058-000001170886DAEA_zpsb6895bbd.jpg&hash=eea88d5eaf352021e203c77da45e72145ea7d8b9)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: jcube_04 on July 03, 2013, 04:41:05 PM
A brace?

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 03, 2013, 05:22:23 PM
it looks kinda like a cleaning rod for a pistol .. with that little loop on end .. but would be hard to grip that little ball on other end ? ..

or... it also kinda looks like a 'industrial size' needle for a machine... like for making carpets or something?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 04, 2013, 10:05:19 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 03, 2013, 05:22:23 PM
or... it also kinda looks like a 'industrial size' needle for a machine... like for making carpets or something?
Closest guess so far, but still a ways off. This tool is used by hand.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: jcube_04 on July 04, 2013, 12:38:22 PM
Is it a tool for threading wire through tight spaces?

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 04, 2013, 12:42:25 PM
I'm thinking either wire puller or a tool to put drawstrings back into clothing.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on July 04, 2013, 01:09:38 PM
Looks like an arm off a rc servo
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 04, 2013, 01:32:00 PM
Quote from: RossLH on July 04, 2013, 12:42:25 PM
I'm thinking either wire puller or a tool to put drawstrings back into clothing.
That is it.  Technical term is "bodkin".
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 04, 2013, 02:04:01 PM
I did not know that. :cheers:

Just got done working out, someone else can post something new, or I'll go searching in the basement for something after I take a shower.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 08, 2013, 08:07:28 AM
C'mon honkeys post something. goin' thru withdrawal here lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on July 08, 2013, 12:06:46 PM
Heres something a bit bigger..

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_1490_zps88c0b94b.jpg&hash=21baf36453fc9fd07e63565c053b4d450c57040d) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_1490_zps88c0b94b.jpg.html)

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on July 08, 2013, 01:25:23 PM
A monster surge protector?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on July 08, 2013, 01:40:43 PM
I have some photos of monster surge protectors, but they are fairly plain with a single insulator per phase.

EDIT: Like a surge protector, this thing is also filled with gas...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on July 08, 2013, 07:18:20 PM
HAARP
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on July 08, 2013, 07:34:10 PM
Hmm,  HAARP uses 3.6MW of power, am sure they have at least one of these on the main supply into the site.. as will you find one of these in most substations around the world.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 08, 2013, 08:18:39 PM
Circuit breaker?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on July 08, 2013, 08:24:53 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on July 08, 2013, 08:18:39 PM
Circuit breaker?

Yep - SF6 filled 110kV 10A 3 Phase circuit breaker.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 08, 2013, 08:32:17 PM
Cool!  So it doesn't work like this one:


Will probably post something tomorrow.  Getting late....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on July 08, 2013, 08:49:06 PM
Quote from: Paulcet on July 08, 2013, 08:32:17 PM
Cool!  So it doesn't work like this one

That video is actually a bus disconnector being opened after a circuit breaker failed. Usually you have a disconnector on either side of a circuit breaker (in case it fails) as well as earth switches (depending on the layout of the bus work) to make it safe after it is isolated.  I can relate to the statement of surprise at the end of the video though...

We used to have air blast breakers that used high pressure jets of air to extinguish the arc, but now days everything new is filled with SF6 which quenches arcs very quickly - lot smaller physically for the same power rating.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 11, 2013, 11:14:36 AM
lol haarp here we go lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 14, 2013, 02:20:07 PM
Woah, sorry guys. I forgot about this.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2F306C762D-9E49-40A5-B796-3E39F7ED9AC5-4307-000004B1D67531D4_zpse3d2e9fe.jpg&hash=575660d1ec9fc7a761ebc04344724cef34fa942e)
Should be an easy one to get going with.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 14, 2013, 03:22:10 PM
a PASSKEY for a security system?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 14, 2013, 04:43:00 PM
Yep. Your turn.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 15, 2013, 05:19:55 PM
P.s editing pic for clarity. before I get passed for not posting something in 5 minutes or am ignored lol.  pic will be up in 30 minutes or so. Danke
Aaron
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 15, 2013, 05:54:01 PM
tic toc tic toc!!  ;) :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on July 15, 2013, 06:57:04 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on July 15, 2013, 05:19:55 PM
pic will be up in or so.
:wink:
:icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 15, 2013, 07:02:04 PM
hmmm .. hang on while i wind the clock up again!!  ;) ;) :D :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 15, 2013, 08:12:54 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 15, 2013, 07:02:04 PM
hmmm .. hang on while i wind the clock up again!!  ;) ;) :D :D
i get ignored anyways yall Buddha Loves You if it isn't a perfect picture lol brb
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 15, 2013, 08:37:42 PM
Wasn't feeling well. the kidneys acting up. debating on going to ER but theyre as worthless as fun bags on a bull. so am adopting a wait and see attitude. feeing slightly better.  Soo to keep janx from having his PMS attack  :icon_eek:  :kiss3:  :cheers: heres the pic lol no its not the dying g5 mouse lol.  its behind it to the left.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2Fbaccer.jpg&hash=41682da33c969cfc029dc187b2e07e4dc2142d5b)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 15, 2013, 08:52:35 PM
 :D :D :D  :kiss3: :flipoff:

... hahahahhaah ...

:icon_sad: but dont be messin around with your kidneys bro! ... look after yourself!!  :thumb:

... now ... not the huge blurry mouse ass in the photo .. but the little blurry silicon nubbin thingy ... looks like the ones they use to separate a glass table top from a metal table frame!! ... whatever them is called!!  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 16, 2013, 02:00:50 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 15, 2013, 08:52:35 PM
:D :D :D  :kiss3: :flipoff:

... hahahahhaah ...

:icon_sad: but dont be messin around with your kidneys bro! ... look after yourself!!  :thumb:

... now ... not the huge blurry mouse ass in the photo .. but the little blurry silicon nubbin thingy ... looks like the ones they use to separate a glass table top from a metal table frame!! ... whatever them is called!!  ;)
Spose it could be but either that would be one small assed table or one GIANT mouse.  but no lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 16, 2013, 01:40:01 PM
Part of a device only introduced over last couple years.  helps with ones health.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on July 16, 2013, 02:04:50 PM
Mouse butt plug?
Plug for a .22 bullet hole?
Plug for an artery after you chop off a leg or arm?
A thing you stick in a piercing to slowly enlarge the hole?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 16, 2013, 02:40:58 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on July 16, 2013, 02:04:50 PM
Mouse butt plug?
Plug for a .22 bullet hole?
Plug for an artery after you chop off a leg or arm?
A thing you stick in a piercing to slowly enlarge the hole?
SMOKIN! so far off
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on July 16, 2013, 08:19:26 PM
It's one of those little plastic plug things that I had pictured on the hard drive motor picture I posted. Is it a balance weight?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 16, 2013, 08:43:41 PM
Quote from: pliskin on July 16, 2013, 08:19:26 PM
It's one of those little plastic plug things that I had pictured on the hard drive motor picture I posted. Is it a balance weight?
Partially correct my friend. a plastic plug thing but not a balance weight nor a weight of any kind. vague as hell clue of the day. a very LARGE industry worldwide doesn't want these things used in any way shape or form. its recipient cannot be minors in any form. its an alternative to a vice ;) a vice being things not known for being good to ones health
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 16, 2013, 08:50:04 PM
hrm .. ok... so part of a nicotine delivery system ....

Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on July 16, 2013, 02:40:58 PM
SMOKIN! so far off

... you sly dog you!!

... hrm ... either part of an nicotine inhaler or part of an e-cig .. ...actual guess .. plug for the tank on an e-cig??!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 17, 2013, 12:41:53 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 16, 2013, 08:50:04 PM
hrm .. ok... so part of a nicotine delivery system ....

Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on July 16, 2013, 02:40:58 PM
SMOKIN! so far off

... you sly dog you!!

... hrm ... either part of an nicotine inhaler or part of an e-cig .. ...actual guess .. plug for the tank on an e-cig??!!
Dammit my friend I try to be subtle yet I give the answer. its all you now. it was the plug from a disposable E-cig. misplaced the damn thing earlier when I was getting sick. cant remember. friggin health issues makes memory dodgy sometimes. misplaced it and my zippo. whyt a lighter AND an ecig?, was testdriving the ecig had zippo in pocket. anyhoo it covers the mouthpiece err where the inhalation happens. a 1 use unit ( for the plug. ) or reusable to keep air from pulling thru it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 17, 2013, 02:22:20 AM
Don't you just hate when your subconcious shoots you in the foot?! ... Lol ... I only got the smokin reference after your mention of LARGE companies and no kiddies allowed... Then the light came on ..

... Just trying to think do I have anything worthy at home to pix with the iPad right now?? ... Hmmmm

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fimage_zpsc676bd67.jpg&hash=65cc1486fe4926c2261eddb5a030492b48332f0c) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/image_zpsc676bd67.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 17, 2013, 02:29:01 AM
almost looks like a stray/fork cover or sans pokers something for an ear of corn
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 17, 2013, 02:38:45 AM
Oooooh ... Right genre .. Wrong purpose .. 'Mr Pinky' is soft silicon
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 17, 2013, 01:34:43 PM
For toothbrushes? or eyeglasses?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 17, 2013, 02:43:05 PM
No no .... Head back to food ideas
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 17, 2013, 06:07:10 PM
If I guess correctly, do I win an ipad?, could use one at shop lol. anyhoo back to guessdoes it hold lollipops, or candy? or is it for candymaking? to put impressions into either candy or cakes or cookies?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 17, 2013, 06:22:36 PM
Is it a cover for a 2-prong meat thermometer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on July 17, 2013, 07:04:47 PM
Pop-Sickle mold
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 17, 2013, 07:21:13 PM
nup nup nup .. no ipads sorry ... unless i 'find' one...  ;)

ok .. scale of 'Mr Pinky' ... 2.5" or just over 60cm ....

look at his feet ... thats a 1/4" or about 5mm square .. goes in about 1/2 " or 11mm roughly ... something does indeed insert into his feet!

Mr Pinky is helpful for kids to learn a 'how to' something ... or possibly clumsy/drunk adults ...


.. Yama .. he has been used to stamp banana bread .. but thats not his true purpose
:thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 17, 2013, 07:22:38 PM
Chopstick holder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 17, 2013, 07:24:31 PM
Quote from: RossLH on July 17, 2013, 07:22:38 PM
Chopstick holder?

yep! .. early bird gets the worm!!

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 17, 2013, 07:54:59 PM
Someone else post something, I don't own anything of interest.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 17, 2013, 10:57:17 PM
oooohhhhh Ross!!!!!!!!  :technical: :technical: :technical:
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk%2Fi%2Fkeep-calm-and-stop-shouting-at-ross.png&hash=2aab53da6a556305c6da42557e6ce93e2471b6f6)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on July 17, 2013, 11:00:57 PM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 17, 2013, 11:05:54 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 17, 2013, 10:57:17 PM
oooohhhhh Ross!!!!!!!!  :technical: :technical: :technical:

Haha, man I have to stop guessing things in this game.

EDIT: Alright fine, I'll give you guys an easy one. Water bottle is there for scale.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 17, 2013, 11:13:51 PM
its ok Ross... but do have a check around.... sometimes in 'the drawer' ... you know that one in the kitchen... about 3 down!! ... yeah that drawer ... odd things turn up!!.... some of the things posted in here are blatantly obvious to the poster.. but as you know the rest of us are  :dunno_black:

.... Cods!! .. thats a cool pic.... but my ears aint that long!!... and i'm taller.... i like the armor though!!  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 17, 2013, 11:21:01 PM
Check my edit, Janx. It may not be the hardest to guess, but it's surely not the most common doorstop.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 17, 2013, 11:25:15 PM
Ainti aircraft shell? or shell from a main battle tank?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 17, 2013, 11:26:56 PM
Close. Very close.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on July 17, 2013, 11:31:18 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fih3.redbubble.net%2Fimage.9692996.4981%2Ffc%2C550x550%2Cwhite.jpg&hash=0077cef5ef6adda29ba7ac0974b69863ea933c53)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 17, 2013, 11:32:08 PM
yeah damn ... i moved one like that for a customer start of year .... errrmmm ... cmon brain...

naval 4" gun ... i think ..

.. funny Cods...  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 17, 2013, 11:34:15 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on July 17, 2013, 11:32:08 PMnaval 4" gun ... i think ..

US Army, and bigger.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 18, 2013, 12:01:13 AM
bigger than 4" .. would have said 155 howie then? .. but pretty sure they use bags not case/shell ... ummmm so ... still bigger than 4" .. but uses a case ... 105 howitzer?

which if it is... same as the M1 Abhrams MBT 105mm? .. what Yama said?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 18, 2013, 12:15:15 AM
You've got the right size, wrong vehicle. This didn't come from a tank.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on July 18, 2013, 12:36:55 AM
Mortar shell?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 18, 2013, 12:37:41 AM
105mm howitzer c130 gunship?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 18, 2013, 01:00:41 AM
Ground vehicle. Not a Howitzer round, for the record.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 18, 2013, 04:47:52 AM
Stryker Self Propelled Mobile Gun ....one of the shells from it.... Blowing shaZam! up- for the use of!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on July 18, 2013, 09:10:35 AM
Correct!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 18, 2013, 11:58:28 PM
real easy .. cos i'm busy .. too much paperwork .. and forgetful today ...

probably first in gets it... moderate yourselves and go with correct ident eh?....

im getting smashed with office tasks!

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FDSC00779_zpsa8197123.jpg&hash=4a598f4df5eedfeaa8fa6b3408d79305747b3bf1) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/DSC00779_zpsa8197123.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on July 19, 2013, 01:23:59 AM
Looks like the nozzle of a firehose
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 19, 2013, 03:32:35 AM
Yep .... So it's your go .... C'mon c'mon where's your pic!  ;)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: codajastal on July 19, 2013, 04:18:44 AM
Have to wait till morning. Bedtime for this old fart


Sent from my iPad using a big stick
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 22, 2013, 07:35:11 PM
Cod's been sleeping a while.  Or is that whole international date line thing messing with my mind, and he just posted this evening?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on July 22, 2013, 08:03:35 PM
pffft .. yeah ... typical QLD'er!!... they hibernate you know!!  ;) :flipoff:

sent him a THWAP on FB  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 22, 2013, 09:34:42 PM
i think he faps to mythical drop bear porno
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: codajastal on July 22, 2013, 09:52:36 PM
Totally forgot. Someone else have a go.


Sent from my iPad using a big stick
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 23, 2013, 01:09:56 AM
sumthin simple for now
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adaracing.com%2Fproducts%2Fgpbskj.jpg&hash=6e756967502f93b787dd8729356eed82d82da2d6)what it is, and its use ;) i believe its the rules Eh? fairly simple  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 23, 2013, 10:15:46 AM
Bearing and bearing housing.  3rd bearing support. To allow longer spindle to take more abuse.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 23, 2013, 10:24:15 AM
Quote from: Paulcet on July 23, 2013, 10:15:46 AM
Bearing and bearing housing.  3rd bearing support. To allow longer spindle to take more abuse.
Motherfluck. too easy ( third bearing support. ) bonus points if you can figure out what uses this particular item. clue is pretty close ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on July 23, 2013, 02:00:06 PM
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/600643_10201278985079937_812315981_n.jpg)
reminds me of,...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 23, 2013, 09:22:27 PM
I suppose the 3rd bearing is for gopeds?

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2F04EE0A00-A07D-4670-947B-C1BAC6335B19-12099-00000FDDAEC3C46A_zps92211b9a.jpg&hash=ae8d888417ce5275120c4e67fe6ca4348a300091)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 23, 2013, 11:27:38 PM
goped sports mainly well really anyone spindle driven.. now this thing almost looks like either a fountain pen nib, or something used for tying carpets/
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on July 24, 2013, 03:34:36 AM
Quote from: Paulcet on July 23, 2013, 09:22:27 PM
I suppose the 3rd bearing is for gopeds?

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Soldering Iron tip?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on July 24, 2013, 06:32:09 AM
Dammit that was on my guess list also lol. but 2 at one time was enough. so had to wait lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on July 24, 2013, 10:58:34 AM
Yep, soldering iron tip.  Coda's up again.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on October 01, 2013, 07:29:26 PM
Well, This thread has slipped unacceptably too far down the list.. Coda hasn't been keeping score..

Found this unusual item a while back.. yes they are locks and keys, but I want to know if anyone knows what they are used for.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_2264_zps612a5349.jpg&hash=ab7b56dbccd06342c183a61e2fbb894ad9f72b35) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_2264_zps612a5349.jpg.html)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_2265_zpsed19132e.jpg&hash=1cdff943ed0b9e3b02ffb5ca23f125c833e8c350) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_2265_zpsed19132e.jpg.html)

One clue for now - they are hideously expensive..
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 01, 2013, 08:33:07 PM
They kind of look like they'd be used as circuit breakers/switches for some kind of heavy machinery. Like in a power plant, perhaps.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on October 01, 2013, 11:33:03 PM
What you see behind it is gas insulated switchgear - 220kV filled with SF6.

Another clue - the keys don't operate anything directly.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 02, 2013, 12:05:11 AM
Used in hydro production?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on October 02, 2013, 05:33:26 AM
Is it a something like a miners ID tag board? Something to identify when a plant worker is "in" or "out". Looks like this one is organized by crew or something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: tcmia on October 02, 2013, 10:43:16 AM
Maybe Lockout cabinet. When something needs to be shutdown for repair or something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on October 02, 2013, 10:51:30 AM
Quote from: tcmia on October 02, 2013, 10:43:16 AM
Maybe Lockout cabinet. When something needs to be shutdown for repair or something.

Correct - it is a bank of interlocked keys - Castell to be exact.  The idea is that the keys can only be removed in a certain order by obtaining the matching keys from the operational equipment. the keys are retained mechanically in the locks until the reverse order is done to return the equipment to service.

Very very very expensive, but pratically idiot proof - used in oil/gas and electrical systems quite a lot.

Feel free to post up a new item  :thumb:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 02, 2013, 10:52:44 AM
Eh, I was close lol.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 02, 2013, 11:07:59 AM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on October 02, 2013, 10:51:30 AM
Quote from: tcmia on October 02, 2013, 10:43:16 AM
Maybe Lockout cabinet. When something needs to be shutdown for repair or something.

Correct - it is a bank of interlocked keys - Castell to be exact.  The idea is that the keys can only be removed in a certain order by obtaining the matching keys from the operational equipment. the keys are retained mechanically in the locks until the reverse order is done to return the equipment to service.

Very very very expensive, but pratically idiot proof - used in oil/gas and electrical systems quite a lot.

Feel free to post up a new item  :thumb:
nothing is practically idiot proof. give an idiot enough time theyd figure out how to bugger it up lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on October 02, 2013, 11:44:54 AM
True idiots will inadvertently bypass all idiotproofing. It's a talent, really.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on October 02, 2013, 11:50:15 AM
Well.. that is all true, part of the weeding out process is applied to identify the idiots and stop them getting into these installations to start with...

We also have a nice checklist we usually use when one person does the key thing, they call it to another person who calls it back.  So you actually need to have let 2 idiots in the building..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 02, 2013, 12:05:44 PM
Odds are minimal then. hadnt seen a setup like this in a LONG time. never did ask what it was for. ( never did see anyone use it either )
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: tcmia on October 02, 2013, 12:09:12 PM
Let's see...


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 02, 2013, 01:39:14 PM
drawer support?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: tcmia on October 02, 2013, 02:20:48 PM
Its actually a motorcycle part not OEM tho.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 02, 2013, 05:23:23 PM
not a funky bar end weight is it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 02, 2013, 07:39:16 PM
reckon its a funky axle nut or other cap type nut ... allen wrench head style
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 02, 2013, 08:54:40 PM
I didn't think about that janx lol. its small whatever it is. ( judging by the woodgrain on the table)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 02, 2013, 09:03:44 PM
yeah the woodgrain is what i noticed ...  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 02, 2013, 09:47:19 PM
perhaps a trim screw of some sort?i don't see much in the way of threads underneath though
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 02, 2013, 10:13:09 PM
It is a motorcycle aftermarket "thingie"
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 02, 2013, 10:23:21 PM
the thing is sitting above the table surface ... so i am thinking collar extending from/part of the internal 'theoretical' screw thread .. so when it would be tightened up the collar would be within a corresponding sunken gallery and the main outer edge of the thing would be flush on the surface ... if that makes sense  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 02, 2013, 10:32:16 PM
agreed. ill take a stab at it and say to me it looks like a decorate nut for a trim piece. not really large enough to be structural or hold a load. a trim screw/nut if you will. just enough room internally for a small screw to go into.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: tcmia on October 03, 2013, 05:00:23 AM
There you go. Its an aftermarket tappet cover. Older Honda's have access oles to adjust the valves. Also fits the oil filler on some  shaft drive bikes.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 04, 2013, 08:45:03 PM
so whos up?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: tcmia on October 05, 2013, 05:35:46 AM
I think you got it close enough.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 05, 2013, 05:41:05 AM
KK thank you sir :). now up next. this was pulled out of a toolbox at work. I claimed it for use in my goped build. its titanium in construction, and roughly 6" long MAYBE1.5" in width
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2F500%2F3rd_leg.jpg&hash=4227249ba2809b8e47da36094c55e2e541ea2047)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 05, 2013, 10:38:37 AM
C'mon folks youd know this one if you think about it long enough. its rated to hold weight, and while in motion. quite strong.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 05, 2013, 05:52:09 PM
Is it a shock absorber of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 05, 2013, 06:10:25 PM
Quote from: JAS6377 on October 05, 2013, 05:52:09 PM
Is it a shock absorber of some sort?
in a roundabout way yes. but that is not what it is ;). has one specific duty on a vertical plane.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 05, 2013, 09:02:46 PM
Reckon its part of a monopod/tripod for cameras?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 05, 2013, 10:02:03 PM
No sir. not for cameras or electronics of any kind. its made for transportation :).
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 06, 2013, 02:38:28 AM
Hrm ... A stem for a quick detach steering wheel?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 06, 2013, 02:42:48 AM
not automotive. its made for human mobility.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 06, 2013, 02:53:41 AM
Errr ... Hmm ... Part of a wheelchair... Stub axle perhaps
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 06, 2013, 04:25:41 AM
Or a vertical adjuster?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 06, 2013, 05:28:37 PM
youre close jas it IS used by people. but it cannot be used by itself. before people start giving up and moving on, ill put one final clue on there. a shoe is often used along with this.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on October 06, 2013, 06:40:17 PM
Part of a prosthetic leg? Might be the lower part?
Prosthetic 'Cycle-Leg'
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 06, 2013, 10:45:40 PM
yup. I suppose the shoe was too much of a clue lol. normally people would just post something else and quit trying.   yeah I found this thing in a toolbox. going to set this up as part of a camera mount.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on October 07, 2013, 06:39:14 PM
OK, this is about 12ft long.
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on October 07, 2013, 06:56:52 PM
Looks like a pig for scrubbing out pipes
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 07, 2013, 07:05:34 PM
An industrial roto-tiller!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 07, 2013, 07:34:01 PM
made for drilling or mining?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on October 07, 2013, 08:20:55 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on October 07, 2013, 06:56:52 PM
Looks like a pig for scrubbing out pipes
Winner- It's a pig.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 07, 2013, 10:17:37 PM
so is my goped lol. had never seena pig before. that's cool. interesting things were seeing Eh?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on October 07, 2013, 11:13:50 PM
Edit:

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Some clues - you find one of these in a radio, just a lot smaller - this unit is about 12m high, 3m in diameter and mounted on nice seismic restraints (the shock absorber is part of the seismic system)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on October 08, 2013, 12:16:45 PM
 :icon_idea: It is in a substation, and nearly completely hollow.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: tcmia on October 08, 2013, 01:00:01 PM
Is it a capacitor?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on October 08, 2013, 01:18:40 PM
Not a capacitor - has a very specific function..

I could offer a better clue..

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FSymbol_zpsfd5b251d.jpg&hash=87d933dce74f03aae6c5d03f659ffb0d19c0a7fa) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/Symbol_zpsfd5b251d.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 08, 2013, 01:22:09 PM
Air coil?
(Coil with air spacer, no iron core)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on October 08, 2013, 01:59:22 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on October 08, 2013, 01:22:09 PM
Air coil?
(Coil with air spacer, no iron core)

We call it a smoothing reactor - but yes, air coil.  This one is rated 350kVDC 200A continuous. so a tad bigger than you find in a radio.. this unit is used to smooth the output from a large stack of thyristors.

Your turn  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 08, 2013, 10:12:02 PM
What is this?


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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 08, 2013, 10:13:56 PM
A really weird vacuum chamber of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 08, 2013, 10:25:15 PM
Nope. Nothing to do with a vacuum.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 08, 2013, 10:30:01 PM
I initially thought it looked like a fluorescent light bulb lol. Does it have to do with fluid flow of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 08, 2013, 10:32:09 PM
Nope. No fluids. No light.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 08, 2013, 10:33:44 PM
Well, I'm fresh out of ideas. Darn.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 08, 2013, 10:39:51 PM
looks like a fibreoptic thingummy ...  :confused: :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 08, 2013, 11:27:21 PM
Nope. Nothing to do with light.
Given my new hobby, I would think someone would make an association.....   :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 08, 2013, 11:39:03 PM
Well, other than cats, bowling, and motorcycles, I'm not quite sure what your hobbies are lol.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 08, 2013, 11:45:18 PM
Quote from: JAS6377 on October 08, 2013, 11:39:03 PM
Well, other than cats, bowling, and motorcycles, I'm not quite sure what your hobbies are lol.
See my profile. Click on the "see all posts" thingie. Keep looking.... keep looking..... went prior to April 2013? Too old.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 08, 2013, 11:57:28 PM
An airsoft speed loading tube??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 08, 2013, 11:59:43 PM
Oh, so close.....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 09, 2013, 12:31:09 AM
Does it go bang. or help something go bang? a magazine perhaps?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 09, 2013, 12:37:07 AM
I'll have to let Jas have it. He's close, and has been trying hard all evening so.....

It is a speed loader - for .22's in a tube fed rifle like a lever action .22


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 09, 2013, 12:46:05 AM
right on, ive never seen a clear one before. seen black ones tho. damn I feel like qan idiot. isell guns. I should know this lol. well done jas. well done sir.  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 12:53:07 AM
It's a bloody big speed loader though?! ... Not exactly gonna be packin it on a belt clip now are you?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 09, 2013, 12:56:33 AM
This comes from the land where pretty much anything is legal. except in a few left leaning states lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 01:02:54 AM
Lol .. Yeah .. Not unfamiliar with the concept ... Used speed loaders on my S&W 586 .357 years ago ... And the venerable old .303 had 5shot speed clips also ...

But .... How many times anyone plan to miss? .. That's an awful lot of ammo to be flipping around on your person...  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 09, 2013, 01:05:06 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 12:53:07 AM
It's a bloody big speed loader though?! ... Not exactly gonna be packin it on a belt clip now are you?
has 8 tubes of .22's. 15 LR or up to 22 shorts.
Really fun at the range. Lever or pump .22 rifle. Bang off a tube full in 30 seconds then refill in 10 seconds and go again.
I have 4 of these. So..... almost 500 LR's in not too much time. Need to change targets after 50 or so since I'm now a better shot and can hit the targets. When I couldn't hit them, a target lasted a long time.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 09, 2013, 01:10:44 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on October 09, 2013, 12:56:33 AM
This comes from the land where pretty much anything is legal. except in a few left leaning states lol
Remember this is just a speed loader - not a magazine.
No limits on tubes in a tube fed rifle since they are slow to re-fill (unless you have a speed loader). and it only works for ones that feed from the end of the tube. Breech loaded rifles can't use a speed loader. Then I think the speed loaders are only for .22's. Though there are tube fed rifles for sizes up to .45 colt and even 30-30.

So, JAS, you are up for the next challenge!

Seems we hijacked the thread.....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 01:20:08 AM
Arrrr! ... Ahoy me hearties!  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 09, 2013, 06:31:34 AM
Aye addy, it was hijacked my friend. no worries. i didnt disagree with the winner ( he won fair and square :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 09, 2013, 07:51:46 AM
Woohoo! Let me find something worthy of a picture lol. I'll get back to you shortly.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 09, 2013, 11:21:35 AM
Okay, here's one for you.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F10%2F10%2Fsapyby3u.jpg&hash=c861a132ac0b34e9c2766124034867ccaa0290f3)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on October 09, 2013, 12:12:49 PM
An adjustable tool for winding a brake caliper piston back in?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: tcmia on October 09, 2013, 12:20:11 PM
I'd say it's an adjustable wrench to change the cutting discs on the angle grinder.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 09, 2013, 01:26:44 PM
Y'all are close. It's definitely an adjustable wrench lol. It's not so industrial, though.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 01:34:00 PM
MTB gear cluster wrench?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: tcmia on October 09, 2013, 04:38:03 PM
From the size of the points I d almost say for larger cir-clips.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 09, 2013, 04:49:06 PM
It is for removing Watch Backs that screw on. Cmon Yamma you knew this one.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 09, 2013, 05:09:52 PM
Quote from: JAS6377 on October 09, 2013, 11:21:35 AM
Okay, here's one for you.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F10%2F10%2Fsapyby3u.jpg&hash=c861a132ac0b34e9c2766124034867ccaa0290f3)
a watch case opener
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 09, 2013, 05:10:48 PM
Quote from: codajastal on October 09, 2013, 04:49:06 PM
It is for removing Watch Backs that screw on. Cmon Yamma you knew this one.
yup I just logged on. its yours my friend it seems. ida had that. both of us are watchmakers lol.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 09, 2013, 05:17:46 PM
Yep! Watch case opener. Coda's got it, it seems.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 09, 2013, 05:40:35 PM
Gimme a bit to fins sumfing
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 09, 2013, 05:47:17 PM
Ok here you go

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It is made of wood and is for a very specific use and has a specific name
Ruler for size reference although they can come in different sizes
Give me the name and the use please
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 09, 2013, 05:53:48 PM
I don't know the name, but I think it's one of those blending things that you use when working with charcoal, so you can get good shadowing.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 09, 2013, 05:55:18 PM
Nope :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 05:56:59 PM
you been rummaging in the missus bag there cods? ..

wooden cuticle pusher.... for the pushing of finger or toe nail cuticles of!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 09, 2013, 05:59:03 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 05:56:59 PM
you been rummaging in the missus bag there cods? ..

wooden cuticle pusher.... for the pushing of finger or toe nail cuticles of!

What is it called? Has a very specific name although you have it correct
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 06:01:11 PM
its called a friggin 'cuticle pusher!?'

.. mutter mumble... a orange stick cuticle pusher?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 09, 2013, 06:03:26 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 06:01:11 PM
its called a friggin 'cuticle pusher!?'

.. mutter mumble... a orange stick cuticle pusher?
Yes it is called an "Orange Stick" and you are up
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 06:05:12 PM
a orange stick is one particular type of cuticle pusher... made from orange wood... go figure?!... reckon its was easier than mulberry stick anyway....

hrrrrm ..... shed searching... will have one shortly
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 09, 2013, 06:51:47 PM
ill be damned I thought it was a toothpick. and I missed the obvious watch case opener. btw cods you still got those casio databanks? pm me if you want to sell em
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 07:10:24 PM
sorry .. truck came back in... organising the muppets...  :icon_rolleyes:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FDSC00877_zps2cc8ae9c.jpg&hash=f76c0739591861745b859fe0d78b4a1e02988acb) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/DSC00877_zps2cc8ae9c.jpg.html)

its a closeup obviously .. shouldnt be too hard
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 09, 2013, 08:00:05 PM
a ball of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 08:06:24 PM
errrr... yeeeeees.... but perhaps a leetle more precise? ... and no i dont mean a red ball  ;)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 09, 2013, 08:15:26 PM
Well, you're an Aussie... A rugby ball?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 08:22:39 PM
nup ... its not aussie exclusive either!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 09, 2013, 10:33:21 PM
a medicine ball?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 09, 2013, 10:50:37 PM
No Yamma not a Medicine Ball.
It is in fact called a "6 Stitch Cricket Ball" :thumb:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: codajastal on October 09, 2013, 10:56:58 PM
BTW is this what you're after Yama(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F10%2F10%2Ftavu8e7a.jpg&hash=b42c06403cde84629d829879a84b38ce5845530d)

Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 09, 2013, 11:10:45 PM
Quote from: codajastal on October 09, 2013, 10:50:37 PM
No Yamma not a Medicine Ball.
It is in fact called a "6 Stitch Cricket Ball" :thumb:

it is!! ...  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 09, 2013, 11:37:30 PM
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The older of us should know what this is
AND it was made in USA




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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 10, 2013, 02:35:28 AM
Kitchen utensil for juicing or crushing something like garlic but not what I have for a garlic press.
Or to crimp some type of pasta.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 10, 2013, 03:22:09 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on October 10, 2013, 02:35:28 AM
Kitchen utensil for juicing or crushing something like garlic but not what I have for a garlic press.
Or to crimp some type of pasta.

Not Garlic press but is a kitchen utensil
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 10, 2013, 08:04:40 AM
ive got two of those in my secondary utensil drawer. no idea of its use lol. and yeah cods thats one of the two im hunting.  other one called data bank as well, the keyboard is a tad longer set at an angle to teh screen.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on October 10, 2013, 08:48:23 AM
That's an ice cube crusher.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on October 10, 2013, 08:50:36 AM
Nut chrusher?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 10, 2013, 02:14:05 PM
almond crusher?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 10, 2013, 03:33:34 PM
considering the look and likely era of the thing... reckon plisky is right....

man! .. the 50's 60's and 70's people sure had a hard-on for crushed ice!!  :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 10, 2013, 03:58:24 PM
ive got an estwing for that. seriously lol.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 10, 2013, 04:02:09 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on October 10, 2013, 03:58:24 PM
ive got an estwing for that. seriously lol.

did it come with a hockey mask?!  :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 10, 2013, 04:05:49 PM
Got one of those too. idk what a hammer and a hockey mask have to do with eachother. btw if I were to paypal you some money, could you get a can of start ya bastard, empty it and send me the can? customs will take it. empty it, cut the end off, then end it to you. wished it was sold here in the states. cause when I have problems with the pig or chipper or whatever im yelling "start ya bastard!!!!!"
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 10, 2013, 04:46:28 PM
Quote from: pliskin on October 10, 2013, 08:48:23 AM
That's an ice cube crusher.
correct :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 10, 2013, 05:34:42 PM
cods my friend, pm me if you've got anything you can let go of :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 10, 2013, 06:11:36 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on October 10, 2013, 04:05:49 PM
Got one of those too. idk what a hammer and a hockey mask have to do with eachother. btw if I were to paypal you some money, could you get a can of start ya bastard, empty it and send me the can? customs will take it. empty it, cut the end off, then end it to you. wished it was sold here in the states. cause when I have problems with the pig or chipper or whatever im yelling "start ya bastard!!!!!"

might be able to organise that ... leave it with me..

and estwing .. i googled it and got .. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/290764383675?lpid=87 .. and similar... didnt know if hammer or axe you meant... just gave me a mental image of jason-esque behaviour  ;) :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 10, 2013, 06:48:36 PM
pretty sure estwing makes more than just hammers. I should have been a bit more clear on what exactly I was referring to. I have a 16oz estwing, never used for anything else. used mainly for food prep.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 10, 2013, 06:59:34 PM
 :D ... so you beat most of your food into submission then? ... typical hillbilly!!  ;) ;) :flipoff: :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on October 10, 2013, 07:23:13 PM
You guys will never guess this one. I've never used mine.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fplastic.jpg&hash=fb3aa36991c1063f9758743c0f8b110cb8e1da19)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 10, 2013, 07:34:31 PM
Quote from: pliskin on October 10, 2013, 07:23:13 PM
You guys will never guess this one. I've never used mine.

never used a picture link either!  ;) :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on October 10, 2013, 07:45:02 PM
Alright, hold on there pussycat. Something up with the insert image feature. It's not working at all.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 10, 2013, 07:48:03 PM
Quote from: pliskin on October 10, 2013, 07:45:02 PM
Alright, hold on there pussycat. Something up with the insert image feature. It's not working at all.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffc02.deviantart.net%2Ffs71%2Ff%2F2010%2F006%2F1%2Fe%2FNaruto_Flip_Off_by_HeartThrobTawd.jpg&hash=a12ecd0cdc52fa49bbf6a14059b2f025f571acee)

yeah it is
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on October 10, 2013, 08:51:35 PM
I KNOW THIS ONE

....but I have no interesting objects to post. So I shall observe the guesses.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 10, 2013, 08:55:58 PM
no no no Ross... everyone knows its a flipoff...

i was just demonstrating that the pic link is working... and considering plisky avatar .. thought i'd use something appropriate  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on October 10, 2013, 09:10:28 PM
Oh...damn....


Well I know what pliskin's picture is too. :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 10, 2013, 09:26:27 PM
Quote from: RossLH on October 10, 2013, 09:10:28 PM
Oh...damn....


Well I know what pliskin's picture is too. :thumb:

pliskins picture is missing... thats what it is!  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 10, 2013, 09:31:52 PM
I know what it is, its the new CIA camouflaged pictured. designed to blend into the background. . it works.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 10, 2013, 09:54:43 PM
Ive seen it before too but just cant picture it. :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on October 10, 2013, 09:56:58 PM
I can see the image just fine. Sounds like y'all need your internets adjusted.

How's this?

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSNuxPbw.jpg&hash=53ff70ed8314be31a12ec347205c1d0f76647828)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 10, 2013, 10:01:55 PM
We can all see it Ross :icon_rolleyes: Its called "taking the piss" :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on October 10, 2013, 10:04:24 PM
You can't do this to me when I'm drunk. :icon_eek:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on October 10, 2013, 10:33:07 PM
Taco holder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on October 10, 2013, 10:37:52 PM
now i can see it... but not before.. it was not there at time of my last post  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on October 11, 2013, 05:31:08 AM
You got it John, It's a taco holder. To hold those late-nite munchies.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on October 11, 2013, 07:37:17 AM
I originally picked a really hard one, but I decided to go easy...

So what is it?

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 11, 2013, 09:26:40 AM
Pill cutter?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: john on October 11, 2013, 09:53:22 AM
Quote from: JAS6377 on October 11, 2013, 09:26:40 AM
Pill cutter?

I hate you.  Your turn...

Nice custom title...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 11, 2013, 11:26:57 AM
Doctor gave me 3 of those. one for my pain mgmt due to kidney issues, and diabetes, one for my bp meds, and another for vitamins
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 11, 2013, 01:18:53 PM
Here's another one. Shouldn't be too hard, but I didn't want to post another watch tool lol.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F10%2F12%2F4y8u3yhu.jpg&hash=74e3112440b8b885d5ccd4af8e662b274f2d6b4e)

And john, I'm not sure if I should be flattered or not...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 11, 2013, 01:25:50 PM
Plant waterer.
Fill with water and stick in the dirt of a potted plant.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 11, 2013, 01:29:24 PM
In 6 minutes. Wow. Your turn, adidas.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 11, 2013, 02:19:43 PM
One piece in a larger device/tool/machine/thingie/whatchamakallit
Showing both sides. Pen in picture for size comparison.


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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on October 11, 2013, 07:12:48 PM
I've been sitting here looking at that all night. Well, for about 4 hours lol. On a whim, I show my girlfriend, and ask her, "Do you know what this is?" She looks me dead in the eye without missing a beat, and says, "Round". So that's it. It's round.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 11, 2013, 07:27:21 PM
pen holder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on October 11, 2013, 08:10:11 PM
Case holder for a multi-station reloading press?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 11, 2013, 08:22:46 PM
Quote from: Badot on October 11, 2013, 08:10:11 PM
Case holder for a multi-station reloading press?
Correct. For a Dillon 650.
Came in the mail today in the kit for loading 30-30's.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on October 11, 2013, 08:41:00 PM
Maybe a bit easy because I'm sure someone on here will instantly recognize it...

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1198.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa459%2FDydler%2F20131011_233641_zps216ef221.jpg&hash=93dd0a85269733327f9e8f607a704c401c418a21)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 11, 2013, 11:17:54 PM
Cylinder for a smith and Wesson 500?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on October 12, 2013, 02:56:04 AM
Nah that's too many yamma my guess is a 460
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on October 12, 2013, 07:41:45 AM
Yea has to be a very large cal cylinder.  Eventually somebody will guess it.  I guess 45 long colt.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on October 12, 2013, 09:00:05 AM
Hint: it's probably 95% plastic, there are just a few small metal parts in it. Definitely not going to be setting a round off inside of it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: tcmia on October 12, 2013, 10:18:59 AM
Wild guess....powder dispenser?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on October 12, 2013, 10:29:16 AM
Revolver speed loader?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 12, 2013, 10:41:27 AM
maybe a 454 casull?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on October 12, 2013, 04:07:39 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on October 12, 2013, 10:29:16 AM
Revolver speed loader?
What he said :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on October 12, 2013, 06:10:12 PM
seems to be awfully deep for a speed loader. the ones ive seen MAYBE a half in to 3/4
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on October 13, 2013, 08:58:38 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on October 12, 2013, 10:29:16 AM
Revolver speed loader?

Yep.

It's not particularly deep, the overall length of the cartridge goes less than half in. 38 special btw.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on December 02, 2013, 10:38:18 AM
Hey adidas, you're up lol.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on December 27, 2013, 10:25:17 PM
OK. I feel like reviving this.
What is this? (or WHERE is this?)


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on December 27, 2013, 11:57:28 PM
 :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on December 28, 2013, 12:12:52 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 27, 2013, 11:57:28 PM
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
I assume that is praise for my Czech hair cut, new adidas parka, adidas corduroy pants and adidas shoes?
No guess on this scene? There is a clue if you look carefully.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: slipperymongoose on December 28, 2013, 03:11:14 AM
Ze Berlin valll
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on December 28, 2013, 03:24:46 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on December 28, 2013, 03:11:14 AM
Ze Berlin valll
Not correct.
Have you been paying attention to where I was? And there is a clue in the graffiti.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on December 28, 2013, 04:19:39 AM
Laska in Poland?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on December 28, 2013, 06:25:32 AM
Quote from: Banzai on December 28, 2013, 04:19:39 AM
Laska in Poland?
No. (I was not in Poland last week.)
Look for a more memorable clue.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on December 28, 2013, 02:08:07 PM
Let's see... Using the second picture, the block of white text in the middle, and the red text at the top left... you're most assuredly standing in front of a v****a in Philly. Either that or there are so many insane people painting on that wall I have no idea.

EDIT: Nope, figured it out. Saw you went to prague in the christmas present post, googled 'prague laska' and got: The Lennon wall. I thought thad dude looked familiar.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on December 28, 2013, 02:22:40 PM
Correct - the Lennon wall.
The only place in Prague where graffiti is legal. When John Lennon died, that wall was painted. Next day the commies covered it up. Next night painted again. Next day white washed again. Soon they gave up and allowed the graffiti to remain. To this day, anyone can paint on that wall.
Lennon never went to Prague.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on December 28, 2013, 02:46:46 PM
Looking for a technical, one-word name for this:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1198.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa459%2FDydler%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2F20131228_163743_zpse44460b9.jpg&hash=39250e19405dfb9033dedfb24cf9d5c3dd2d8d5e)

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on December 29, 2013, 06:32:36 PM
dart?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on December 30, 2013, 09:04:27 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 29, 2013, 06:32:36 PM
dart?

Needs to be a good bit more specific than that.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on December 31, 2013, 10:25:19 PM
Metal dart? :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on January 01, 2014, 02:19:14 PM
Hint: It's part of a munition
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 01, 2014, 02:32:23 PM
It's a flechette
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on January 01, 2014, 02:55:06 PM
Quote from: mister on January 01, 2014, 02:32:23 PM
It's a flechette

Yep!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 01, 2014, 02:57:04 PM
Quote from: Badot on January 01, 2014, 02:55:06 PM
Quote from: mister on January 01, 2014, 02:32:23 PM
It's a flechette

Yep!

ok... give me a few I'll grab a pic of something....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 21, 2014, 03:43:25 AM
Sorry for the delay peeps. I'll get a pic up tomorrow - beddie bye bye time now.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 21, 2014, 04:57:57 PM
Quote from: mister on January 21, 2014, 03:43:25 AM
Sorry for the delay peeps. I'll get a pic up tomorrow - beddie bye bye time now.
better be good for a 20 day delay my friend. ive been passed after two. so I expect something challenging Eh? we must get this game going again.  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 22, 2014, 03:36:45 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FdTgOaud.jpg&hash=80f518fd1c010ea6e5d666e69105f1c04659e829)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on January 22, 2014, 11:31:54 AM
The back of a telescopic inspection mirror..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 22, 2014, 10:26:34 PM
Part of a third hand ( the inspection mirror. ) used to hold things to be worked on
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 23, 2014, 02:57:15 AM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on January 22, 2014, 11:31:54 AM
The back of a telescopic inspection mirror..

Yup... :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on January 23, 2014, 10:59:42 AM
Those little mirrors save your skin sometimes..

Anyway, I took some snaps of this little beast a few weeks back.. very nice piece of kit.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2F04fcd6e9-183a-4b0c-9944-68e84fbd829a_zpsf8cdc0f1.jpg&hash=66c8e2c5f30b1ec856cca1897e6abe7fb6712cbc) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/04fcd6e9-183a-4b0c-9944-68e84fbd829a_zpsf8cdc0f1.jpg.html)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_0272_zpsf25dc2c2.jpg&hash=69bb23f944defe80521c28c499e5adc533eb9300) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_0272_zpsf25dc2c2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2014, 11:03:30 AM
Portable fiber optic cable splicer
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 23, 2014, 11:12:00 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 23, 2014, 11:03:30 AM
Portable fiber optic cable splicer
dammit im a day late and many dollars short lmao
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on January 23, 2014, 11:25:24 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 23, 2014, 11:03:30 AM
Portable fiber optic cable splicer

That was fast.. it is a very nice portable fusion splicer indeed.

Your turn  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2014, 12:36:01 PM
Lucky guess. I almost thought a film splicer but no place for sprockets.

Here you go.....

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on January 23, 2014, 12:53:03 PM
Some sort of motor and vacum pump rig? - looks very shiny and new..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 23, 2014, 02:38:55 PM
a small lathe?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2014, 03:47:33 PM
both wrong (but is new)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 23, 2014, 04:18:14 PM
used for polishing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2014, 05:02:33 PM
nope
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on January 23, 2014, 07:35:03 PM
Perpetual motion generator (AKA Perpetual motion magnet machine)
Here is a pic of another one. Does yours work? Any net power output?
(https://sp1.yimg.com/ib/th?id=H.4662858211985505&pid=15.1)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 23, 2014, 07:59:31 PM
this thing supposed to generate either electricity or a signal?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 23, 2014, 09:32:49 PM
Nope all around.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on January 24, 2014, 10:56:39 AM
It kind of looks to me like a small press of some sort. I'm just not sure for what, exactly lol.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on January 24, 2014, 12:07:23 PM
Electric sharpener?
Gem cutting tool?
Chain breaker?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 24, 2014, 12:26:31 PM
Closer.
It is electric.
It does cut/sharpen/trim (or whatever) something
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on January 24, 2014, 12:41:40 PM
Knife sharpener
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on January 24, 2014, 12:42:26 PM
Quote from: pliskin on January 24, 2014, 12:41:40 PM
Knife sharpener. I meant knife sharpener.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 24, 2014, 12:44:29 PM
Bullet sizer

Edit: ... maybe more like a case trimmer... haven't seen an electric one of either before though...

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 24, 2014, 01:23:33 PM
Ah, suspense was killing me.. had to google it to see if it even existed... lotta homemade stuff out there apparently, but this came up at the bottom of first page... looks like it is a Gracey Case Trimmer  :icon_mrgreen:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gracey_Case_Trimmer.jpg (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gracey_Case_Trimmer.jpg)

Here you go for the next one.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1069.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu477%2FBockinBboy%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2F444C6288-38F9-4397-93BF-08329D141F56_zpsm1gy3f7u.jpg&hash=0670f10478a7751a9f2d4cd5c7bf82b68fb3290e)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1069.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu477%2FBockinBboy%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2FA18F326E-617D-491D-A581-D6AF4DC3DEA7_zpslrwrfbc6.jpg&hash=1d8ca1ae8073611663cd8e8a75b70e7bc486cc1a)

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 24, 2014, 10:07:02 PM
that looks like the adjuster for a dial bore gauge, or depth gauge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mister on January 25, 2014, 03:21:28 AM
Alien rectal probe?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 25, 2014, 09:55:25 AM
Nope and definitely nope lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 25, 2014, 11:34:01 AM
bboy should have seen the case trimmer due to its poster. now what you've posted resembles some type of precision measuring device. just cant place it :(
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 25, 2014, 10:41:06 PM
this go on a micrometer?
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Post by: BockinBboy on January 25, 2014, 10:55:17 PM
Well, not a measuring device by any conventional definition... As measuring is not its primary function. But it does relate heavily with ohms law.

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 25, 2014, 10:56:49 PM
this used in music by chance?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on January 25, 2014, 11:47:03 PM
CO2 tire charger maybe? No idea what all those various threadings would be for  :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 26, 2014, 12:09:14 AM
It is small.
Hint: Medical, mechanical or electronics?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 26, 2014, 12:25:44 AM
was thinking co2 I have one for goped. ka N02 injection sort of. but that appears to be too slender.. although the fitting at end looks like it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on January 26, 2014, 11:22:40 AM
Some type of RF terminator?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 26, 2014, 02:05:29 PM
None so far. To say it is electrical may lead you down the wrong path, but It is a battery operated electronic device.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on January 26, 2014, 07:27:55 PM
otoscope or endoscope light?
Fiber optic laser diode?
Or, could it be just plain old laser diode?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 26, 2014, 09:22:38 PM
lit toggle?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 27, 2014, 06:25:42 AM
Still nothing on track.  Here is another photo of the front of the device, with a size reference.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1069.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu477%2FBockinBboy%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2F6F22E0C2-2866-4A24-9251-9F1BE6DCF9C6_zpslzp77p6l.jpg&hash=61a0a246d83224a66e2ea12dbf33e87e6ee666ce)

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 27, 2014, 11:33:35 AM
Killer laser
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 27, 2014, 11:52:10 AM
e-cig?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 27, 2014, 12:40:33 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 27, 2014, 11:52:10 AM
e-cig?

Boom! I'll take it.

Its a Sigelei Zmax V5 battery mod.  A variable voltage and wattage e-cig battery holder.  Here is a pic of what it looks like hooked up to a protank.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1069.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu477%2FBockinBboy%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2F665309E5-2871-40B9-8F70-815C46A1A418_zps0bq6lfqd.jpg&hash=115d02289fdcbcdfadf15e48c5a5494ce516ebf7)

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 27, 2014, 01:22:48 PM
tbh id not have guessed that had it not been for the spoon as a reference. will have something up around 8pm est
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on January 27, 2014, 07:52:43 PM
Dang Bboy that thing looks dangerous. My next guess would have been this.....

Or this....
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 27, 2014, 08:31:21 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fuploads%2F9%2Flolwtf.jpg&hash=fd593461f17f5511f0137982ecc7c058ee63a78f)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 27, 2014, 08:35:41 PM
ummm Yama ... pretty sure you've used that one afore!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 27, 2014, 09:19:39 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on January 27, 2014, 08:35:41 PM
ummm Yama ... pretty sure you've used that one afore!!
you know 3what I have. disregard. brb with new one
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 27, 2014, 09:29:34 PM
ive NOT had this before. things similar yes. but NOT this one. its whats on TOP of bottle.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fuploads%2F9%2Fteste.jpg&hash=c9cc041bfc90bb987a8485ff454bcdac550d697d)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 27, 2014, 09:33:09 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on January 27, 2014, 09:29:34 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fuploads%2F9%2Fteste.jpg&hash=c9cc041bfc90bb987a8485ff454bcdac550d697d)

so i can see it  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 27, 2014, 09:36:55 PM
ok .. its a big ass ball bearing.... but like the others i am thinking you want us to ID the purpose/machine etc of said item!

well... its copper coloured ... bit like a small steel basketball .. without the lines...

oooh oooh!!! .. I gots it! ... its the ball used in Rockem Sockem Robots "Hoop Shooters" edition!!  :D ;) :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on January 27, 2014, 09:45:08 PM
One half set of your ben-wa balls? (look it up) :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on January 27, 2014, 10:27:28 PM
Christmas ornament?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 27, 2014, 10:30:11 PM
No not a ball bearing. like the nuclear one. not a bearing at all in this use. also not copper coloured. cant help camera is iffy. its all ive got atm. its a chrome finish.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on January 27, 2014, 10:39:55 PM
Magnet?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 27, 2014, 10:42:15 PM
not a magnet either. first and only clue. its commonly used in pairs
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on January 27, 2014, 11:49:20 PM
Chinese harmony/baoding balls?
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthumbs1.ebaystatic.com%2Fd%2Fl225%2Fm%2Fmrg1TFV5FU05G1cYzUy75dA.jpg&hash=21f062b008d193ca848c540055ac83f4330aa396)

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 28, 2014, 12:11:24 AM
Quote from: Banzai on January 27, 2014, 11:49:20 PM
Chinese harmony/baoding balls?
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthumbs1.ebaystatic.com%2Fd%2Fl225%2Fm%2Fmrg1TFV5FU05G1cYzUy75dA.jpg&hash=21f062b008d193ca848c540055ac83f4330aa396)
Dangit. youre up lol. I have to work on my clues. seems if I don't give it away, someone declares themselves winner and moves on. but yes you are right. ( and they do work too) 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on January 28, 2014, 03:10:16 AM
I have a set of those balls but they are painted. Most sets seem to be painted, usually with yin and yang symbols.

Next item. The matchstick is just for a size reference.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi181.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx107%2FBanzai_Elise%2FWeb%2520Pix%2Ffile_zps67bb8fd6.jpg&hash=0620129c4fc5463ded6d3cfbb49313d29db6c147)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 28, 2014, 03:53:44 AM
That's a camera mount for a quick release mount in a tripod.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on January 28, 2014, 04:10:37 AM
That was quick. Your turn.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 28, 2014, 04:29:58 AM
Maybe not what it seems to be.....


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on January 28, 2014, 06:34:22 AM
A flashlight on a steek?  (stick)

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 28, 2014, 06:43:57 AM
dead blow hammer ( but looks as though you can fill it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on January 28, 2014, 06:45:10 AM
Hammer for rubber nails?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on January 28, 2014, 10:55:07 AM
Bullet pulling hammer. Come on Adidas, you're getting predictable with the reloading stuff  :nono:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 28, 2014, 12:17:47 PM
Well, ok. Next time I will have a really hard one.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on January 28, 2014, 07:52:56 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 28, 2014, 12:17:47 PM
Well, ok. Next time I will have a really hard one.
Did you really say that to her.......sheesh :icon_rolleyes:  :icon_question:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 30, 2014, 04:43:31 PM
Quote from: Badot on January 28, 2014, 10:55:07 AM
Bullet pulling hammer. Come on Adidas, you're getting predictable with the reloading stuff  :nono:
So what is the new challenge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 30, 2014, 05:28:14 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on January 30, 2014, 04:43:31 PM
Quote from: Badot on January 28, 2014, 10:55:07 AM
Bullet pulling hammer. Come on Adidas, you're getting predictable with the reloading stuff  :nono:
So what is the new challenge?

+1 !!! ... not posting a new challenge = unpredictable!!  ;) :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on January 30, 2014, 10:39:41 PM
Sorry, been busy with work/homework. No idea if this one will be easy or not for you guys.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1198.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa459%2FDydler%2F20140128_162048_zps2611e8c4.jpg&hash=e26f554c029e0ed1c2b9ae0a4472e877e4c4acf3)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 30, 2014, 10:40:53 PM
Car diagnostic plug in thingie
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 30, 2014, 10:54:49 PM
I dunno .. but sounds legit Addy ...

what i WISH it was was a plug in control for a car passenger ejection seat !!  :icon_twisted: :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on January 30, 2014, 10:57:19 PM
That didn't take long.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 30, 2014, 11:55:21 PM
Not related to guns or reloading.


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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 31, 2014, 06:40:47 PM
some type of cable stripper?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: RossLH on January 31, 2014, 07:42:37 PM
Is it related to eating?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on January 31, 2014, 07:45:02 PM
saddle makers leather punch thingy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on January 31, 2014, 08:27:02 PM
It's an exacto knife handle that's been flattened and ground down into a 3 prong fork and only you know what it's for.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 31, 2014, 08:33:18 PM
perhaps some type of wood chisel?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on January 31, 2014, 09:17:08 PM
Are they used to pop wires out of the plastic connectors?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on January 31, 2014, 11:45:28 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on January 31, 2014, 07:45:02 PM
saddle makers leather punch thingy
Correct.
See? It has nothing to do with fire arms or bikes.
Punch for flat leather lacing.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 03, 2014, 12:27:46 AM
oh bugger .. i been busy working and dsitracted ... dirtsracted ... dammmit!!! .. d i s t r a c t e d ....  :woohoo:

ok .. what is .... this? ... the wood thing ... the whiteout tape is just for size reference ... should be easy enough to keep things moving i hope!

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FDSC00895_zpsb8b21f2a.jpg&hash=d903443103fd70a60af7054dae3fc49f9cf5dd29) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/DSC00895_zpsb8b21f2a.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 03, 2014, 02:40:42 AM
something to keep wire wrapped around? almost resembles that. ( what id use for speaker wire. or small cords SMALL cords.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 03, 2014, 03:55:27 AM
Hrm.... No .... But warm..... This item is usually found in pairs in its overall component assembly ... Wire is often involved... But a little later..  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 03, 2014, 08:00:01 AM
Weaving loom paddle/shuttle.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on February 03, 2014, 09:59:54 AM
Whiteout ?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on February 03, 2014, 01:13:12 PM
Quote from: cyamaura on February 03, 2014, 09:59:54 AM
Whiteout ?

Liquid paper in a tape..... Tipp-ex in a tape.... Roll it over your pen writing mistakes...

And no Plisky .. Not for a loom
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on February 03, 2014, 01:29:38 PM
Its called whiteout in the states
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on February 03, 2014, 01:32:20 PM
There is a close up of one and two behind it

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Post by: BockinBboy on February 03, 2014, 01:45:32 PM
^^  :icon_lol:

I think you misunderstood cyamaura... the whiteout tape is not the object we are guessing on Janx's pic.  The whiteout tape is only there for a size reference of that actual object to guess on the left.

:cheers:

- Bboy
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on February 03, 2014, 01:50:03 PM
Lol i didn't read his description well enough sorry..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 04, 2014, 06:25:44 PM
Thingie for string to repair fishing nets
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 04, 2014, 06:48:40 PM
hmm could be used for that .. but its not that ...

the item is 1 of 2 vertical end bar pieces that is used to construct a type of small framework, a 'sheet' of something is added ... then 'several' of these completed framework items are placed in a larger timber (or plastic/resin) box ... then the whole thing is ready for use ..  :D
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on February 04, 2014, 07:17:55 PM
Part of a speaker box for sound amplification/frequency response?

Wires, a 'sheet' of felt... I dunno lol.

(But I do know that cyamaura posted a car cleaner commonly used by car dealerships when it snows.)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 04, 2014, 08:30:00 PM
Inside a guitar or harpsichord

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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 04, 2014, 09:08:40 PM
almost resembled a string bridge but no
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on February 04, 2014, 11:59:09 PM
Is it the end of a honey be frame ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 05, 2014, 05:10:10 AM
Quote from: marcusk on February 04, 2014, 11:59:09 PM
Is it the end of a honey be frame ?

It is the end of a honey bee frame!  :thumb:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dave-cushman.net%2Fbee%2Fgif%2Fwiredframe.gif&hash=6bb583446c95d8b05155d94dcedae646d3be747a)

And now marcusk ... You are up! ....  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on February 05, 2014, 06:55:12 PM
I,m at work so can't keep the game going.  Did someone want to take my turn?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 05, 2014, 08:14:09 PM
I'll step up. What are these?
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2FDontlookhere.jpg&hash=e9392eaa1b8144da6f899a51e386295ea2e786a4) (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ironhse/media/Dontlookhere.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on February 05, 2014, 08:16:27 PM
They look like crochet hook tips... I probably shouldn't show that side of myself 'round these parts lol.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: BockinBboy on February 05, 2014, 08:35:08 PM
Lol Jas, its cool ... I have spent about as much at Joanne fabrics as I have on bike accessories lmao!
... TMI? Haha

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 05, 2014, 08:54:24 PM
Those are the little hooks that keep nail clippers together, no?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 05, 2014, 08:59:02 PM
dayum!! .. i knew i had seen the darn things!! ... outta the clippers they look weird though!!...

of course the fluff boy should confirm!!  :icon_lol: :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 05, 2014, 09:08:14 PM
Quote from: Badot on February 05, 2014, 08:54:24 PM
Those are the little hooks that keep nail clippers together, no?
Yes, yes they are. I've been waiting forever to post these. No way in hell anyone will guess them. I guess I was wrong.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 05, 2014, 09:18:46 PM
well apparently Badot values his nail hygiene and manicure accessories

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polishedbeauty.com.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F02%2FMens-Manicure-Before.jpg&hash=5d2dc230687716fb34858b3c96ceea07bd15f31a)

... just as much as Bocky loves his fabrics

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3002%2F2859571731_7d2f98ac51.jpg&hash=a3d6ea56562008abfa91cfa7ea04495b9799e9dc)

:D

... well badot? ... whats next?  8)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 05, 2014, 09:33:23 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1198.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa459%2FDydler%2F20140205_232432_zps4ce5f8f9.jpg&hash=83c2e94cd10abfd48ec8d5ed2c079b5f3d421454)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 06, 2014, 10:07:24 AM
reminds me of the dealio that keeps the parts washer lid from slamming down,.....
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on February 06, 2014, 11:52:55 AM
[Off topic]

Quote from: BockinBboy on February 05, 2014, 08:35:08 PM
Lol Jas, its cool ... I have spent about as much at Joanne fabrics as I have on bike accessories lmao!
... TMI? Haha

- Bboy

Yeah, my better half is all about crafts. She knits, crochets, sews, and will soon be weaving. I can knit, but I lack the patience to do so for any length of time lol. I'm actually in the process of drafting up plans to make my lady a 16" weaving loom based off of the Cricket.
[/Off topic]

That kind of looks to me like a spring loaded gate damper for something like a backyard fence.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 06, 2014, 01:10:09 PM
Both of you are very roughly in the right area, but still so far I don't want to send anyone down the wrong track.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 06, 2014, 02:45:36 PM
Part of a wiper arm
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 06, 2014, 04:10:05 PM
Nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 06, 2014, 09:24:21 PM
firing pin for a steampunk howitzer!!  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 07, 2014, 11:09:43 AM
wth is steampunk?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 07, 2014, 11:13:41 AM
the scale fooled me janx  unless I had been looking @ beehives the wrong way lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 07, 2014, 05:08:30 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on February 07, 2014, 11:13:41 AM
the scale fooled me janx  unless I had been looking @ beehives the wrong way lol

see the cool facts link ..  :thumb: http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=66218.msg800532#new
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 07, 2014, 05:14:02 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on February 07, 2014, 11:09:43 AM
wth is steampunk?

and this one http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=66218.msg800535#new

to try avoid clogging this thread .. which i just did anyway... twice  :icon_twisted: :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 07, 2014, 09:43:58 PM
It's the spring part of a bi-pod/tripod, retractable/Collapsible rifle Support
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 08, 2014, 12:38:16 PM
Quote from: pliskin on February 07, 2014, 09:43:58 PM
It's the spring part of a bi-pod/tripod, retractable/Collapsible rifle Support

Nowhere close. Except yes, that is a spring in it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 09, 2014, 09:02:32 PM
Give us a hint. How big is it? Is it uses in building construction? Is it part of a nail gun?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 10, 2014, 02:00:26 AM
It is a thingie that goes in an aperture flywheel grommice with a vacuum gasket that helps modulate the flux capacitor. Superseded by part 09826-01d20.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 10, 2014, 03:12:03 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on February 07, 2014, 05:14:02 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on February 07, 2014, 11:09:43 AM
wth is steampunk?

and this one http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=66218.msg800535#new

to try avoid clogging this thread .. which i just did anyway... twice  :icon_twisted: :flipoff:
don't forget about the use of mechanical watch part sculpture named steampunk idk
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 10, 2014, 10:30:59 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 10, 2014, 02:00:26 AM
It is a thingie that goes in an aperture flywheel grommice with a vacuum gasket that helps modulate the flux capacitor. Superseded by part 09826-01d20.

Close but no cigar!  :cookoo:



It's about 5" long. Hand tool. Useless for its intended application without other specific hand tools.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 10, 2014, 01:06:24 PM
thought it might be a fatum vero imaginarium est consilium version ive really no idea sorry
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on February 10, 2014, 03:03:26 PM
I was told what one of these was ... Many many moons ago... Been steadily racking my brain for days now whenever i look at the pic ... But nada so far ..

Even looking at it though ... I know it winds something.. I think? ... It looks like it placed temporarily in a section or 'slot' .. Back of the metal bit has that little notch to hold on a panel (sheet metal?) ... Spring is there to keep the square key end held into the bolt or whatever it needs to turn ... Plastic tab is there because you need to be able to slide it out of fiddly places by compressing the spring ... And there is white/grey powdery stuff on the end of the key rod bit ...???

Or possibly the square end bit has a small variety of attachments that slide on and the thingy chamfers or bores crud out of a tubey thing....

Trying to help others visualise this.... And myself .... Aaaaargh!!  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 10, 2014, 07:29:01 PM
No attachments. Tip goes into the object it operates on, every other part is hands only. "White powder" is just a worn finish.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 10, 2014, 07:47:43 PM
Part of a paint shaker machine? I don't know, just putting it out there.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 10, 2014, 08:59:48 PM
Nope.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: BockinBboy on February 11, 2014, 12:20:26 AM
Is this part of a rivet tool or similar device?

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 11, 2014, 02:31:16 PM
Nothing to do with rivets.

Big hint: Primarily used on doors but its specific use goes well beyond that.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsJack on February 11, 2014, 04:46:57 PM
Screen/storm door closed/stop.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 11, 2014, 05:03:54 PM
It doesn't directly open, close, or stop a door.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: JAS6377 on February 11, 2014, 05:46:16 PM
A hinge pin remover of sorts?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 11, 2014, 06:01:21 PM
It's not used to disassemble a door in any way.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: BockinBboy on February 11, 2014, 07:37:26 PM
Some type of spring latch?

-Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 11, 2014, 07:59:33 PM
Not a latch of any sort.

Mostly used on/with a specific part of a door but is never installed on a door and would not be found in a hardware store. Doors not compatible with this device probably wouldn't have a use for it anyways.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 11, 2014, 08:00:24 PM
Bulkhead Basement door spring. The thing that hold them open.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 11, 2014, 08:49:57 PM
A back & forth swingie springie thingie for a saloon type swinging door
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on February 11, 2014, 08:57:10 PM
Does it go by the hinge to spring load a door ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on February 11, 2014, 09:26:34 PM
Quote from: cyamaura on February 11, 2014, 08:57:10 PM
Does it go by the hinge to spring load a door ?
Isn't that what I said?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on February 11, 2014, 09:52:58 PM
I was thinking like on a regular door....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 11, 2014, 10:53:51 PM
Hand tool... never installed on a door.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on February 12, 2014, 02:20:19 AM
Is it used to tension springs in door openers . Or roller doors ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 12, 2014, 08:09:08 AM
Part of a clock hand puller
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 12, 2014, 11:38:03 AM
Not used to tension springs in door openers. There's a slight chance it would be usable on a clock, but not the actual clock mechanism. Not a door roller tool/tensioner. It is used to tension something, but only for a very brief time.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 12, 2014, 01:18:33 PM
cam tensioner compression tool
Chain tensioner
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 12, 2014, 01:37:52 PM
Alright, seems like it's time for a big major hint.

Could be considered a burglary tool under the right conditions, but burglars probably prefer different tools.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 12, 2014, 01:53:59 PM
Pick tool for locks
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 12, 2014, 04:45:57 PM
Kinda but not really, be more specific.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on February 12, 2014, 07:20:09 PM
Some kind of weird tension wrench to be used in conjunction with a pick?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 12, 2014, 07:25:56 PM
Used after a torsion wrench and pick, but before the lock is unlocked. Allows you to do something differently in the picking process.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 15, 2014, 12:48:22 AM
almost resembles part of a pistol pick
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 26, 2014, 12:53:51 PM
¿ hola ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 26, 2014, 05:19:02 PM
Nope, not an actual part of a pick or pick gun. It's a very special type of torsion tool for a very specific purpose. May have to throw up something else real easy just to keep the game moving.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 26, 2014, 06:23:22 PM
is it used to pick locks or remove tumblers? I know you said not a pick or pick gun. just asking about its usage and former hints ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 27, 2014, 12:14:23 AM
It's not used to do actual picking, and not a disassembly tool.

Big major hint: it can be used to allow you to manipulate a lock multiple times while only actually picking it once.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 28, 2014, 08:26:10 PM
used to spread apart the pins?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on February 28, 2014, 09:20:08 PM
Nope.

Works by using a high enough speed that the pins can't move in the time it takes to do what it does.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 01, 2014, 01:47:24 AM
I have hear of something like a bump pick or bump lock is that was it is ?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 01, 2014, 09:21:41 PM
Nope. Bump pick/pistol pick/pick gun are the name for those. Those lift the pins. The object in question is a torsion tool.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 02, 2014, 07:47:31 PM
does it by chance remove a lock cylinder ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 02, 2014, 07:59:20 PM
Not for disassembly in any way.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 02, 2014, 08:55:27 PM
This has gone on long enough

It's a cylinder lock plug spinner
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 02, 2014, 10:25:53 PM
I said R.I.P to the game over a week ago.
No hints to guide us to the right thing. Only things like "its not that"
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 03, 2014, 12:19:40 PM
Yep, that's it.

And there really wasn't much more hints I could give besides spelling out the name  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 03, 2014, 01:50:24 PM
Quote from: Badot on March 03, 2014, 12:19:40 PM
Yep, that's it.

And there really wasn't much more hints I could give besides spelling out the name  :dunno_black:
fair enough. so not for dis assy, yet COULD BE considered aburglary tool. is this piece used on car audio?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 03, 2014, 03:25:30 PM
Quote from: pliskin on March 02, 2014, 08:55:27 PM
This has gone on long enough

It's a cylinder lock plug spinner

^ That's the answer, already gotten.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 03, 2014, 07:45:06 PM
So is the game over?
OK, one last pic.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2Fth.jpeg&hash=160ca63df7f8a4fb27b33f8c0a786eb39c1c0873)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 03, 2014, 08:02:36 PM
either my internet is broken.... AGAIN!!! ???  :mad: ... or that is a blank white rectangle bordered with a black line... with a little tiny spot of something in the bottom right corner.... which i have yet to try and magnify  :icon_neutral:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 03, 2014, 08:21:13 PM
I can see it just fine.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 03, 2014, 08:23:31 PM
errr... hmm... not even if i copy URL and paste in new window.. what are the permissions on that pic?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 03, 2014, 08:33:40 PM
Super double top clearance 2048 bit file encryption. Can you crack it? 

Cool, I just saw my post count is 711....if you have to ask you don't know.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on March 03, 2014, 09:04:13 PM
I could go for a slushie.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 03, 2014, 09:31:44 PM
and i thought my reactor bearing wasvague.people declared themselves victorious wrongly . but still fun usually lol :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 03, 2014, 11:31:25 PM
can anyone besides plisky see the damn thing?  :cookoo: ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 03, 2014, 11:45:46 PM
Polar bear in a snow storm?
Milk spilled on a white carpet?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 04, 2014, 12:15:36 AM
i know,its acamouflaged white cat
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 04, 2014, 07:20:34 AM
Sorry Janx, I'm just messing with you. I can't leave you hanging like this. You got it on your first guess. It's a blank white page.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 04, 2014, 11:03:39 AM
Quote from: pliskin on March 04, 2014, 07:20:34 AM
Sorry Janx, I'm just messing with you. I can't leave you hanging like this. You got it on your first guess. It's a blank white page.
LMFAO   always wanted to do this
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 04, 2014, 01:07:25 PM
So post a black square. What is it? It is something in a dark room that is used to do something or is a part of something. What is it?

Pisses me off on Wheel of Fortune when someone guesses a word or phrase that fits the boxes and fits the clue, but say "Wrong!" because they were thinking of a different word.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 04, 2014, 02:40:48 PM
So I got it? .. Right.... In about ... 90 mins ... Once I am at office ... I've got a widget.... Found it yesterday .... Please stand by  :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 04, 2014, 05:07:55 PM
ok .. so it was more than 90 mins i think... sue me!  :flipoff:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FDSC00898_zpsfa7a4a59.jpg&hash=04e638da36e778087ea6627ad0344b2adb1c1641) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/DSC00898_zpsfa7a4a59.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 04, 2014, 08:20:08 PM
removes ford car stereos ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 04, 2014, 08:22:52 PM
noooo .. not for a car ... the main thing that these are used for (as a tiny but handy widget) ... is INSIDE the average house... and they dont/not used for .. remove/ing anything....  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 05, 2014, 01:03:51 AM
Some sort of retaining clip? say for a desk lamp?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 05, 2014, 01:13:59 AM
Right purpose ... Wrong end object ...

However ... Desk lamps are made from metal and plastic .... So is the other object that the clip is used in! .... That's a clue!  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 05, 2014, 03:46:04 AM
It's the latch pin of a mouse trap ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 05, 2014, 04:11:19 AM
No mouse trap .... Bigger than that ... Bigger than a desk lamp .... Much bigger....

Don't overheat yourselves with this guys ... Chill ... Grab a cold drink and think on it a bit  :icon_idea:  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 05, 2014, 12:15:09 PM
Its for opening those doors with the push button locks.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 05, 2014, 01:32:26 PM
No not for a push button lock/door ...

This thing has a passive in place retention usage. Usually found in 'sets' of 4 ... Sometimes several sets are used in the 'main object' where the item is found

To tell the truth I'm not exactly sure if they/it are put there at thee factory to ensure safe transit to delivery destination and meant to be removed after delivery.... Or folks just leave them in place because they can continue to serve a purpose ....

So... Continue to CHILL .... Wander over and grab a COLD drink .... Ponder on it a bit .... If you are real lucky you may even spot a similar item!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2014, 02:06:57 PM
involve fridge or freezer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 05, 2014, 02:19:21 PM
Why yes ..... By looking at your fridge/freezer and then the item .... Can you work out why/where?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 05, 2014, 07:13:56 PM
It's a lever for the ice-maker...


:dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2014, 09:48:27 PM
place glass against it it dispenses either water,ice or with proper tubing, beer
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on March 05, 2014, 10:11:55 PM
Beer holders! Not that I'm drinking or anything lol.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 05, 2014, 10:16:56 PM
i gave up drinking for the church . although red wine would benefit my damaged legs now
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 05, 2014, 10:45:04 PM
umm lets see ... no, no ... and no ...

its a light gauge wire ... ruler in pic show it as 3.5" or 9cm long .. strictly speaking in the photo it is upside down ... that is the left side U shaped bit should be facing up ...

its not an actuator lever or part thereof ... of any sort...

once in place it is simply static ... and its job is to keep another thing/s static also ...

come to think of it i better do a pic of the widget in position .. for visual verification purposes later! :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 06, 2014, 02:58:58 PM
holds glass in position?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 06, 2014, 06:01:22 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 06, 2014, 02:58:58 PM
holds glass in position?

glass? ... glass what? ....  ;) .. sorry .. being pedantic ...

im gonna go with you meant shelf? ... glass shelf ... well yeah but no... but close enough... i like a game that keeps moving!! ..

its a clip for the wire shelf in the freezer bit... looks like this

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 06, 2014, 08:43:04 PM
Yeah, I've never seen anything like that in my life.  LOL!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 06, 2014, 09:04:21 PM
Quote from: Watcher on March 06, 2014, 08:43:04 PM
Yeah, I've never seen anything like that in my life.  LOL!
Me either. Doesn't look like it's holding anything in place. Might be to hold the shelf from moving up? Never realized we had an epidemic of refrigerator shelves flying up out of place. Maybe for earthquake zones?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 06, 2014, 09:21:02 PM
Must be an Ausie thing. We have better fridge's in the USA.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 06, 2014, 09:34:23 PM
Quote from: pliskin on March 06, 2014, 09:04:21 PM
Might be to hold the shelf from moving up?

Don't know about you, but my freezer's shelves have food on them.  In my experience, weight on top of things usually means they don't move up easily   :icon_rolleyes:

Anyway...


Next picture!  My curiosity has been piqued!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 06, 2014, 09:44:31 PM
All the ones I've seen have shelves that slide forward on 'tracks' molded into walls of the fridge. No open -> no slidey. Just out of curiosity, is that a norm where you are?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 06, 2014, 10:21:25 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 06, 2014, 09:21:02 PM
Must be an Ausie thing. We have better fridge's in the USA.
their toilets flush up too. anyhow  will have pic up tomorrow after i return from heart doc. :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 06, 2014, 11:57:16 PM
lol.... room full of wiseguys eh!!! lol

the fridge section down lower has the track things as Badot mentions .. the pic is the freezer/top shelf ..

yes weight holds things down Watcher! .. but a iced up freezer can get pesky with stuff stuck to it!

being a removalist i have seen many fridges with these still in.... i DO think they are transport purposed retainer clips to stop the shelves jiggling about and maybe damaging the inside of the freezer .. when us clumsy truck driver type people move them about!! .. but as i say .. quite a lot of fridges in 25 years i have moved.... and quite a lot of clips i have seen!  :flipoff:

... better fridges in the USA !! ... pffft .. of course!! .. to hold all the extra cold food and icecream that keeps most of the country extra fat!!  :flipoff: ;)

anyway guys ... glad to have kept you entertained and the game moving!  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 08, 2014, 05:06:21 PM
something simple for those who don't want to guess too much. size roughly 1.5"x3":x4mm thick at thickest point
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fuploads%2F9%2Ferrm.jpg&hash=cca5f0c5858d829bc4a8382346db429819a9cb57)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 08, 2014, 07:46:01 PM
Is it rigid or flexible?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 08, 2014, 08:39:07 PM
flexible
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 09, 2014, 02:05:59 AM
Bandage for your foot.  Like if you have a wart or something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 09, 2014, 11:31:16 AM
no not a bandage. not used for wound care. don't think this particular device would be used on foot.  has specific locations its used. lod knows ive had MANY applied
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on March 09, 2014, 02:13:05 PM
Cooling or heating pack?


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 09, 2014, 06:48:14 PM
A diagram?

A diaper for a Harley? 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 09, 2014, 07:14:11 PM
Pictures of it in use? Or where it is used?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 09, 2014, 07:36:09 PM
well i was gonna say wound juice soakup pad.. but he said not for wounds....  :dunno_black:

.. oh hang on..... foam thingy out of big audio headphones... ???

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-PPtBidB5bOA%2FT4BVf7YqbfI%2FAAAAAAAADGE%2FDBpBRHT5N_s%2Fs1600%2FATH-M50-audio-technica-headphones.jpg&hash=e0b4e2550acc3275884e2688042f19623510e81b)

edit.... so the pic isnt big... only the headphones.... lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 09, 2014, 09:51:55 PM
Air filter for your goped?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 09, 2014, 11:39:52 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 09, 2014, 07:14:11 PM
Pictures of it in use? Or where it is used?
it was used on me. cannot post where bvecause it would give answer  directly. major clue alert. it is electrical in nature but NOT generating electricity. usded for testing purposes
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 10, 2014, 12:10:50 AM
Sensor pad for EKG
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 11, 2014, 01:57:26 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 10, 2014, 12:10:50 AM
Sensor pad for EKG
lol yup. damn im slipping. see if I had flipped it over, youd have seen the sensor wire connection
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 11, 2014, 08:28:34 PM
OK. More than just a nail.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 11, 2014, 08:41:23 PM
concrete anchor?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 11, 2014, 08:54:53 PM
It's used in a nail "gun".

Like this one:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhostedmedia.reimanpub.com%2FTFH%2FStep-By-Step%2FFH00FEB_POWTOO_04.JPG&hash=c2d9e4315a8a32c8c5a06844a39aeb253772102b)

Basically driven with a .22 blank.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 11, 2014, 09:34:26 PM
 :icon_eek: :icon_twisted: .. now that thing would make a hectic Baton!!  :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 11, 2014, 11:03:54 PM
Watcher is correct.

Next?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 12, 2014, 01:12:40 AM
I'll have something up tomorrow evening when I get home from work.  Expect it around 6pm CST.

Sorry I can't do anything sooner.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on March 12, 2014, 07:51:54 AM
Quote from: Watcher on March 12, 2014, 01:12:40 AM
I'll have something up tomorrow evening when I get home from work.  Expect it around 6pm CST.

Sorry I can't do anything sooner.
Should he be banned for leaving us hanging?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 12, 2014, 09:01:08 AM
was it not a concrete anchor?, I know nail gun ive got that's what its used for. looks more like an air gun tho. shooting the 22 blanks.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 12, 2014, 09:31:25 AM
Ok, here you go.  Could be easy, or really hard, depending on how familiar you are with what it's related to.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F842%2Fe978.jpg&hash=7dc2872ae568924d184ec73ef5603306b361ab8f)


Sorry for the wait, but at least it wasn't 'till 6.  I ended up getting a snow day today...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 12, 2014, 10:54:53 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 12, 2014, 09:01:08 AM
was it not a concrete anchor?, I know nail gun ive got that's what its used for. looks more like an air gun tho. shooting the 22 blanks.
In a sense yes, but I was looking for a more complete answer including what it is used in.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 12, 2014, 01:55:37 PM
I have one of those but I think I'll let someone else get it. Will be interesting to see where it goes.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on March 12, 2014, 06:27:39 PM
A little spanner wrench?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 12, 2014, 07:13:53 PM
No, not a spanner.  But it is a tool.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 13, 2014, 12:14:05 AM
used in music?,  and addy I gotcha. I spose I should have went further with my answer. but that's okay would have been rough with choices to post
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 13, 2014, 02:24:12 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 13, 2014, 12:14:05 AM
used in music?

No, but the thing it's used on is capable of some very loud noises.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 13, 2014, 02:46:53 PM
used in firearms?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 13, 2014, 03:57:35 PM
It is firearm related.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 13, 2014, 04:56:54 PM
Firearm combination tool of some sort - like the old Mosin Nagant one? they only have a single notch though.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 13, 2014, 06:45:22 PM
Is it a gauge for measuring firing pins or something similar ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 13, 2014, 08:13:32 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on March 13, 2014, 04:56:54 PM
they only have a single notch though.

Not according to the thingamajig in my closet  :flipoff:

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 13, 2014, 08:18:24 PM
Quote from: Badot on March 13, 2014, 08:13:32 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on March 13, 2014, 04:56:54 PM
they only have a single notch though.

Not according to the thingamajig in my closet  :flipoff:

Heh - you are right - there seem to be a few flavours it seems. Good call.  :embarrassed:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 14, 2014, 05:21:09 AM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on March 13, 2014, 04:56:54 PM
Firearm combination tool of some sort - like the old Mosin Nagant one? they only have a single notch though.

Right about the firearm, right about the combo tool, wrong about the number of notches because, as you can see, mine has 4...  I have two, one for an M44 and one for an M91/30, both are identical.

Quote from: marcusk on March 13, 2014, 06:45:22 PM
Is it a gauge for measuring firing pins or something similar ?

Gotta give it to you, marcusk, as you are the most specific.


It's a "go, no-go" gauge for firing pin protrusion on a Mosin Nagant pattern rifle/carbine.

The two inner of the 4 notches are sized to minimum and maximum depth.  The larger one should slide over the firing pin (go), the smaller one should stop on it (no-go).  If the smaller one goes, you are too short.  If the larger one does not go, you are too long.

If you are out of spec, the tip (flat screwdriver) can be used to adjust the depth of the firing pin.

The 2 outer notches are just relief for the edges of the bolt face.


Next!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 14, 2014, 07:10:02 AM
Ok after finding a way to downsize a pic on ipad here it is .  The micrometer is for scale the little silver bits are the item they are a set and come from inside something.  This could be a bit hard but is the only interesting thing I could lay my hands on.

I just hope the pic worked out. 

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 14, 2014, 07:41:01 AM
Magnets from a Hard-drive...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 14, 2014, 10:20:45 AM
Quote from: Watcher on March 14, 2014, 07:41:01 AM
Magnets from a Hard-drive...
seems like if they were theyd be all over the mic,
those things are an I have no idea yet lol :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 14, 2014, 01:22:11 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 14, 2014, 10:20:45 AM
Quote from: Watcher on March 14, 2014, 07:41:01 AM
Magnets from a Hard-drive...
seems like if they were theyd be all over the mic,
those things are an I have no idea yet lol :cheers:


Come on, they aren't that powerful.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 14, 2014, 04:14:41 PM
Watcher nailed it I was worried it might be to obscure .  On a funny note I was woken up by my wife yelling because she had her finger pinched between them.  And that's as close as I could get them together and as close to the Mic befor they started to get excited. 

Next
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 14, 2014, 06:56:28 PM
Quote from: Watcher on March 14, 2014, 05:21:09 AM
It's a "go, no-go" gauge for firing pin protrusion on a Mosin Nagant pattern rifle/carbine.

The two inner of the 4 notches are sized to minimum and maximum depth.  The larger one should slide over the firing pin (go), the smaller one should stop on it (no-go).  If the smaller one goes, you are too short.  If the larger one does not go, you are too long.

If you are out of spec, the tip (flat screwdriver) can be used to adjust the depth of the firing pin.

The 2 outer notches are just relief for the edges of the bolt face.

I'd like to add on... the outer notch with the rounded top is used as a firing pin wrench (I haven't heard of adjusting the pin with a screwdriver before) and the cutout in the middle is supposedly (I haven't tried it yet) slid over the handguard/barrel band spring to help pop the bands off. Also the flathead can be used to remove the action from the rifle and remove the trigger spring... then not including disconnecting the barrel from the receiver I think after that it can be completely disassembled by hand.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 15, 2014, 06:05:31 AM
Quote from: Badot on March 14, 2014, 06:56:28 PM
Quote from: Watcher on March 14, 2014, 05:21:09 AM
It's a "go, no-go" gauge for firing pin protrusion on a Mosin Nagant pattern rifle/carbine.

The two inner of the 4 notches are sized to minimum and maximum depth.  The larger one should slide over the firing pin (go), the smaller one should stop on it (no-go).  If the smaller one goes, you are too short.  If the larger one does not go, you are too long.

If you are out of spec, the tip (flat screwdriver) can be used to adjust the depth of the firing pin.

The 2 outer notches are just relief for the edges of the bolt face.

I'd like to add on... the outer notch with the rounded top is used as a firing pin wrench (I haven't heard of adjusting the pin with a screwdriver before) and the cutout in the middle is supposedly (I haven't tried it yet) slid over the handguard/barrel band spring to help pop the bands off. Also the flathead can be used to remove the action from the rifle and remove the trigger spring... then not including disconnecting the barrel from the receiver I think after that it can be completely disassembled by hand.

Yes, you are right about the large slot being used as the firing pin wrench.  I usually just use the screwdriver in the slot cut in the end in the cocking piece to adjust it, I had forgotten all about it.
I haven't heard about using the loop to depress the barrel bands, but I just tried it on my M44 and it's physically impossible.  Even if I could fit it over the bayonet, the handguard appears too thick for the hole.
It might work on the first band of an M91/30, though I can't try it on mine as it's apart for smithing at the moment.
But even if it works on the first band I don't think it would make it all the way to the second band...



Anyway, what is this?

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on March 15, 2014, 08:59:27 AM
The original shocker?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 15, 2014, 09:34:41 AM
 :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 15, 2014, 04:50:01 PM
Quote from: john on March 15, 2014, 08:59:27 AM
The original shocker?

:icon_lol: :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 16, 2014, 03:57:56 AM
Toe spikes of climbing shoes?  Dental  implant for Chuck Norris?

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 16, 2014, 08:22:53 AM
Quote from: marcusk on March 16, 2014, 03:57:56 AM
Dental  implant for Chuck Norris?


I'm temped to give it to you just on this!

No, not for mountain climbing or for Chuck.


Hint:  It's just a small part of a large machine.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 16, 2014, 12:01:07 PM
Something like a maize header tine or similar agricultural piece of equipment?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 16, 2014, 06:04:31 PM
Nope, not tines for a maize header.

Not necessarily used in agriculture, but you are thinking along the correct lines.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 16, 2014, 06:19:19 PM
I think I have some lego pieces that look like that  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 16, 2014, 06:33:46 PM
Something very similar to the equipment this goes on would be common at any barber shop.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 17, 2014, 12:24:54 PM
Something along the lines of a large sickle bar mower then?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 17, 2014, 12:58:29 PM
combine knife guard. Or, guard form hay baler or other farm equipment.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 17, 2014, 08:07:29 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on March 17, 2014, 12:24:54 PM
Something along the lines of a large sickle bar mower then?

Winner winner, chicken dinner!


Guide tines for a sickle-bar mower.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 18, 2014, 10:53:42 AM
Hmm, Will troll through some photos and see if I can find something interesting..

Edit: the IT guy just reimaged my work PC - so for today you have to name the critter...
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 18, 2014, 11:12:51 AM
It is a bird.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 18, 2014, 11:16:25 AM
Well, yes - perhaps a little bit more specific - its a New Zealand bird.. species?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 18, 2014, 11:24:08 AM
Its a bird on a stick.
Also known as cat food.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on March 18, 2014, 11:28:14 AM
Looks like some type of fantail... but not sure without the tail fanned LOL!

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on March 18, 2014, 12:05:28 PM
Quote from: BockinBboy on March 18, 2014, 11:28:14 AM
Looks like some type of fantail... but not sure without the tail fanned LOL!

- Bboy

It is a Fantail - fast little suckers that never stay still for very long.  your turn  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 18, 2014, 06:47:35 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 18, 2014, 11:24:08 AM
Its a bird on a stick.
Also known as cat food.
not cat food an appetizer. a snack... on a stick
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 18, 2014, 09:33:10 PM
We learnt to shoot at little birds like that they would only sit for a couple of seconds then fly a couple of feet in one direction. And they where so flighty you couldn't get close enough to get an easy shot. We used a single shot break barrel air rifle and there where 5 of us that learnt to shoot at these things and not one of us ever got one but after that rabbits where a walk in the park. 

The species is lucky feathered bastard.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on March 19, 2014, 06:15:25 AM
They are pretty cool, the long tail relative to the body is what makes them so agile in the air - great for catching insects... Once upon a time I wanted to be an exotic species veterinarian with a specialty in birds (that changed after 2 year in undergrad), but the fantail was an example used for divergence resulting from competitive food adaptations... with birds there a countless examples of this, so its funny that this one showed up here and happened to be the specific example I remembered from 7 years ago in the only class I would ever fall asleep in...

ANYWAYS!

Next one up should be fun, and not too hard...

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- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 19, 2014, 06:18:49 AM
Satellite reception during a snow storm?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: JAS6377 on March 19, 2014, 08:11:36 AM
A conveyor belt of jelly beans?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on March 19, 2014, 08:21:34 AM
LOL liking the guesses so far - but neither close  :icon_lol:

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 19, 2014, 08:51:22 AM
FANTASTIC!  It's a 3-D 'Magic Eye' of a shark. This has to be one of the coolest optical illusions I have ever seen  :bowdown:

Thanks for that one  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on March 19, 2014, 09:09:43 AM
Yep, good eye!  ;)

:whisper: Cbrfx may have turned me onto it... I hadn't seen an animated one before, but very cool so had to throw it up.

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 19, 2014, 09:21:17 AM
OK, try this one:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 19, 2014, 09:47:05 AM
 :bowdown: bboy!  :bstar: :bstar: :bstar:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 19, 2014, 10:01:39 AM
Wheres waldo the moving version
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 19, 2014, 11:09:06 AM
It's some kind of shunt.

For if you blow a fuse and don't have a spare, you temporarily shove that in there to get you to the local auto parts store?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 19, 2014, 01:10:51 PM
Not a shunt of any kind.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on March 19, 2014, 05:12:45 PM
What you measure YOUR pee pee with?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 19, 2014, 05:26:16 PM
Tab stop clip for an old typewriter.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 19, 2014, 07:21:37 PM
Quote from: john on March 19, 2014, 05:12:45 PM
What you measure YOUR pee pee with?
OMG I'm puttin ointment on that burn!  :flipoff:

Not a typewriter tab stop, but I know exactly the piece you're talking about. Looks very similar, but completely unrelated.

Walked into my bedroom one night and this thing was on the floor a few feet in from the door. I banged my head for days trying to figure out what it was. I finally gave up and threw it in the junk drawer. The following summer when I turned the A/C on, I knew exactly what it was and where it came from.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 19, 2014, 08:27:55 PM
Thingie that you use to adjust the vents.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 20, 2014, 06:31:59 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 19, 2014, 08:27:55 PM
Thingie that you use to adjust the vents.

Bingo! It's the lever to adjust the direction of the fins on the register in the ceiling.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 20, 2014, 07:30:19 AM
Hmm...  All of my vents have those adjustment tabs built in, they aren't removable unless you dismantle the whole vent.


NEXT!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 20, 2014, 08:32:05 PM
It's the  knob from the fan speed or the temp selector I would say slides from side to side or up and down?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 20, 2014, 08:42:57 PM
Quote from: HotrodScamp on March 20, 2014, 06:31:59 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 19, 2014, 08:27:55 PM
Thingie that you use to adjust the vents.

Bingo! It's the lever to adjust the direction of the fins on the register in the ceiling.
Oh, I won! OK - give me a few to find something obscure.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 20, 2014, 11:10:58 PM
White thing. Next to a 45 colt for size comparison. NOT gun related at all.
It does have a hole going through it.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on March 20, 2014, 11:17:28 PM
A coupler.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 21, 2014, 12:25:16 AM
Quote from: john on March 20, 2014, 11:17:28 PM
A coupler.
nope
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 21, 2014, 02:26:04 AM
A spacer  for bearings ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 21, 2014, 06:56:53 AM
Quote from: marcusk on March 21, 2014, 02:26:04 AM
A spacer  for bearings ?
Yes. Spacer for bearings in a roller blade wheel.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 22, 2014, 02:47:29 AM
Here we go

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 22, 2014, 02:48:31 AM
It's hollow and has a hole in the tip.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 22, 2014, 03:13:44 AM
Piping tip ... (Icing cakes etc)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 22, 2014, 06:53:44 AM
Tip from an Elmer's glue bottle
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 22, 2014, 08:55:07 AM
safety cover for some kind of needle.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 22, 2014, 01:15:08 PM
No
No
And sorta.Not a needle
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 22, 2014, 05:08:35 PM
Weird shaped -router bit- cover?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 22, 2014, 05:23:31 PM
Sorry Janx no deal.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 22, 2014, 06:11:47 PM
Cap from a bottle with a nozzle.  Like gear oil for a diff.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 22, 2014, 08:00:52 PM
Nope

Is it clue time ? The only clue I have might give it away
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 23, 2014, 12:16:05 AM
Is it your 'special protector' for riding so your pee pee doesn't get all chafed? ;)

sent by willpower and a phone

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 23, 2014, 01:29:13 AM
That's very nice of you Janx but you are giving me way to much credit.

It's of a piece of equipment an electrician might use
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 23, 2014, 02:53:53 AM
Hmmm ok... Can we get some sort of size/scale reference... I thought it was a little thing... But your comment above implies it has 'some' size.... So ??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 23, 2014, 09:47:27 AM
wire nut?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 24, 2014, 02:09:38 AM
Nah Janx only. About 20mm long lol.

I'll give it another day and then end this one. A fast game is a good game. 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 24, 2014, 04:20:23 AM
Probe cover for multimeter use in tight packed cabinets?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 25, 2014, 01:53:03 AM
Nailed it using the probe cover give you a 1000 volt cat 3 protection so you can poke around in places that you shouldn't. 

Next
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 25, 2014, 03:09:57 AM
Yay.... But bugger.. Just saw this now .. And I'm home ... And tired... Hang on and I'll have a quick scout around..

Ok... Potentially pretty easy... Depends how dedicated a rider you are I guess!?

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 25, 2014, 07:13:28 AM
For cleaning the bugs out of your beard.


Actually it reminds me of the little brush you use to clean electric barber's clippers, but that wouldn't really fit the criteria of being a dedicated rider...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 25, 2014, 01:16:39 PM
Cleaning yes... Clippers no ..

Continue .... Too early in process for hints yet  :laugh:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 25, 2014, 02:28:00 PM
Detail brush for cooling fins on the cylinders.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 25, 2014, 04:30:51 PM
Nope..... Dirtier and more regular job....

It actually came with some stuff I bought.... Attaches to the main thing.... The end I am holding is hollow....

I thought it was stupid... Till I tried it!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 25, 2014, 06:02:33 PM
Brush for a chain cleaner.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 25, 2014, 06:12:42 PM
brush attachment for a keyboard vacuum
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on March 25, 2014, 09:44:36 PM
On the topic, Janx, how much does that extend part usability for you? I've always been on and off considering one but it's hard to justify spending that much just to save myself a little time here and there -- my buying point would be in monetary return.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 25, 2014, 11:45:07 PM
Quote from: Watcher on March 25, 2014, 06:02:33 PM
Brush for a chain cleaner.

this!!!  :thumb:

the local bike shop gave me a twin pack deal (clean and lube) on this stuff pictured... the cleaner can came with the brush that goes on the nozzle... i thought it was a crazy idea... till i tried it and 95% of the cleaner spray went on the chain with only minimal overspray 'everywhere else' .. plus (for me anyway) the brush bristles ran along the chain easily and stopped me doing my usual wobble about to coat - the tyre, the swingarm, the ground etc etc etc...

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onwards Sir Watcher!!  :thumb:

... and Badot, i have cleaned and lubed different chains with all kinds of stuff over the years, spray cans are easiest for me now... when i went to the shop for clean and lube stuff .... it would have cost me $48 for the ones i chose off the shelf, the bloke in the shop said try the twin pack for $26!! .. hard to resist a shop owner offering you cheaper stuff!! ... and the cleaner really got into the grot on the chain!! .. the lube also is very good so far (900km ish with a few touch ups after wet riding), with bugger all of it flicking off also! ... probably 'equally the easiest to use and most effective' that i have encountered yet!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 26, 2014, 09:06:10 AM
Ok, here is a stumper.  We use it at the machine shop almost every day.


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See if you can guess what it is, not what we use it for.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 26, 2014, 09:54:57 AM
Column shifter. Probably used to line up holes.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 26, 2014, 01:06:32 PM
Quote from: HotrodScamp on March 26, 2014, 09:54:57 AM
Column shifter. Probably used to line up holes.

:icon_eek:




DAMN!  Good eye!


And actually, no, we don't use it to line holes up.  We use it as a lever to turn the tail-stock handle on a small bench-top lathe we have.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 26, 2014, 02:21:44 PM
I drive a '74 Plymouth and see/use a column shifter every day   :thumb:

I'll look around for something unique to post tonight.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 26, 2014, 07:04:44 PM
OK, the Bic lighter is for scale (and a hint) and the second image is for detail...

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi820.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz124%2Fme181%2Fwhatisthis2-1_zpsf30d3134.jpg&hash=d347d135eed23c4ff151c78fe183197ea285b334)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi820.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz124%2Fme181%2Fwhatisthis2-2_zpsb259f3e1.jpg&hash=8fc04aa98bc1c9f010811081215ac832ccdbbde1)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on March 26, 2014, 11:06:10 PM
Looks like part of a playing card?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 26, 2014, 11:13:18 PM
Tarot Card - Death
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 27, 2014, 05:57:53 AM
Not a playing card or a tarot card. But there is some printing on the opposite side.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 27, 2014, 08:28:11 AM
Security tag for merchandise.

Or, one of those water sensitive stickers on cell=phone batteries...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 27, 2014, 09:34:25 AM
Not a security tag or from a cell phone.

I believe the pattern is meant to keep it from being easily forged. Also, the item is 30 years old.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 27, 2014, 10:42:31 AM
Picture of the other side?  Or will that give it away too easily?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 27, 2014, 11:19:11 AM
The other side is printed and would definitely give it away! It is torn in half and I don't have the other half (hint)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 27, 2014, 12:38:20 PM
Old theater ticket.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 27, 2014, 12:52:35 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 27, 2014, 12:38:20 PM
Old theater ticket.

Close enough! I collected about 60 rock concert ticket stubs between 1977 and 1987.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi820.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz124%2Fme181%2Fwhatisthis2-3_zps265aa3ee.jpg&hash=e8791a2d8a5fae14934454b223c0aae664a76551)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 27, 2014, 09:28:51 PM
Wrench is just for size.
What is it?


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 27, 2014, 09:35:17 PM
Rack for bullets.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 27, 2014, 09:36:06 PM
Dang that was fast.

I guess I should have insisted on type of bullet, brand, and country & date of manufacture.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 27, 2014, 09:38:28 PM
Too easy, we do have a lot of gun owners here  :cheers:

Caliber would be unfair, despite the wrench for size comparison...  Well, it's a wrench...  How many different size wrenches does the average tool-box have?  Like, a billion?


Alright, gimme a minute and I'll find something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 27, 2014, 10:12:17 PM
thats the thing with a "Watcher" ... they watch!!!  ;) ... then strike like lightning from a clear summer sky!! (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi21.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb297%2FGHGecko%2FANI_GIFs%2FTINYs%2FSmiley_Tiny_Lightning_Strike.gif&hash=bd5a9b6a1920fdbdc1f02df7507b0859dfb31fbd)  :icon_lol: :icon_mrgreen:

for the record .. i think its for pistol bullets .. hmmm.... .38's ..  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 27, 2014, 10:17:42 PM
I was gonna say 9mm...


Here ya go.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F823%2Fk4o75.jpg&hash=af5113eaa4e7d99ce275415a960cd92491ca79e2) (https://imageshack.com/i/mvk4o75j)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 28, 2014, 11:06:06 AM
Part of a musical instrument?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 28, 2014, 11:35:19 AM
Yes, do go on.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on March 28, 2014, 11:40:58 AM
OK, lemme guess... a stringed instrument?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 28, 2014, 12:33:04 PM
No.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 28, 2014, 01:03:54 PM
Hmmm unsure yet lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on March 28, 2014, 01:54:24 PM
Loom for weaving belts, thingies and key fob thingies?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 28, 2014, 02:11:30 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 28, 2014, 01:54:24 PM
Loom for weaving belts, thingies and key fob thingies?

Nope, it is part of a musical instrument, but is not a string instrument.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 28, 2014, 02:33:38 PM
Drum snare
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on March 28, 2014, 02:37:26 PM
Something for an accordion type instrument?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 28, 2014, 03:26:48 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on March 28, 2014, 02:33:38 PM
Drum snare


(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F22%2Fisqt.jpg&hash=0511cb7d8fab953eb3803df734c4c105280489f6) (https://imageshack.com/i/0misqtj)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 28, 2014, 05:21:14 PM
right ... cool.... ummmm ... (fading running footsteps to shed) ...

(slower running back again).... huff puff.... damn!! ... gotta get on the pushbike more!!  ;)

dont think ive used this before?! .... ruler is for scale of course.... but its OD 22m or 7/8"

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FDSC00917_zpsff71f8e4.jpg&hash=09b306e0eeb00760feeaac3cca2cdd4bea044a82) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/DSC00917_zpsff71f8e4.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 28, 2014, 06:57:53 PM
Quote from: Watcher on March 27, 2014, 09:38:28 PM
Too easy, we do have a lot of gun owners here  :cheers:

Caliber would be unfair, despite the wrench for size comparison...  Well, it's a wrench...  How many different size wrenches does the average tool-box have?  Like, a billion?


Alright, gimme a minute and I'll find something.
looked like 22lr?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 28, 2014, 07:00:43 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on March 28, 2014, 06:57:53 PM
Quote from: Watcher on March 27, 2014, 09:38:28 PM
Too easy, we do have a lot of gun owners here  :cheers:

Caliber would be unfair, despite the wrench for size comparison...  Well, it's a wrench...  How many different size wrenches does the average tool-box have?  Like, a billion?


Alright, gimme a minute and I'll find something.
looked like 22lr?

re-adjusts brain for scale..... by george!! .. i do believe you are correct old bean!! jolly good!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on March 29, 2014, 04:33:18 AM
Is it the collar for holding a shovel handle on ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 29, 2014, 05:46:42 AM
No bro..... If it was then would only be one of those little grandma hand spade thingies...

It's 1 part of a 2 piece set.. The other piece does not look the same!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 29, 2014, 07:42:33 PM
does it involve hand tools?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 29, 2014, 08:45:15 PM
Ummm .. Not directly.... Hand tool is used on this and it's counterpart ... But it is not part of a hand tool
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 01, 2014, 02:34:03 PM
Hints?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on April 02, 2014, 01:40:26 AM
It's part of his chastity belt ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 02, 2014, 02:21:58 AM
Hints....ok .... Not chastity belt .... But in a way it serves a similar purpose ...

The other main part of the 'set' this belongs to.. Has a metal sphere in the guts of it... The sphere has small holes at 3, 6, 9 and 12 ... A specialised bolt goes between them .. The sphere draws the thread of the bolt inside itself...

The set is used on ... Large heavy things!?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 02, 2014, 03:23:41 PM
Tie down of some sort?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 02, 2014, 04:15:21 PM
Possibly an assembly piece for metal scaffolding.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 03, 2014, 02:28:47 AM
Not scaffolding or tie down, though it does join 2 objects...

Think office environment .... Things that would need to be held steady and still so you don't go crazy with stuff moving on you all day

Any better?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on April 03, 2014, 03:04:37 AM
Part of a fastener for a desk or for office partitions
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 03, 2014, 03:52:04 AM
Quote from: HotrodScamp on April 03, 2014, 03:04:37 AM
Part of a fastener for a desk or for office partitions

Yes for desk! ... Used to be partition ones around the shed also... But we sold all the partitions to a local youth art gallery ..they didn't want the clips so we scrapped them.. More interesting though.

Away you go Scamp! ... What's your mystery item!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on April 03, 2014, 11:28:05 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi820.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz124%2Fme181%2Fwhatisthis3-1_zps7954c5d1.jpg&hash=113065bd10591ace5dc308fa9c429685622fad40)(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi820.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz124%2Fme181%2Fwhatisthis3-2_zpsd94eba61.jpg&hash=89448511ef236dde68466068a8ce7bd0cfc9b841)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 03, 2014, 03:32:42 PM
Silicone headphone/earbud cover thingee?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on April 03, 2014, 05:12:38 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 03, 2014, 03:32:42 PM
Silicone headphone/earbud cover thingee?

Winner on the first try!

Can't wait to see what comes up next!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 03, 2014, 05:32:20 PM
May take a few hours to see what I can find that may be a challenge..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 03, 2014, 06:01:08 PM
I had that one as soon as I saw it, too bad I saw it only just now...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 03, 2014, 06:28:25 PM
Ok, Here is a cropped version since the complete picture gives it away..

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_3265_Cropped_zpsc319ca19.jpg&hash=47544869db48b388a8916fa2ef3f34eee897dc6e) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_3265_Cropped_zpsc319ca19.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 03, 2014, 06:32:43 PM
Magneto?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 03, 2014, 06:37:06 PM
Quote from: Watcher on April 03, 2014, 06:32:43 PM
Magneto?

Sooooo close - but technically not a magneto  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 03, 2014, 08:09:35 PM
Big ass motor rotor
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: newbie1993 on April 03, 2014, 08:22:30 PM
Is that a huge tool box?

NEWBIE

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 03, 2014, 08:58:24 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 03, 2014, 08:09:35 PM
Big ass motor rotor

Even got the size right - Big ass indeed.. about 10 tons worth...

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_3265_zpsac939d2f.jpg&hash=d8630bc90026ee59ca0319994b39b428e6db31e9) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_3265_zpsac939d2f.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 04, 2014, 02:24:25 PM
 :dunno_black:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 04, 2014, 04:46:52 PM
Something pneumatic?

Looks like the inside of a switch/solenoid to me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 04, 2014, 10:44:11 PM
Quote from: Watcher on April 04, 2014, 04:46:52 PM
Something pneumatic?

Looks like the inside of a switch/solenoid to me.
nope. not even close.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 05, 2014, 01:03:28 AM
Cross-bolt style safety for a gun of some kind?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 05, 2014, 08:59:01 AM
Quote from: Watcher on April 05, 2014, 01:03:28 AM
Cross-bolt style safety for a gun of some kind?
Not firearm related.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 05, 2014, 10:32:56 AM
a motion lock type device? ( keeping item from moving/moving past a certain point?) btw love the stamps my friend. can I get my hands on one?
Aaron
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on April 05, 2014, 12:57:07 PM
Some kind of spring retainer.

Does the thick end have an internal thread?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 05, 2014, 03:43:49 PM
for use withthose clips that retain items or keeps them from sliding off?. I think its a pin for a retaining clipo although it is a bit small lol. using the stamp as size reference
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 06, 2014, 11:21:24 AM
It sort of hold/retains something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 06, 2014, 02:22:16 PM
Is it for the jaws of snap-ring pliers?
I used to have a set where you took the jaws off and put them on a different way to convert them from internal to external.


Or used for the lock latch to hold springed tools closed, like said snap-ring pliers?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 06, 2014, 04:33:09 PM
Used in some furniture to lock parts in place like ikea furniture
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 06, 2014, 04:47:03 PM
Quote from: codajastal on April 06, 2014, 04:33:09 PM
Used in some furniture to lock parts in place like ikea furniture
Close but not furniture like ikea.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 06, 2014, 07:32:18 PM
...caster pin?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 06, 2014, 07:59:12 PM
Quote from: Badot on April 06, 2014, 07:32:18 PM
...caster pin?
nope
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 06, 2014, 08:12:53 PM
It's a pin for the stop-arm on a door.

Like on a large door that would open vertically rather than horizontally, it would have a hinge at the bottom and near the top along the inside would be an arm with a track in it.  Arm is attached to the door, slides on the pin, pin is in the cabinet, door can only open as far as the track can slide on the pin.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 06, 2014, 08:37:59 PM
Nothing door related.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 06, 2014, 09:19:20 PM
Rack mount pin and/or sled mount pin? Just a wild guess  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 06, 2014, 09:31:04 PM
Quote from: Badot on April 06, 2014, 09:19:20 PM
Rack mount pin and/or sled mount pin? Just a wild guess  :dunno_black:
Another guess somewhat in the right direction but not exact enough.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 07, 2014, 08:13:23 AM
Is it a part for a gravel spreader?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 07, 2014, 08:59:00 AM
No.

Read back a little. There are two that were going in the right direction.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 07, 2014, 09:36:46 PM
I tried to make a little funny.  I was and still am stumped.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 07, 2014, 10:00:46 PM
A pin - yes.
Assembling a piece of furniture? No, not to assemble one piece but what if you have more than one assembled?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 07, 2014, 10:55:27 PM
then you have many pieces!!?  :dunno_black:

chain pin for assembly line 'forwarding chain' ??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 07, 2014, 10:59:26 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on April 07, 2014, 10:55:27 PM
then you have many pieces!!?  :dunno_black:

chain pin for assembly line 'forwarding chain' ??

I don't even know what that is, so no.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 07, 2014, 11:01:36 PM
well i dont even know if i named my idea right.... i know what it meant in my mental image... but oh well...

i better have another look at the widget....

if that is a standard postage stamp size then its a small widget!!

edit...

ok.... is it a small pin that retains a spring and cable for either the handle of a recliner lounge chair or down on the actual action end of the cable where it joins the scissor arm bit that extends the footrest?

it may not be right... but its pretty specific!!  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 08, 2014, 12:06:54 AM
Sounds to me like it's used to stack/affix multiples of a type of some sort of furniture together... like stacking shelving units or something. As far as specifics, no idea.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 08, 2014, 08:58:08 AM
Is there a clip that goes into each groove?  That is the only way I can see an attachment point through a piece of metal/plastic.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 08, 2014, 09:13:50 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on April 07, 2014, 11:01:36 PM
ok.... is it a small pin that retains a spring and cable for either the handle of a recliner lounge chair or down on the actual action end of the cable where it joins the scissor arm bit that extends the footrest?

I'm going to branch off this idea and say it's the hinge pin for said scissor arm...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 08, 2014, 10:26:59 AM
Quote from: Badot on April 08, 2014, 12:06:54 AM
Sounds to me like it's used to stack/affix multiples of a type of some sort of furniture together... like stacking shelving units or something. As far as specifics, no idea.
Close enough. Holds sets of adjacent shelving units together.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2F500%2FDSC04067.JPG&hash=35af1840ecfdd4bef01e961393d0bd356e3e5f65) (http://www.gs500.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/670/title/dsc04067/cat/500)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 08, 2014, 01:59:36 PM
Ohkay, never had seen it from this angle before. took my wheelchair apart and saw something similar though,  cept size was larger.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 08, 2014, 02:20:49 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1198.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa459%2FDydler%2F20140408_171342_zps2a020045.jpg&hash=fda1e102ee06aaff339bc4f61abf3d116af4f5d5)

Some text removed. This one may be easy, or it may need a major hint. We'll see.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 08, 2014, 02:38:21 PM
Safety thingie you stick in your Ruger 10-22 (or other firearm)

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 08, 2014, 02:49:25 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 08, 2014, 02:38:21 PM
Safety thingie you stick in your Ruger 10-22 (or other firearm)

Chamber-flag.  Yup.  That's gotta be it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 08, 2014, 03:12:59 PM
K. here you are.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on April 08, 2014, 07:17:31 PM
Holder to display a bowling ball
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 08, 2014, 08:00:37 PM
I feel I should point out, I was simply agreeing with the chamber flag, I was not the person who posted the pic nor am I confirming for them that it actually was what it is.
Maybe posting a new pic jumped the gun a little.

That being said, you can see the lettering on the ring.  Dead giveaway...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 08, 2014, 08:36:27 PM
Quote from: HotrodScamp on April 08, 2014, 07:17:31 PM
Holder to display a bowling ball
Correct.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 08, 2014, 09:31:02 PM
Quote from: Watcher on April 08, 2014, 08:00:37 PM
I feel I should point out, I was simply agreeing with the chamber flag, I was not the person who posted the pic nor am I confirming for them that it actually was what it is.
Maybe posting a new pic jumped the gun a little.

Eh, I personally don't care. Worst case scenario, a game with no point outside of entertainment is slightly disrupted, and once identified it can be googled to confirm pretty easily anyways.  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 08, 2014, 09:51:37 PM
Scamp!!! .. post pic!!! .... now now now!!.. cmon cmon cmon!! ... quick before my can of redbull wears off!!  ;) :icon_mrgreen:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.howtocleanstuff.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fcrazy_monkey1.jpg&hash=b6319fd8ecc6b8c01770d9557662e6c747b95114)

bahahahaha
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 09, 2014, 12:33:17 PM
Watcher is clearly now in charge of this thread.  :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 09, 2014, 01:30:06 PM
Quote from: john on April 09, 2014, 12:33:17 PM
Watcher is clearly now in charge of this thread.  :cookoo:

No, I don't want it to seem like that.  Just what if it wasn't a chamber-flag?  What if it was a tool for push-pins or something?  Then we have new pictures and new guesses without the first one being solved...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 10, 2014, 04:32:51 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 08, 2014, 08:36:27 PM
Quote from: HotrodScamp on April 08, 2014, 07:17:31 PM
Holder to display a bowling ball
Correct.
How long are we going to wait?  I'm getting itchy...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 10, 2014, 04:53:15 PM
if scamp doesn't post by tomorrow, I'll post another thingie.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 10, 2014, 05:19:40 PM
awwwwwwww.... tomorrow!!!!!!!?? ?? ??
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bmfss.org.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F10%2F25679khleeg.jpg&hash=1bd5a76ed708d08018d1fb4831087ba46622e2fe)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 10, 2014, 05:22:44 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 10, 2014, 04:53:15 PM
if scamp doesn't post by tomorrow, I'll post another thingie.

This is watcher's thread.  He will have to post something.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 10, 2014, 06:06:33 PM
 :icon_eek: ......... :icon_lol: ..... :icon_rolleyes: ...... (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stingtalk.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fshitstir.gif&hash=b719aa378574781055337afd82aaf7fcb2120b36)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 10, 2014, 06:40:56 PM
Lmfao
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on April 10, 2014, 08:34:15 PM
Janx it's where's wally as a baby.  Now I've found the lil bastard some one post a picture already

M
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 11, 2014, 01:28:11 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 10, 2014, 04:53:15 PM
if scamp doesn't post by tomorrow, I'll post another thingie.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frlv.zcache.com%2Fthe_thingie_blew_up_mousepad-re97b7d72576746398d37d19c802798c2_x74vi_8byvr_324.jpg&hash=01c2c3bc5c2dae9d36186ef95d45f18a40cb6812)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2014, 08:12:57 PM
OK.Lets get the game moving.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 11, 2014, 08:44:06 PM
Damn it, I know I've seen one of those before...



Edit:

Jingle for a tambourine?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 11, 2014, 11:17:20 PM
The metal thingy off the front of a horn?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 11, 2014, 11:46:37 PM
Quote from: Badot on April 11, 2014, 11:17:20 PM
The metal thingy off the front of a horn?
nope.
But it IS a metal thingie.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Banzai on April 12, 2014, 12:22:04 AM
A jingle or zill from a tambourine?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 12, 2014, 12:27:14 AM
Quote from: Banzai on April 12, 2014, 12:22:04 AM
A jingle or zill from a tambourine?

You are correct.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 01:06:49 AM
Did you just miss my answer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 12, 2014, 01:09:08 AM
Quote from: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 01:06:49 AM
Did you just miss my answer?
I guess so. And so did Banzai.  :icon_rolleyes:
Saw the "edited" and ignored the rest.
OK so you win and you are in control of this thread as I now understand.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 01:37:07 AM
 :icon_rolleyes:


Alright, here's an easy one.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F849%2Fyn6a.jpg&hash=63320306e8748de2b84eeb90d3d8f3a5d1a70c66) (https://imageshack.com/i/nlyn6aj)


1.25" across.

I don't want the more obvious answer, give me the application for it as well as what it is.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 12, 2014, 08:28:44 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 12, 2014, 01:09:08 AM
I guess so. And so did Banzai.  :icon_rolleyes:
Saw the "edited" and ignored the rest.
OK so you win and you are in control of this thread as I now understand.

Self proclaimed of course.  Just like you are in charge of all cat threads.

My guess for his photo is a metal clip used on an appliance.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 09:34:07 AM
Seriously, what's the deal with me being "in charge" of this thread.  I never put myself there, you guys just started saying so, its hardly self proclaimed.  Its starting to make me a little uncomfortable...


As for the picture, its a clip but not for an appliance.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 12, 2014, 10:25:08 AM
Quote from: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 09:34:07 AM
Seriously, what's the deal with me being "in charge" of this thread.  I never put myself there, you guys just started saying so, its hardly self proclaimed.  Its starting to make me a little uncomfortable...


As for the picture, its a clip but not for an appliance.
just razzin ya my firend, just razzin ya. . your thread aside ;), is it a circlip for a piston/conrod?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 01:40:19 PM
No, not for a wrist pin.  However, its a warmer guess than for an appliance.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 12, 2014, 01:46:48 PM
Quote from: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 09:34:07 AM
Seriously, what's the deal with me being "in charge" of this thread.  I never put myself there, you guys just started saying so, its hardly self proclaimed.  Its starting to make me a little uncomfortable...

Oh no.  You can't back down now.  Welcome to your custom title...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 02:19:02 PM
Quote from: john on April 12, 2014, 01:46:48 PM
Quote from: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 09:34:07 AM
Seriously, what's the deal with me being "in charge" of this thread.  I never put myself there, you guys just started saying so, its hardly self proclaimed.  Its starting to make me a little uncomfortable...

Oh no.  You can't back down now.  Welcome to your custom title...

Oh boy!  I get a custom title and it's sarcastic  :laugh:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 12, 2014, 04:16:35 PM
Quote from: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 02:19:02 PM

Oh boy!  I get a custom title and it's sarcastic  :laugh:
Welcome to gstwin reality...............better known as 'John's World'
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 13, 2014, 08:40:17 AM
Quote from: codajastal on April 12, 2014, 04:16:35 PM
Quote from: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 02:19:02 PM

Oh boy!  I get a custom title and it's sarcastic  :laugh:
Welcome to gstwin reality...............better known as 'John's World'
If we can't have fun, what can we have?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 13, 2014, 10:49:52 AM
a custom title of course  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 13, 2014, 04:14:27 PM
Well even when you dont ask for it you get it?
Best to just fly under the 'John Radar' IMO :icon_rolleyes:
'
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: adidasguy on April 13, 2014, 09:13:40 PM
So what's the current challenge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 13, 2014, 09:52:12 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on April 13, 2014, 09:13:40 PM
So what's the current challenge?
The clip that's just over 1 inch wide.  It is a clip, but he wants the general application.  Fair seeing it is obviously a clip.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 13, 2014, 10:33:10 PM
Quote from: Watcher on April 12, 2014, 01:37:07 AM


(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F849%2Fyn6a.jpg&hash=63320306e8748de2b84eeb90d3d8f3a5d1a70c66) (https://imageshack.com/i/nlyn6aj)


1.25" across.

I don't want the more obvious answer, give me the application for it as well as what it is.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 14, 2014, 12:45:20 AM
nevermind see below
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 14, 2014, 01:22:20 AM


Internal Snap Ring used to fit into a tube or over a shaft in different kinds of machinery and vehicles


Like this one



(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpimg.tradeindia.com%2F00109170%2Fb%2F0%2FInternal-Snap-Ring-.jpg&hash=776fe2ed721656b4f528b32a0ace69dc8715fd6e)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 14, 2014, 07:15:22 AM
You are right, but care to be more specific in the application?  It did come off of a vehicle but where?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 14, 2014, 01:06:12 PM
Is the bit running left to right across the center critical? I imagine if it weren't some specialized type it wouldn't do anything and just be a waste of material...

Outside of that, my only guess would be a snap ring made to be used with standard pliers.  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 14, 2014, 04:33:15 PM
Quote from: Watcher on April 14, 2014, 07:15:22 AM
You are right, but care to be more specific in the application?  It did come off of a vehicle but where?
OMFG you are kidding right ;)
Do you know how fricken hard it was just to find that picture and description :dunno_black:
Give it to someone else :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 14, 2014, 07:30:17 PM
Well, "internal snap ring" and "used in machinery or vehicles" is kind of incredibly general...  Even john said requiring an application is fair since it's obviously a clip.
I was hoping more people would actually guess things so I could steer it along with hints  :cry:


But whatever, lets move it along.

It's a snap ring for an automotive universal joint, more specifically for a drive-shaft.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcontentinfo.autozone.com%2Fznetcs%2Fproduct-info%2Fen%2FUS%2Fnsm%2F1-0153DG%2Fimage%2F4%2F&hash=2bb3b38198016f69805a1a4748e979e319ff005f)


Take it away, Coda.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 15, 2014, 09:39:52 PM
Pass it back to you, Post something else, I dont have anything interesting or obscure that I can find :(
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 15, 2014, 10:09:44 PM
Quote from: codajastal on April 15, 2014, 09:39:52 PM
Pass it back to you, Post something else, I dont have anything interesting or obscure that I can find :(

Oh no.  You know the rules.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 16, 2014, 01:42:47 AM
Well ..... It's not unknown to pass .. Just rare..... I've passed once or twice when I was just too friggin busy last year!?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 16, 2014, 03:21:40 AM
I'll look for something interesting at work today.  If nothing is up by the time I get home I'll post another picture.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 16, 2014, 04:12:36 AM
Quote from: john on April 15, 2014, 10:09:44 PM
Quote from: codajastal on April 15, 2014, 09:39:52 PM
Pass it back to you, Post something else, I dont have anything interesting or obscure that I can find :(

Oh no.  You know the rules.


FINE  :icon_rolleyes:

Heres an easy one

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-frc3%2Ft1.0-9%2F10250323_1413358072262403_7594523985005165544_n.jpg&hash=89ad132818878ff1231fdda1a5c11dca2b0e110e)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 16, 2014, 04:38:17 AM
Your gerbil entry assistant?  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: HotrodScamp on April 16, 2014, 05:41:47 AM
It's a ladies hair curler
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on April 16, 2014, 04:59:15 PM
Quote from: HotrodScamp on April 16, 2014, 05:41:47 AM
It's a ladies hair curler
Why yes it is, Actually its a childs hair curler but close enough :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 16, 2014, 10:15:40 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on April 16, 2014, 04:38:17 AM
Your gerbil entry assistant?  :flipoff:
That's what I was thinking...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 16, 2014, 10:25:45 PM
Quote from: john on April 16, 2014, 10:15:40 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on April 16, 2014, 04:38:17 AM
Your gerbil entry assistant?  :flipoff:
That's what I was thinking...

.... oh .. hang on.... how do 'we' know of such things anyway?  :icon_eek: :icon_rolleyes:

hmmm thinking...

oh yeah .. Slips was telling me about the new range he was looking at!?  :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 16, 2014, 11:36:59 PM
...and a new custom title is born....
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 16, 2014, 11:44:56 PM
Oh hell I forgot about that. ... and using tapatalk right now, ran out of fuel on way back from bank :-/ . Can't see title... have to check on browser

sent by willpower and a phone

Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 16, 2014, 11:47:36 PM
Not so bad! ... just confusing cos don't have much hair! ;-)

sent by willpower and a phone

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 17, 2014, 06:30:08 AM
Lmfao
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 18, 2014, 04:52:52 PM
So, whats next?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 18, 2014, 08:06:46 PM
A picture I think  lol or another custom.title if one asks :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 21, 2014, 04:36:24 PM
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 21, 2014, 04:52:53 PM
Watcher is right.  Is he ever going to post a photo?  If he doesn't by tonight Janx will have the honor -just to mix things up.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 26, 2014, 05:39:39 PM
So, Janx has the "honor".  What'll it be?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 26, 2014, 06:33:19 PM
OK somebody post something to get this moving again.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 27, 2014, 01:56:39 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1019.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf315%2Fpaulcet%2FD7905B46-10F7-4AD8-8820-E01DA77A29A8_zpsotdg8zyx.jpg&hash=822331ed7ff296512423a94d782cc95df0d871bb)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 27, 2014, 02:13:14 PM
Cotton pad. As opposed to cotton ball.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 27, 2014, 02:19:05 PM
Yep. Go.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 27, 2014, 02:53:40 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1198.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa459%2FDydler%2F33a03565-9944-41ed-a20c-f5bdab46b254_zpsc53a9250.jpg&hash=22c3ed61cbb47678226adb6ccc501b3d6b6adb40)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: john on April 27, 2014, 05:44:35 PM
Impact driver?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 27, 2014, 05:55:45 PM
Nope. It does drive something, but possibly not in the sense you're thinking, and if it used impaction it would probably do a pretty bad job.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 29, 2014, 01:40:42 PM
Used for installing bearings?



Ugh, I swear I've seen and possibly even used one of those in the past, but I can't place it.  As soon as it's guessed I'll be all "OOOOHH!"
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2014, 01:43:22 PM
Almost looked like a flaring tool of some sort
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 29, 2014, 05:04:43 PM
It is used to 'install' a part, of sorts. The part it installs is consumed in the process of a single, succinct use. The item it installs into could be considered consumed on use, but can usually be re-used.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 29, 2014, 07:58:58 PM
Some sort of primer insertion tool?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on April 29, 2014, 08:14:07 PM
Some sort of hole punch or tool to rivet/install grommets


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on April 30, 2014, 08:45:12 AM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on April 29, 2014, 07:58:58 PM
Some sort of primer insertion tool?

Yep. Casing gets put into where the die normally goes on a press, then this item goes into where the casing holder usually goes. Primer gets placed in the little springloaded cup on top, 'close' the press and the primer gets pushed in by the anvil.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 30, 2014, 01:57:28 PM
It has the look of high carbon steel firearm related wholesome goodness about it..

I will endeavour to find a worthy item shortly.

EDIT:
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_0291_zpsf057dd8a.jpg&hash=154c65c4e7171c47e8b06629145e3159dae2dd96) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_0291_zpsf057dd8a.jpg.html)
Clues:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 30, 2014, 02:22:23 PM
Well, it looks electrical...  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 30, 2014, 04:21:29 PM
Looks like a transformer hung from the ceiling or wall
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 30, 2014, 05:17:25 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 30, 2014, 04:21:29 PM
Looks like a transformer hung from the ceiling or wall

Getting closer..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 30, 2014, 05:41:20 PM
Voltage regulator?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 30, 2014, 06:12:01 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 30, 2014, 05:41:20 PM
Voltage regulator?

In a way, yes.  But it does something else quite important. I may have mentioned it in an earlier post...

EDIT:
There are cooling jackets to get rid of heat
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 30, 2014, 07:16:15 PM
High voltage converter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on April 30, 2014, 08:13:34 PM
I don't know what it is. But it looks very cool!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on April 30, 2014, 08:38:24 PM
Quote from: Watcher on April 30, 2014, 07:16:15 PM
High voltage converter?

Close enough - Thyristor banks which convert 350,000 VDC to 220kV AC (3 phase) up to 700MW capacity
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 01, 2014, 03:09:14 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F835%2Fyoww.jpg&hash=24fa4846f09bb44c69efbab1f8a460ba57f4dc48) (https://imageshack.com/i/n7yowwj)

Bonus points for a specific answer.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 01, 2014, 10:50:14 AM
That thing looks so familiar but I can't put my finger on where I've seen it.

Gun part? Striker indicator, or some part of a firing pin carrier?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 01, 2014, 11:06:03 AM
So close, yet so far...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on May 01, 2014, 11:37:44 AM
Glass cutter  Edit: Heh, Nvm... just realized the size - too small for that, and closer look, I don't see the little wheel, just background messing with my eyes.

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 01, 2014, 12:40:55 PM
Not even close, its not a tool of any sort.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 01, 2014, 01:20:23 PM
Almost resembled a part of the mechanism of a retractable ball point pen. Similar to my waterman
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 01, 2014, 09:46:37 PM
Is it metal? The inconsistent shape along the transitions in the square area makes me think it's hand ground metal, like you'd find on an old gun or old tools.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 02, 2014, 04:49:08 AM
Tension/spring arm from a windscreen wiper
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 02, 2014, 08:19:25 AM
Its metal, not for a pen, not for wipers but it does apply tension.

Badot is headed in the right direction.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 02, 2014, 04:12:30 PM
the activation switch for johns vibrator?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 02, 2014, 04:14:32 PM
used in a 3 ring binder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 02, 2014, 05:28:09 PM
Even if I had access to John's vibrator, I wouldn't touch it let alone take it apart  :icon_eek:


Also, nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 02, 2014, 08:00:59 PM
Quote from: Watcher on May 02, 2014, 05:28:09 PM
Even if I had access to John's vibrator, I wouldn't touch it let alone take it apart  :icon_eek:


Also, nope.
I should hop[e so lol. kjinda had to lioghten the mood in the arena. anyhoo back to seriousness
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 02, 2014, 08:57:25 PM
random guess .... bit that applies tension to the drawing needles in a seismograph?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 03, 2014, 12:00:57 AM
or the device that positions johns hand when he wanks?, ive no idea atm. or im gunning for a new title or something. I don't know nor care.  LMAO. im in an ornery mood for some reason and enjoying it immensely
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 03, 2014, 03:04:37 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 02, 2014, 08:57:25 PM
random guess .... bit that applies tension to the drawing needles in a seismograph?

That's quite the guess, but headed in the wrong direction.

I'll say again, Badot was the closest so far with his two guesses.  He already got the material, era, and what type of thing it goes in, but not what it is.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 03, 2014, 03:24:27 AM
Does it apply tension in a stringed instrument?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: codajastal on May 03, 2014, 07:56:30 AM
I have seen that exact item before but for the life of me I cannot remember where or why or what


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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: codajastal on May 03, 2014, 07:58:06 AM
Is it the pin? That removes the spent cartridge in an old rifle or pistol?


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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Watcher on May 03, 2014, 08:15:28 AM
Quote from: codajastal on May 03, 2014, 07:58:06 AM
Is it the pin? That removes the spent cartridge in an old rifle or pistol?

Close enough!

The word you are looking for is "extractor".  It came out of my 1911, far from a old pistol as far as production date goes but definitely an old pistol in design.  Aside from advances in manufacturing technology and some aesthetic and performance improvements, they're still made the same as they were over 100 years ago.
If it's not broken, don't fix it!


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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: codajastal on May 03, 2014, 08:17:43 AM
Yeah that's the word, you will have to wait for a picture later as it's after 1.00 am and is not a good time to go looking for an item to post ;)


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 03, 2014, 05:34:39 PM
Ok what's this for
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 03, 2014, 09:21:00 PM
Ping-pong ball.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 03, 2014, 09:50:35 PM
keeping paper roll in plkace?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 03, 2014, 10:32:29 PM
Quote from: Watcher on May 03, 2014, 09:21:00 PM
Ping-pong ball.
No
Its flat
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 03, 2014, 10:33:09 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 03, 2014, 09:50:35 PM
keeping paper roll in plkace?
No, but in the right direction
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 04, 2014, 01:46:21 AM
End of a cardboard tube?  Like you'd get a poster in?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 04, 2014, 02:22:48 PM
a retainer for a rod of some sory. fairly small rod in diameter unknown length
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Shepa on May 04, 2014, 03:02:48 PM
Reminds me of the typewriter tape holder/roller (don't know the word, sorry), or part of the printer.

I'm sure I've seen it before, I just cannot figure out where.




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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 04, 2014, 03:08:20 PM
the ink ribbon/cartridge
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 04, 2014, 04:55:51 PM
Nope you are all wrong but still heading in the right direction
It IS used to hold something in place but you need to tell me WHAT it holds in place.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 04, 2014, 05:18:35 PM
a wrist pin?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 04, 2014, 05:48:12 PM
I've seen them on the ends of ink ribbons. Similar things on the ends of paper rolls. I guess it would extend to other stuff... lamination rolls? Shrink wrap rolls?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 04, 2014, 07:23:10 PM
No and no and stop thinking rolls of stuff. You dont find it at the end of a roll of anything.
It has a very specific job of keeping something in place on a machine that is common all over the world. This item is used to hold a XXXXXXXXXXXXX in place when using the machine.

Thats about as clear as I can make it without actually giving it away
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 04, 2014, 07:30:10 PM
For a sewing machine?

Or weed-whacker?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 04, 2014, 07:32:12 PM
Quote from: Watcher on May 04, 2014, 07:30:10 PM
For a sewing machine?

HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes it is used specifically to hold the cotton reel on when the reel is used at an angle so it does not fly off the holder
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 04, 2014, 07:40:54 PM
By chance was this the bobbin?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 04, 2014, 10:32:56 PM
No not the bobbin Yama.
It sits on top of the spool of cotton.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 05, 2014, 12:28:36 AM
Quote from: codajastal on May 04, 2014, 07:32:12 PM
Quote from: Watcher on May 04, 2014, 07:30:10 PM
For a sewing machine?

HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes it is used specifically to hold the cotton reel on when the reel is used at an angle so it does not fly off the holder


Oh, goody.  Here we go, the object above the dime.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F841%2Fgbiv.jpg&hash=4804c219936eace63b5295355b9d751febc83f8e) (https://imageshack.com/i/ndgbivj)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 05, 2014, 12:30:46 AM
Quote from: codajastal on May 04, 2014, 10:32:56 PM
No not the bobbin Yama.
It sits on top of the spool of cotton.
ahh kk. Thank you. Will have to o check my 2 machines. Odds are ive got that piece
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 05, 2014, 12:31:30 AM
Lego man's hand?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 05, 2014, 01:07:50 AM
Quote from: Badot on May 05, 2014, 12:31:30 AM
Lego man's hand?
Yea I would say you got it :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Shepa on May 05, 2014, 01:49:38 AM
A part of the Lego figure (a hand perhaps)?

Edit: hahaha.... beat me to it.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 05, 2014, 02:12:20 AM
Quote from: Badot on May 05, 2014, 12:31:30 AM
Lego man's hand?

Winner winner chicken dinner.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 05, 2014, 05:07:49 AM
Ill be damned. I thought it was the new phallus piece for the erotica series l. I jest. Moving on :icon_arrow:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: BockinBboy on May 05, 2014, 12:16:56 PM
Yeah, totally woulda' got that thread retainer - decent seamster here...

Oh, and lego man hand LOL! Thanks for the laugh!

- Bboy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 05, 2014, 12:43:58 PM
I felt the item this came out of would be too obvious to the basic design but too vague to be asking for what specifically it came from... so here's a part of it. What's it go in? (be specific about the shape)

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 05, 2014, 04:04:44 PM
Looks like the inside of a two part epoxy nozzle.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 05, 2014, 04:47:53 PM
pipe cleaner?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 05, 2014, 07:16:32 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 05, 2014, 04:04:44 PM
Looks like the inside of a two part epoxy nozzle.

That was quick. Your turn.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 05, 2014, 08:36:52 PM
Hmm,

From my desk
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(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_1453_zpsbaff2cb7.jpg&hash=9745794451cc98a092b6e36ab835e146c199947d) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_1453_zpsbaff2cb7.jpg.html)

Clue is that this is available in a number of sizes and is part of the assembly
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 05, 2014, 11:51:20 PM
Used to slit wire? i.e to remove the insulation?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 05, 2014, 11:51:57 PM
Or some type of filter or noise reducer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Paulcet on May 06, 2014, 10:18:35 AM
O-ring splice fixture
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 06, 2014, 11:49:44 AM
Quote from: Paulcet on May 06, 2014, 10:18:35 AM
O-ring splice fixture

This is getting quite close..

another clue - it is not used for splicing of cables, and the assembly can hold a few of these modules (typically 8 or 16)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 06, 2014, 02:30:35 PM
Shot in the dark, is it for making gaskets?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 06, 2014, 05:06:20 PM
Hot.. Cold.. Hot.. Cold..

clue - the blue / black bits can be peeled away like an onion
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 06, 2014, 07:21:54 PM
Electrical signal interference damper thingy

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 06, 2014, 11:26:47 PM
Cable holder/ spacer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 06, 2014, 11:51:25 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 06, 2014, 11:26:47 PM
Cable holder/ spacer?

Ooh, that would make a lot of sense.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 07, 2014, 11:50:19 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 06, 2014, 11:26:47 PM
Cable holder/ spacer?

:thumb:

It is - specifically a product made by Roxtec for getting a lot of cables through the same hole and allows you to add and remove cables without affecting the weather seal (IP68). some of their other products are very useful for keeping water out of basements that comes in through ducts.

Your up
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 07, 2014, 01:35:14 PM
Got an EASY ONE FOR YALL tonight when I get home from med. Ctr. Hard part would be.telling me what its specifially from lol

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 07, 2014, 03:52:45 PM
the answer err the easy yet incorrect answer would be a piston.  the correct answer would be..... ( the piston underneath, I wish to know  what it came out of. has a distinct  name/title/type
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gs500.net%2Fgallery%2Fuploads%2F9%2Fpiston_honda2.jpg&hash=98aaf9e8ea8f2670a54d57217e0091c7dcc0ef87) btw the piston above the ruler is a cbr600 circa 2001ish. "borrowed a set from MMI in 01. " almost enough t o build a new engine. almost got a crankshaft too.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 07, 2014, 04:28:52 PM
For an air compressor?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 07, 2014, 05:43:32 PM
No sir .it is an internal combustion engine.:) This one and 5 others made a set

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 07, 2014, 06:23:00 PM
5" bore.. daayum...

Wright R-540 radial?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 07, 2014, 06:51:01 PM
Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 07, 2014, 06:23:00 PM
5" bore.. daayum...

Wright R-540 radial?
Wish I could get one of those lol. and add to this collection but no. cant show you the top side of it. cause its a pretty significant clue. one clue however 2 valves  one measuring roughly 2 1/2" other being 2 1/16"  next cluie is pretty major.  so will hold off a tad
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 07, 2014, 08:16:10 PM
265ci hemi cylinder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 07, 2014, 08:46:12 PM
Not pretrol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 07, 2014, 09:00:38 PM
Boat engine?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 07, 2014, 10:08:53 PM
In some insrances yes
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 08, 2014, 05:11:41 AM
GM 2 stroke diesel ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 08, 2014, 05:29:26 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 08, 2014, 05:11:41 AM
GM 2 stroke diesel ?
very close.  a 2 stroke diesel, just not gm  May give the answer or the manufacturer tomorrow eve. I realized I set myself up for failure on this one. but figured a wth deal on it. I collect  oddball pistons for some reason.  this one as part of a set I bought on ebay in 2005 the bcr piston  used for comparison, is going to be the foot on my cane here soon. specially once I get a better cane. but in meantime will use it on the one im currently using. Anyhooo back to the game :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 08, 2014, 11:03:30 PM
2 stroke diesel makes me think train. For some reason I assumed the 2 stroke diesels didn't have valves but I don't see a reason why they can't...  would probably get a tad bit more efficiency that way.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 08, 2014, 11:14:16 PM
If I keep this going it would be details not easily thought of. cause its now getting into nitpicky stuff lol. it is a 2 stroke Detroit diesel. ( from a tractor trailer. was told by seller is a 6-71 but am not sure. or a 6v71 but a Detroit 2 stroke for sure. technically youd be correct if you ahd said a 2 stroke in a road train lol. going toi go ahead and call you winner on this. or as I say, meh close enough :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 10, 2014, 09:00:48 AM
Someone else can take this one, real busy with work this time of week and won't have time to dig something up. Otherwise it'll be a few days.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 12, 2014, 08:55:51 AM
If no one else does something by this evening I'll toss something up when I get home from work.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 12, 2014, 06:00:00 PM
What is this?

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F838%2F4spk.jpg&hash=6b485bb843ab95b029f8e0d1762cb449f509522a) (https://imageshack.com/i/na4spkj)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: codajastal on May 12, 2014, 06:02:51 PM
A f%$king big picture :)
Oh and that is a drumstick
Nylon or Cane Brush by the look of it
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 12, 2014, 06:44:51 PM
Quote from: codajastal on May 12, 2014, 06:02:51 PM
A f%$king big picture :)
Oh and that is a drumstick
Nylon or Cane Brush by the look of it

I fixed the picture before I even saw your comment.  Out of habit I read my posts after I send them, so I caught it immediately.

It is a drumstick, nylon brush, made by Vic-Firth under the name of "Rock Rakes".  Very stiff bristles, they sound amazing on a high-tension snare-drum and have a little bit more punch than a steel brush on a typical drumset snare.  Handy for acoustic gigs when I need more volume on a rock-shuffle or something like that.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 27, 2014, 02:41:35 PM
So...  What happened here?


Lets keep it going!  [picks up dropped torch]


(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F838%2Fz980.jpg&hash=8796fe99f52da8c5390158cae61e1747edd0ba93) (https://imageshack.com/i/naz980j)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Yankeeguy42 on May 28, 2014, 10:27:42 AM
Wood Shop Glasses!  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 28, 2014, 10:32:13 AM
Some kinda fancy valve topper / cap?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 28, 2014, 11:29:24 AM
Yes, and no (I work with steel), but wrong object.


No, not a valve or a cap of any kind.  Completely unrelated.  When installed it is a more or less permanent fixture, doesn't turn or rotate or anything like that.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 28, 2014, 08:47:43 PM
steel thru the brass? part usable or just for installation?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 29, 2014, 01:17:03 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 28, 2014, 08:47:43 PM
steel thru the brass? part usable or just for installation?

Correct, steel insert in a brass fixture.  Used as an assembly, so the two are one.


Hint, several of these are needed to perform their function.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 29, 2014, 05:59:39 PM
A  T fitting for air?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 29, 2014, 11:39:01 PM
First I thought something musical,  then I thought something engine/fuel. .. that brass bit rings a bell. . But it's from the church in the next town. . Hmm

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 30, 2014, 12:55:43 AM
No, not air related.  Nothing passes through this object.


Janx, your first thought is headed in the right direction  :wink:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 30, 2014, 05:51:55 AM
Harp string holder thingy then
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 30, 2014, 07:34:41 AM
if not harp, then guitar?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 30, 2014, 07:38:07 AM
It does not pertain to strings of any kind.

Hint:  the steel insert is threaded.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 30, 2014, 07:47:00 AM
that's what, bout a half in   in diameter, by nearly if not more the  same tall?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 30, 2014, 08:22:20 AM
Brass bit is about 1.125x1.125 inches, about 2 inches long on the insert.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 30, 2014, 10:02:39 AM
Does it belong on a pipe organ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 30, 2014, 11:49:54 AM
Nope, not for a pipe organ.  Wrong family of instrument all together.

Considering items I've put in this thread before it shouldn't be hard to narrow down the field a little.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 30, 2014, 02:02:04 PM
Quote from: Watcher on May 30, 2014, 11:49:54 AM
Nope, not for a pipe organ.  Wrong family of instrument all together.

Considering items I've put in this thread before it shouldn't be hard to narrow down the field a little.
damn you watcher lol you've got me addicted to this one. ive seen a piece like this before, but for the life of me my friend, I cannot remember, where and on what.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 30, 2014, 08:17:42 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 30, 2014, 02:02:04 PM
damn you watcher lol you've got me addicted to this one. ive seen a piece like this before, but for the life of me my friend, I cannot remember, where and on what.

I doubt you've seen a piece like this, it's a prototype my company manufactured for a local entrepreneur.

That being said, I guarantee you've seen pieces with the same function.  Don't think about what it looks like, think about what it could do.


Brass fixture, steel insert, insert is threaded, the fixture does not turn, rotate, or transfer a substance, several of them work in tandem to accomplish a single task on a musical instrument, and the instrument is of a genre I have used on several occasions.

Es ist ein Teil einer Trommel.  Nicht ubersetzen diese!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Badot on May 30, 2014, 09:47:48 PM
Quote from: Watcher on May 30, 2014, 08:17:42 PMEs ist ein Teil einer Trommel.  Nicht ubersetzen diese!

Although I am a bit familiar with German I'm not familiar enough with the item to know what this would be used for on it  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 31, 2014, 01:24:38 PM
so its part of a drum Eh?, ive seen something similar watcher not like. I know I phrased or wrote it wrong ;).  could it be a part  of either a drum  err skin clamp? ( holding the head/ err the part the stick hits on?, or maybe part of a foot pedal?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 31, 2014, 07:04:37 PM
terminology lacking .. so ...

bass/kick drum .. inside it ... a bit that has threaded rods sticking out to each side ... several of these on a central post.... to help tune/control resonance inside the drum and provide a nice clean thump sound, not a fuzzy rattle whump sound?

.... a different design variation of this thing?

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 31, 2014, 07:06:43 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 31, 2014, 01:24:38 PM
could it be a part  of either a drum  err skin clamp?


Close enough.  It's a lug.

Lugs are attached to shell, skin (head) sits on shell, rim sits on head, rim has flanges for a bunch of tension rods (screws), rods screw into lugs.

Essentially this but mine is 2 sided for both the top and bottom head.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F842%2Fcmwz9.jpg&hash=6a933d33cca60347b1c63ac711352f1ccd39a9ad) (https://imageshack.com/i/necmwz9j)



Next picture!  Lets keep this going!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 31, 2014, 10:51:38 PM
my good macro camera went tango uniform. Sooo, I will chalk this up to a victory and give to someone who wishes to give it a go. if no one claims it by tomorrow evening, ill post something. that cool watcher? ( asking you cause you were last winner. )
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 01, 2014, 01:38:47 PM
I don't care, just let's keep this game rolling!

Don't forget!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on June 02, 2014, 12:42:13 PM
Kk ill post something up by 7pm est. While patricks video is renderint
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on February 04, 2015, 10:31:03 PM
We should start this back up


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 05, 2015, 11:09:03 AM
what you got cyamaura?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on February 05, 2015, 12:03:21 PM
Here we go (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F15%2F02%2F05%2F2ba1cc6a1370ab251456e4f28686de37.jpg&hash=1e6707aa7c4aa1af4abe1f417623a928f0e3411b)


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 05, 2015, 01:53:10 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.animateit.net%2Fdata%2Fmedia%2Fjuly2012%2FATT00002.gif&hash=90e636243f2f7418a384d9a4108483891eaa10f0)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on February 05, 2015, 09:33:53 PM
Float for a toilet tank.  Or sump-pump/ejector-pump.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 06, 2015, 07:13:26 AM
Or a primer squeeze ball for an outboard motor, though I've never seen a green one. Also, some sense of scale would be helpful, or is that the point of the game? lol

QuoteFloat for a toilet tank.  Or sump-pump/ejector-pump.
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Post by: cyamaura on February 06, 2015, 08:51:33 AM
Neither of those it's about  5 in long


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Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 06, 2015, 10:10:34 AM
one of thoe woozeee footballs you can throw for a mile,...
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Post by: Watcher on February 06, 2015, 10:17:35 AM
Some sort of filter?

RPG?
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Post by: cbrfxr67 on February 06, 2015, 12:37:02 PM
that't what i was thinking watcher,...air filter for hvlp or something?
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Post by: cyamaura on February 06, 2015, 07:19:55 PM
No I'll give u guys a hint i work in pest control...


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Post by: Elmojo on February 08, 2015, 01:16:10 PM
A bug sucker? lol
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Post by: Watcher on February 08, 2015, 02:36:32 PM
Handle for a hand pump that goes into like a 55gallon drum.  For fuel or pesticide or whatever.

The head of a mace for clubbing rodents...

Turkey baster type apparatus.
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Post by: cyamaura on February 08, 2015, 07:06:37 PM
No


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Post by: cyamaura on February 08, 2015, 07:09:30 PM
For the sake of the game I'll tell u guys and someone else can go. It's a bulb off a bulb duster to apply different type of insecticides


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Post by: Watcher on February 08, 2015, 10:19:10 PM
Quote from: cyamaura on February 08, 2015, 07:09:30 PM
For the sake of the game I'll tell u guys and someone else can go. It's a bulb off a bulb duster to apply different type of insecticides

:cry:

I would have gone with hints before I went with flat out saying what it was...


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Post by: cyamaura on February 09, 2015, 02:07:46 AM
I don't even have a guess lol


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on February 09, 2015, 02:43:53 AM
Some manner of press, not sure what for, though. Also beer.
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Post by: Janx101 on February 09, 2015, 03:02:23 AM
Seeing as the beer is there, a cutter press for cork or nylon seals for under beer caps,
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Post by: Watcher on February 09, 2015, 11:11:44 AM
Not alcohol related.  Honestly the beer is just there because that's where the item in question happened to be.
In it of itself it serves no purpose besides decoration.  Its merely a model.  The thing it represents is bigger.  A lot bigger.  Like, incredibly big, so big that the "jaws" of the real one probably stands about 3-4 feet tall.

Press is the closest guess, but that's not what it is...   Any ideas?
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Post by: Elmojo on February 09, 2015, 04:51:59 PM
I'm not sure it's a fair item to use for the game, if the thing isn't the thing it really is, if you know what I mean.  :dunno_black:
Is the 'real' item typically made of wood, like the model?
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Post by: cyamaura on February 09, 2015, 08:18:49 PM
Ps the game is supposed to be hard and not "fair" it's better when more people are involved hopefully if we continue it more and more ppl will join in.


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Post by: Watcher on February 09, 2015, 08:30:03 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on February 09, 2015, 04:51:59 PM
I'm not sure it's a fair item to use for the game, if the thing isn't the thing it really is, if you know what I mean.  :dunno_black:
Is the 'real' item typically made of wood, like the model?

Well, a model is a model but that's entirely generic.  Saying it's a model isn't saying what it is.  It's like showing a picture of the Mona Lisa and asking "what is that" and someone answers "a portrait".  Yes, but no.
I don't think this game had any rules to begin with.  Just show a part, object, device, or anything, really, that you think would stump others and have them guess at what it is.  Just because it's decoration doesn't make it any less of an unknown thing...

Yes it's a model, but I guarantee that anyone who knows what the real thing is would immediately say "Oh, that's a model of a ____."  Besides, the real thing is something I don't have access to for a photograph, and probably has a background that would give itself away.


The 'real' one is steel, and without a doubt many parts on a GS500 have come from one of these.
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Post by: cyamaura on February 09, 2015, 08:50:43 PM
Is it some sort of die casting press?


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Post by: Watcher on February 09, 2015, 10:27:59 PM
Quote from: cyamaura on February 09, 2015, 08:50:43 PM
Is it some sort of die casting press?

I'll take it.  Not castings, and not technically a press, but you're in the ballpark.  I don't expect everyone here to be a metal worker.

It's a working scale model of a forge drop hammer like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1k2A3_MQMM

My machine shop typically makes the die blocks, which are the two-tone pieces in the jaws of the model.  Except they are usually 24x26x11 or so, not 3x2x2 or whatever those are...
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Post by: cyamaura on February 10, 2015, 09:33:55 AM
Car key is just for size reference. (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F15%2F02%2F10%2F6c9b316cb95cbf5aec59372896e5deac.jpg&hash=8a89d46945397d4d01ad0b138915f2868cb5c230)(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F15%2F02%2F10%2Fd0534e8f3ba9caad48d0978598efcba5.jpg&hash=a09839b75a8f8f5a3feff0ed2c807676faa2a198)


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Post by: Janx101 on February 10, 2015, 09:54:17 AM
It's a pushy in lift something up to open thingy! Lol
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Post by: cyamaura on February 10, 2015, 10:59:35 AM
It is but it has a very specific use


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Post by: Watcher on February 10, 2015, 11:43:02 AM
Key for those anti-tamper light switches?
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Post by: cyamaura on February 10, 2015, 12:30:31 PM
I'll give a hint it's sports related


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Post by: Watcher on February 10, 2015, 01:57:25 PM
Some sort of adjustment tool?
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Post by: cyamaura on February 10, 2015, 02:08:17 PM
It's used to remove something


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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on February 10, 2015, 08:04:52 PM
Ice skate blade remover... probably ice hockey I'd guess
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Post by: cyamaura on February 10, 2015, 09:03:30 PM
Correct blade remover for all of bauers new hockey skates


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Post by: Janx101 on February 11, 2015, 12:33:35 AM
Ok cool! ...

Problem. .. I'm about to go sleep for another (my usual) 02:30 wakeup time, Im pretty sure there is something at work I can pix. .. tough enough to guess without being too obscure! ... 12-24hour delay till I will likely have it posted here though.... so please be patient!
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Post by: cyamaura on February 12, 2015, 07:26:58 PM
You still alive?


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Post by: Janx101 on February 13, 2015, 03:00:28 AM
Fark! Work was hectic and forgot. .. SORRY! Pass to anyone with a good thing to post! ... I'll still get puck when I remember and save it for next time with instant upload eh!
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Post by: Janx101 on February 15, 2015, 10:21:00 AM
Righto ... finger pulled out... organised...

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Post by: Watcher on February 15, 2015, 10:54:07 AM
Vacuum chamber?
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Post by: cyamaura on February 15, 2015, 01:39:41 PM
Old railroad lantern?


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Post by: Elmojo on February 15, 2015, 03:11:46 PM
Old railroad vacuum lantern? lol

Seriously, it does REALLY look like a vacuum chamber, but the rust seems out of place.
Is that solid glass above the 'bubble' area? What's the general size?

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Post by: Watcher on February 15, 2015, 10:18:12 PM
Could be a fuel bowl for the carb on an old truck...
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Post by: Janx101 on February 16, 2015, 03:37:45 AM
Not a fuel thing ... mojo and mura are  closest, but it's not railway stuff. .. not that I know of anyway. ..

Its not 'mine' , it was in a load of stuff we were handling/transporting to auction for a deceased estate.... once I looked it up and got the rough value (not huge but significant) I had to do the honorable thing and leave it in the carton of collectables! ... I know the family and they deserve it! (Awkward moment of pondering about my temptation tho!)

From markings on the thing I'm fairly sure it was a stateside or euro (possibly) usage. .. the voltage isn't likely for Australia?
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Post by: Janx101 on February 16, 2015, 03:43:58 AM
Scratch stateside... English origin.... used worldwide though I beleive
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Post by: Elmojo on February 16, 2015, 08:00:46 AM
High voltage insulator?
I've seen lots of those that are glass, but never this particular design.
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Post by: Kijona on February 16, 2015, 08:34:51 AM
Is it a light fixture that's missing the bulb?
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Post by: Janx101 on February 16, 2015, 10:03:46 AM
It is missing a bulb but it's not a light fixture per se.    Not an insulator. ..

Go back to the previous idea elmojo and work from there.. . 

Its.... WWII era.... umm. .. main body is tin plated, though these things in an earlier era would have often been brass body because of their operating environment
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Post by: Watcher on February 16, 2015, 05:11:42 PM
Miner's lamp?
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Post by: Janx101 on February 16, 2015, 05:55:11 PM
Oooh warmer. .. yes a lamp.... tempted to go with that but being a biatch! ...McHale? ! .. anyone... anyone?!
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Post by: cyamaura on February 16, 2015, 06:02:48 PM
Ww2 lamp for a ship


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Post by: Elmojo on February 16, 2015, 07:30:06 PM
Oil fired Stern marker light?
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Post by: Janx101 on February 16, 2015, 08:33:43 PM
Cyamura has it!. . Is a Oldham automatic emergency lantern. . As used by the admiralty and others, I'll mess with the phone and see if I can get full pics up in a min :thumb:
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Post by: Janx101 on February 16, 2015, 08:41:21 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2FCAM00133_zpsdgwwpxsh.jpg&hash=4537313ac8b824d0fb772089ed0391f326bdecab) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00133_zpsdgwwpxsh.jpg.html)

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Sorry if the 'label' pic is crappy. .. you can see the stamped info ok if you tilt your head to the side and squint a bit!  Lmao
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Post by: Watcher on February 16, 2015, 10:55:05 PM
Cool find  :thumb:
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Post by: cyamaura on February 17, 2015, 11:48:42 AM
Someone else can take a turn im working on the road all today and was yesterday too.


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Post by: Janx101 on February 17, 2015, 07:51:54 PM
Aww come on! .. they waived nearly a week for me to get my act together..... lol..

Thinking. . On the road eh. .. ok. . Pick a big juicy bug that hits your windscreen hard, pix it and we can guess which bug?! .. or some roadkill that's been chewed up by semi trailers maybe?

It could work!
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Post by: cyamaura on February 18, 2015, 04:38:23 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F15%2F02%2F18%2F1f21d4cac114ed27c0a77601501f241f.jpg&hash=f54c61dc1360dc8c7799f945801c18c0fa05e8ef) here you go


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Post by: Watcher on February 18, 2015, 04:51:05 PM
Bearing cap?
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Post by: cyamaura on February 18, 2015, 06:29:31 PM
Nope


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Post by: Elmojo on February 18, 2015, 09:30:30 PM
Looks like a rigid shell speaker.
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Post by: cyamaura on February 19, 2015, 12:39:39 AM
No. Here's a hint you normally use it in a set of four.


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Post by: mennobike on February 19, 2015, 12:42:44 AM
Chair leg pad?
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Post by: cyamaura on February 19, 2015, 12:46:17 AM
Closer but no


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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on February 19, 2015, 02:29:09 AM
Cool! Haven't seen one in a few years! (I think) ..

And I've spotted a ripper item to pix at work...

So here goes..

Bakelite caster cup.... as used in the mid last century. .. under table legs with wheels, lounges with wheels, sometimes under a piano... but those ones were normally iron...

Top view yeah?... got a slightly angled collar around outside for 'decoration' usually

Damn I hope it's right! ... or my confident post will look silly!
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Post by: cyamaura on February 19, 2015, 09:04:09 AM
Still close but no. Remember I work in pest control...


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Post by: Janx101 on February 19, 2015, 09:54:54 AM
Bugger!  .. oh well, back to the naughty corner! .. where's my special pointy hat?
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Post by: Janx101 on February 19, 2015, 10:01:51 AM
Look pic again, think about your job...

Ant barrier/trap? Whatever still stands in the centre and water or something around outside ring?
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Post by: cyamaura on February 19, 2015, 10:12:38 AM
It is trap but not for ants and doesn't require water or anything to work.


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Post by: Janx101 on February 19, 2015, 08:00:47 PM
That's all of the thing? No other parts that attach? ..

Racking remaining brain cells trying to figure what trap requires/used in sets of 4?

.... trap for termites...? You put the things under furniture legs and then treat the item.. bugs run out and down legs... so you can show what a good job you doing? :confused:
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Post by: cyamaura on February 19, 2015, 08:18:29 PM
No lol last hint its used on legs of bed


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Post by: Elmojo on February 19, 2015, 08:39:39 PM
Bedbug trap!
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Post by: cyamaura on February 19, 2015, 08:54:03 PM
Yep it's called blackout detector the outside ridge catches bedbugs we use them to monitor house where we have treated.


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Post by: Janx101 on February 20, 2015, 08:14:30 PM
Elmojo... picture!? ..  thwap! !! Lol
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Post by: cyamaura on February 21, 2015, 10:41:28 AM
Someone should just take over..


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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Elmojo on February 21, 2015, 12:42:38 PM
Picture of what? I thought he said it was a bedbug trap.  :dunno_black:
Does this mean it's my turn to post something?

Quote from: Janx101 on February 20, 2015, 10:14:30 PM (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=62455.msg825037#msg825037)<blockquote>Elmojo... picture!? ..  thwap! !! Lol
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Post by: cyamaura on February 21, 2015, 01:30:47 PM
Whoever guesses it goes next. You guessed correct so it's your turn.


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Post by: Elmojo on February 22, 2015, 04:25:46 PM
Oh, gotcha.
I looked around, and I have NOTHING interesting to show.  :cry:
Actually, that's not true. I have tons of interesting things, just nothing that would be a mystery if I posted a photo. lol
I'll look again, but in the meantime, anyone else is free to go.
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Post by: Janx101 on February 22, 2015, 04:45:33 PM
Post a close up of part of an interesting thing? Maybe?
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Post by: Elmojo on February 22, 2015, 05:58:12 PM
Ok, let's give this a shot:

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Post by: Watcher on February 22, 2015, 07:31:33 PM
Some kind of gas burner?
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Post by: Janx101 on February 22, 2015, 07:35:36 PM
Kinda like a burner... I thought it was a mortar shell to start with! Lol
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Post by: Elmojo on February 22, 2015, 07:40:11 PM
Not a burner, you're actually fairly close Janx!
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Post by: pliskin on February 22, 2015, 08:10:33 PM
Its a harpoon
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Post by: Elmojo on February 22, 2015, 08:35:56 PM
That guess makes about as much sense as your profile gif.  :woohoo:
Nah, it's not a harpoon. Janx is closest so far.
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Post by: Janx101 on February 22, 2015, 08:51:35 PM
Ooooooook..... one of them bomb stabilizer thingies. . Don't know correct name..  but sits in nose or tail section of unit. . Possibly also has fuse function by the look of the big corroded tube bit. ...

??
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Post by: Elmojo on February 22, 2015, 09:03:57 PM
Nope, but you're still in the general area.
You guys tell me when it's time for a clue, in the interest of keeping things moving.
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Post by: Watcher on February 23, 2015, 01:17:10 AM
Torpedo?
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Post by: cyamaura on February 23, 2015, 01:51:49 AM
Rocket?


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Post by: Janx101 on February 23, 2015, 03:00:15 AM
Watchers guess made me think.... there's gunge on the thing that looks like dirty corrosion stuff. .. marine environment type gunge maybe. .. towed weight/bomb- for deep fishing or some kinda sonar test......?

Ok I know that's two guesses in one. .. but a towed marine weight?
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Post by: Elmojo on February 23, 2015, 07:16:25 AM
You're all kinda in the right area, but it's not water-related at all.
That is indeed corrosion, however...
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Post by: Janx101 on February 23, 2015, 10:20:32 AM
Righto. . That leaves earth or air related.. thing not look fire touched so NOT a volcano tester.   Lol

Thinking out loud. .

The bomb/weight bit is mostly crudded..  while the fins are fairly fresh.. so replaceable parts... caustic/saline environment possibly... 
The fins look definitely to be stabilising in function.... whether in air or maybe contained in a cylinder. ...hmmm. .  Heavy looking weight. ..

A thingy to drop down vertical bore lines/pipes to break up a blockage/test for straightness?
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Post by: Janx101 on February 23, 2015, 10:21:39 AM
...   and you said you had nothing interesting that would be hard to guess! Lol
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Post by: Elmojo on February 23, 2015, 10:55:50 AM
It's not a volcano tester (I want one of those!), but your guess about it not being in contact with fire is not strictly correct, if that helps...
Not replaceable parts, just different materials.
The 'fins' are indeed stabilizing in nature.
Ok, hints time:
1) It's not any sort of test equipment
2) It's meant to be one-use, disposable I guess you could say
3) Aluminum corrodes rather quickly under certain conditions, stainless does not

Anyone else wanna take a stab?
Yeah, I guess this was tougher than I thought. :)

Quote from: Janx101 on Today at 12:20:32 PM (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=62455.msg825179#msg825179)<blockquote>Righto. . That leaves earth or air related.. thing not look fire touched so NOT a volcano tester.   Lol

Thinking out loud. .

The bomb/weight bit is mostly crudded..  while the fins are fairly fresh.. so replaceable parts... caustic/saline environment possibly... 
The fins look definitely to be stabilising in function.... whether in air or maybe contained in a cylinder. ...hmmm. .  Heavy looking weight. ..

A thingy to drop down vertical bore lines/pipes to break up a blockage/test for straightness?
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Post by: Watcher on February 23, 2015, 05:29:56 PM
Chimney of some kind...  Not sure, just wildly guessing at this point.

Aluminum corrodes quickly in acidic environments...  Or even just open air if its not treated at all.

You said mortar was a close guess, it can't be a sabot can it?  Nah, thatd have a lot better construction...

I'm stumped.
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Post by: Elmojo on February 23, 2015, 06:07:36 PM
Not a chimney, but does involve smoke, to a degree. *hint*
Yep, aluminum does corrode quickly, but not from acidic compounds (that I know of). What else corrodes aluminum very quickly?
Not a sabot, but you're still in the right area.

What do I win if no one guesses?!  :woohoo:
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Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 23, 2015, 07:38:35 PM
proximity fuse?
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Post by: Watcher on February 23, 2015, 08:08:45 PM
Projectile for an Avalauncher?


Quote from: Elmojo on February 23, 2015, 06:07:36 PM
What do I win if no one guesses?!  :woohoo:

You get a cookie and get to post a new picture.
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Post by: Elmojo on February 23, 2015, 08:47:12 PM
QuoteProjectile for an Avalauncher?

I had to look that one up!
Nope, not an avalanche bomb, not a proximity fuse either.

New Hint: It's aerial in nature
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on February 23, 2015, 09:05:38 PM
rocket pod, like for a helicopter or something?
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Post by: pliskin on February 23, 2015, 09:07:57 PM
Core sample tool machine tip? Is this guess any better?  :woohoo: ( Google woo rick flair questionnaire).
Weather vein?
Weather balloon air sampler?
Antenna?
I'm sure I'll get it
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 23, 2015, 09:30:32 PM
Hahaha no, none of those.
Check my previous hints.
It's aerial, as in, it's made to work in the sky.
Not a rocket pod, but that and the earlier guess of a mortar are about the closest.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 23, 2015, 09:40:42 PM
Aerial plane sprayer for spraying stuff
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on February 24, 2015, 10:02:19 AM
Is i t a smoke can for a sky-writer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 24, 2015, 10:06:00 AM
LOL You guys are going the wrong way...although the smoke can guess wasn't too far off...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 24, 2015, 08:20:45 PM
OK what wtf :dunno_black: is an fracking moon probe with a self disinteresting boring tip that emits smoke when its done :dunno_black:

Or maybe its your vaping ecig thing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Malfruen on February 24, 2015, 08:30:25 PM
Is it an old aerial countermeasure dispenser? Like chaff or flares or something? I don't know the technical terms for it.

Chaff chucker? Flare Flinger?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 24, 2015, 08:33:25 PM
You guys are really, really close!
One more round of guesses, and I'm calling it.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on February 24, 2015, 08:39:15 PM
If you say chem trail dispenser by "secret world government". .. I'm going to be really cross!..

Hang on.. .. chem! ..
Cropduster spray tip/nozzle thingy?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 24, 2015, 08:44:43 PM
I have no idea what that is, so nope, not that! :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on February 24, 2015, 08:46:09 PM
Nah that can't be it. . Plisky already said that. . Dang!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 24, 2015, 08:57:32 PM
Nope. :)
So, in the interest of moving on, should we call it a stumper and reveal?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on February 24, 2015, 09:00:03 PM
Pffft why not! .. I'm gonna be annoyed though. . I can tell...

Fireworks launch pod thingermajigger? ... last ditch guess!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 24, 2015, 09:11:53 PM
That was actually the closest guess yet!

Ok, here it is guys. It's one of these. (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-23-30/ch5.htm)

For those disinclined to click links, it's a hand launch signal flare. Or more accurately, the spend body of one.
Lots of info I've found online mention them in reference to Vietnam, or even WWII.
However, this one is current issue. I'm not sure if the design has changed over the years, but it sure looks the same.
The corrosion is from the rocket motor and all the nasty stuff it puts off, plus the burning flare material itself.

So, do I get my cookie now?!  :cheers:
Also, does someone else have something to post, or should I go digging for another mystery item?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on February 24, 2015, 10:41:42 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on February 24, 2015, 09:11:53 PM
So, do I get my cookie now?!  :cheers:
Also, does someone else have something to post, or should I go digging for another mystery item?

Cool!

Yeah, I think how we were doing stumpers was you just go again and it counts for 2 points (noone is keeping score, though).  So find something else and toss up a pic already  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 25, 2015, 07:18:56 AM
Ok, 2 points for me!  :woohoo:

Next up, an easy one, I hope!

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on February 25, 2015, 11:28:41 AM
Soggy cheetoh


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 25, 2015, 11:45:38 AM
Close enough!
It is indeed a Cheeto, but not soggy.
It's a macro shot taken with my phone and a closeup lens.

You win!  :cheers:

Ok, your turn, post something cool. :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on February 25, 2015, 08:06:45 PM
Someone else go I don't know what to take a pic of..


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 25, 2015, 08:28:23 PM
Yeah, chop chop people!
I'm kinda hooked on this game now, thanks a lot!  :mad: :cookoo:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on February 26, 2015, 02:05:38 AM
Quote from: cyamaura on February 25, 2015, 08:06:45 PM
Someone else go I don't know what to take a pic of..


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:confused: :icon_eek: :icon_rolleyes:

Neither did Mojo .. Right before he posted his demon signal flare!

Look... Find... Pix... Post!!  :technical:  ;) :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 26, 2015, 07:31:29 AM
Hahaha right!
If no one else posts anything today, I can probably find something...
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on February 26, 2015, 02:07:16 PM
Do or Do Not. ... there is no Try ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 26, 2015, 02:58:26 PM
Until someone else finds something to post, I'll toss this in there:
To make it a bit easier, I'll include 2 photos.  :up:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 26, 2015, 05:43:17 PM
I thought at first it is an EEPROM of some sort with the window sticker removed - but the window is huge - some sort of semiconductor based scanning head?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 26, 2015, 06:30:46 PM
Wow, on the very first try!  :woohoo:
It is indeed a scanning head. It's the CMOS imaging board from an HP flatbed scanner.
The cool thing to me is that in the closeup photo, you can actually see the separate Red Green and Blue channels.  :cool:

Ok, I'm done.
Kiwi, post something mysterious!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 26, 2015, 07:39:11 PM
Hmm.. Lets try something that used to be fairly common...

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_1494_zpsbc0f54b4.jpg&hash=e9f0eb3b6e3b93d3a675f66053491d25f7f4bb88) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_1494_zpsbc0f54b4.jpg.html) (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_1493_zps8963b001.jpg&hash=4da9000be40fca4610c666e51a2d601b4a9ffc24) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_1493_zps8963b001.jpg.html)

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 26, 2015, 08:45:29 PM
Protective cover for a fiber optic (Toslink) cable?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on February 26, 2015, 09:49:39 PM
Pencil topper?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on February 26, 2015, 10:09:38 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on February 26, 2015, 08:45:29 PM
Protective cover for a fiber optic (Toslink) cable?

It is - I shall have to find something better next time...

Your turn  :cheers:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on February 27, 2015, 03:39:48 AM
Hey Mojo... lets see what other 'obvious/too easy' stuff you have. .. lol ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 27, 2015, 06:50:51 AM
Oh man, back to me again?! lol
Okay, let me dig around here....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 27, 2015, 08:34:44 PM
Oops! I just realized I never posted anything, sorry about that.  :sad:

Ok, this one should be a bit tougher, unless you're into a certain hobby....
Oh, and the quarter is just for scale, before one of you wiseguys says "that's a quarter!"  :icon_rolleyes: :nono:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on February 27, 2015, 09:36:21 PM
A gold tester or gem polisher?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on February 27, 2015, 10:31:35 PM
Gunsmith's stone.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on February 28, 2015, 07:32:29 AM
You're both very close.
Is it indeed a stone, used for polishing, but not for gunsmithing or gems.
It's fairly soft (as stones go), if that helps any.
See if you can guess the material, that'll be close enough for a win.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on February 28, 2015, 11:05:57 PM
Jade stone.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10000-Grit-Knife-Razor-Sharpener-Super-Fine-Stone-Whetstone-Oilstone-Polishing/251583204867?_trksid=p2054897.c100204.m3164&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140407115239%26meid%3D33be50fe4c214123a551cd904810459c%26pid%3D100204%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D29%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D251805652700

I've never heard of using Jade as a stone.  And it's small size made me think it wasn't for knives.  The only other small stones I've seen like that are stone-files for gunsmithing...


Except, you said it's a very soft stone and the Jade being labelled as both 10,000 grit and super fine would make it an extremely hard stone...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 01, 2015, 07:09:35 AM
Used for sharpening knives or polishing the sharpening?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 01, 2015, 10:05:53 AM
Looks like soapstone?! ... pain in the butt and fiddly/powdery crap! Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 01, 2015, 12:58:32 PM
Fish hook sharpener
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 01, 2015, 03:34:49 PM
Watcher has the right product, and Yama has the correct usage.

It's solid jade, used for final polishing on the edge of my forged knives.
Jade is very soft, as stones go. The "10k grit" is pretty much made up, and has nothing to do with the hardness of the stone.
All I know is that it puts a finer edge than my 6k grit diamond lapping compound, so maybe it's pretty close...?

Anyway, congrats to Watcher, since he even found an eBay link that looks similar to the one I bought it from. lol

Watcher, PLEASE post something, I'm out of ideas.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 01, 2015, 07:38:27 PM
I can put a edge on a knife that will shave hair but I've got to get one of those. Are they just for forged blades? Never knew those existed.
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Post by: Watcher on March 02, 2015, 01:35:18 AM
I feel like I've used one of these before, but I had a busy day and this was readily available.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F537%2Fuo9n4a.jpg&hash=f6dec8d013a1f83b486fa480376f02cfd6ae797a) (https://imageshack.com/i/exuo9n4aj)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 02, 2015, 03:13:46 AM
No idea. ... but just for fun. .. Kryten's left nipple nut?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 02, 2015, 07:26:45 AM
Small hole on one face, some manner of flow regulator?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 02, 2015, 08:37:39 AM
NOS nozzle/fogger
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 02, 2015, 11:07:19 AM
So close yet so far.

Direction is right, application is wrong.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 02, 2015, 11:32:38 AM
Sintered inline filter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 02, 2015, 12:55:15 PM
Not a filter, regulator, or nozzle.  It might be installed in a regulator, though.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 02, 2015, 01:27:43 PM
Burst disc?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 02, 2015, 02:02:44 PM
 :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 02, 2015, 02:09:30 PM
Oh goodie, I win!

Wait, now I have to find something to post....dang it!  :o
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 02, 2015, 02:16:12 PM
Ok, give this one a try...
For reference, it's about 2" long.


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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 02, 2015, 08:07:42 PM
Hang on. . Not dispute win. . But wth is a burst disc?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 02, 2015, 08:09:04 PM
And your 2" long widget there Mojo. .. you find that in your pants? :p bahahaha
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Watcher on March 02, 2015, 08:11:52 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on March 02, 2015, 08:07:42 PM
Hang on. . Not dispute win. . But wth is a burst disc?

It's a brass plug with a round copper (or sometimes aluminum) disk at the bottom.  Depending on the thickness and type of material, it can be rated to a certain pressure threshold and if the pressure on the other side of the disk exceeds that threshold it will "burst" and vent the pressure.  I use them in varying pressure thresholds (1.2k-7.5kpsi) on CO2 tanks, high pressure air cylinders, and high pressure regulators.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 02, 2015, 08:18:55 PM
Ahh! .. cheers. .. elegant explanation! :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 02, 2015, 08:38:34 PM
That WAS a good way of explaining it. I was thinking of how to answer, when I saw your post. I thought, yeah, what he said. lol

No, Janx, I did not find it in my pants, but it IS quite sharp and likely to cause trouble if not handled properly, so I see the confusion.  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 02, 2015, 08:56:23 PM
Microscope eye piece
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 02, 2015, 09:10:11 PM
QuoteMicroscope eye piece

Huh? Umm...no.  :cookoo:  :tongue2:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 02, 2015, 10:26:13 PM
Looks like the white part has a point in the center of it.

It wouldn't be for testing metal hardness, would it?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 03, 2015, 12:59:10 AM
I was gonna guess part of a gunpowder measure/thrower for reloading.... but it's not quite right for that
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 03, 2015, 11:35:18 AM
Nope, not a tester, but that is a sharp point, good eye!
It's actually carbide, it that helps.
It's not related to firearms at all, at least not directly.
It's a tool that goes in something else....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 03, 2015, 12:45:05 PM
Is it like a tip or clutch for drill or some other power tool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 03, 2015, 01:38:09 PM
Not really. It goes to a power tool in the sense that it plugs into the wall, but not like a handheld drill or saw or anything like that.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 03, 2015, 07:48:52 PM
A lathe part... for making extra fine adjustment for a cut?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 03, 2015, 08:20:04 PM
Nope, but it is a cutting tool of sorts.
The tip is solid carbide, and the exposed portion only protrudes maybe 1/8" at full extension.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 04, 2015, 12:34:44 AM
Etcher?  Like, for writing on steel?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 04, 2015, 03:12:36 AM
Nibbler head?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 04, 2015, 09:52:48 AM
Watcher is the closest so far, but still a bit off.
It's a cutter head, very sharp, very small.
Does that help any?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 04, 2015, 12:01:22 PM
If its not an engraver I'm not sure I have another guess...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 04, 2015, 12:22:47 PM
Ok, I realize this is a tough one, but isn't that the point?  :icon_twisted:

Here's what we know so far:
The body is plastic, the 'blade' is carbide.
It's about 2" long, and is a cutting tool of some sort.

New HINTS:
The numbers are used to set the depth of cut.
The deepest cut is about 1/16". I said 1/8" earlier, that was wrong, sorry.
The machine it's used in is sitting on a workbench in my office, and is about the size of a desktop printer.

BIG hint: I used this machine recently when restoring my GS, repainting the tank, rust spots on the frame, side covers, etc...

Any of that help?  :whisper:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 04, 2015, 02:59:50 PM
For cutting stencils?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 04, 2015, 05:05:43 PM
Close enough!  :woohoo:

It's a cutter head for my vinyl cutter.
Stencils are one of the things you can do with it.
I used to to make the "SUZUKI" decals for the tank.

Watcher, that's the 2nd one you've won, you MUST post something.  :up:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 04, 2015, 06:39:36 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on March 04, 2015, 05:05:43 PM
Close enough!  :woohoo:

Watcher, that's the 2nd one you've won, you MUST post something.  :up:

Since when don't I post something?

Figure this one out:

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Post by: Elmojo on March 04, 2015, 07:17:53 PM
Oops, my bad, I was thinking of someone else from an earlier round, sorry.

I'd take a stab at your new item, but I can't see it.
I'm assuming it's the thing on the membership card, and not the card itself. lol
Can you post a larger/closer photo?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 04, 2015, 08:44:14 PM
Looks like the cap to a flashlight with a keychain hole
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 04, 2015, 08:45:29 PM
Flashlight base?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 04, 2015, 10:58:52 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on March 04, 2015, 07:17:53 PM
I'd take a stab at your new item, but I can't see it.
I'm assuming it's the thing on the membership card, and not the card itself. lol
Can you post a larger/closer photo?

I would if I could.  Truth is it's pretty small and all I have is a cell-phone camera and it doesn't do macro very well.

Membership card is just for size reference.


That being said, you guys are oh so close.  You are right that it's for a flashlight, but wrong about the application.
I figured this one would be harder.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Malfruen on March 04, 2015, 11:03:13 PM
Flashlight focusing lens?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 05, 2015, 08:25:03 AM
Filter lens holder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 05, 2015, 10:19:29 AM
Nope and nope.

Having one of these is pretty useful if you set the light down a lot.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 05, 2015, 10:26:10 AM
So it's not a base?
I had one that fit around the body of the flashlight and held the light vertically or at an angle depending on where you positioned it.
It looked very similar to this device.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 05, 2015, 03:19:50 PM
Reckon it's kinda what mojo said. .. but the collar goes around the body of the light and stops the bloody thing rolling away across a hard surface. .. doesn't seem wide base enough to keep a torch vertical?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 05, 2015, 03:57:02 PM
Mine would hold it vertical no problem, as long as the light was super top-heavy.
Most of my tactical-type lights had fairly small heads, and it worked well.
Still wondering what this one is, though...  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 05, 2015, 11:57:25 PM
Janx got it.  Anti-roll device.  As a bonus it serves double duty as a set of "ears" which make the light very usable if held as a syringe, and it has an attachment point for a lanyard in addition to the attachment points built into the tailcap.

It fits on the body about 1/3 the way from the tail-cap switch, the screwed down tailcap is what holds it in place.  It's not wide enough to hold neither the tailcap nor emitter head to act as a stand, it's just there to keep the light from rolling away when set down.

And for those interested, it's from a Nitecore P20.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 06, 2015, 07:12:01 AM
Hey, that's what I said it was initially!  :technical:

That's cool though, Janx wins this round.

Ok Janx, find us something really tricky!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 06, 2015, 07:49:23 PM
Hmmm ... Don't know how tricky.... I had no idea what this thing actually did till I took a photo and asked a particular mate... The thing is on display at my work, One of the sydney council depots.. The mate saw the series of pics , asked if they would consider selling it to him! .. They said no

This one is a quite old version.... There ARE modern versions of same thing.. Ranging from full size workshop jobs right down to little portable toolbox size job site ones.

I think it's likely that there may be instant recognition IF someone works with this flavour of equipment....

The most closeup pic first.... Will add more pics with extra visual info as clues if the guesses are too far off the mark  :thumb:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fimage.jpg1_zps5egc8o6p.jpg&hash=a2efc1c7d35f8dd5541b635b913cd0bb07d05a63)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 06, 2015, 08:34:33 PM
trencher?
Looks like a Ditch Witch blade.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 06, 2015, 11:44:40 PM
Yes it does look like a ditch witch blade! .. But it isn't  ;) .... If the machine used a blade the size of a ditch witch though.. DAMN that would be impressive!

It's a lot smaller though
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 07, 2015, 12:08:43 AM
Don't know, but it's small. A grease zerk is visible at the top of the picture.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 07, 2015, 12:30:46 AM
Zerk? ... now I have to look that up!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 07, 2015, 12:35:34 AM
Ok.. zerk = grease nip.ple. .. never heard named zerk before! .. cool..  learning day!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 07, 2015, 11:57:56 AM
Hmmm, the chain doesn't look aggressive enough for wood...maybe a tile saw of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Laverda on March 07, 2015, 04:52:42 PM
Possibly this : ??  :thumb:
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Malfruen on March 07, 2015, 05:54:55 PM
Bitchumen trencher for traffic light signal wires and shaZam!?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 07, 2015, 06:15:22 PM
He said it was really small. Based on the grease fitting at the upper hub, I'd say the whole "blade" is maybe 7" long?
He also said that they come in various sizes...  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Malfruen on March 07, 2015, 06:50:07 PM
I'm swinging wild here! I haven't the faintest clue what it is.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 07, 2015, 07:51:12 PM
Teeth look like carbide, I'm going to have to agree on some sort of cutter meant for concrete or stone. Otherwise carbide just seems excessive...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 07, 2015, 08:04:04 PM
Ok Janx, I think we need some more pics/hints. :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on March 07, 2015, 09:17:19 PM
Is it one of the chainsaws on a pole kinda like a weed whacked attachment


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 08, 2015, 01:11:26 AM
Ok lads.... Some good guesses but off the mark... (Robot is cool! But no) ...

It is for wood.... Trencher? Not as such, right shape but wrong desc

Mojo got the scale pretty much right

Not sure if the teeth are carbide.... It would be used in AUssie hardwoods a lot though.. And some of them are BLOODY hard! ... So tough teeth they are!

This is the unmodified version of the last pic

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 08, 2015, 07:12:08 AM
A rip saw for milling raw lumber to dimensional sizes?
The setup looks like a band saw, but with a bar and chain blade.... :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 08, 2015, 09:26:37 AM
That is closer mojo..... But used for dressed timber pretty much.... And dimensions ... Yes it could be used for exacting dimensions  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 08, 2015, 05:35:59 PM
I know I'm close, I just don't think I've seen whatever this is before.
I'm stumped, anyone else have a clue?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 08, 2015, 07:45:48 PM
Something to cut joints into boards, then, perhaps?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 08, 2015, 07:48:27 PM
Hint. . You know when you build something with timber..  you can just bodge it and just butt the timbers together... OR ... you can go old school and make a proper joint? ..  this machine is old school way! .. think of carpentry/cabinet maker terms. ..

Trench is vaguely right.   But that's a ground/earth thing mostly. . So think trench type thoughts but in wood!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 08, 2015, 07:51:03 PM
Wups.. missed Menno post. . Nearly there mate!

Joint in timber is a ??..   that a cutting chain would make?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 08, 2015, 08:34:03 PM
So it's a groover, or mortise, if you want to be technical?
I thought of that right away, but it seems really inefficient to have a machine setup up for such a specific cut.
I guess if you're making flooring or something where you'll be cutting thousands of board feet of the same cut?
Anyway, very cool tool! Do you have a photo of the whole thing?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 08, 2015, 09:58:09 PM
Yep Morrissey cutter, have pic, will post when home. . This is for cutting big mortise joints into hard timber, fence posts, house sub frames, old factory roof bearers etc, gimme half hour and pic will be up
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 08, 2015, 09:59:09 PM
Morrissey? Ffs! .  Don't text and drive people!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 08, 2015, 10:30:43 PM
Dagnabit, so close! Should've known. :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 08, 2015, 11:13:50 PM
I reckon if Mojo hasn't got anything handy Menno then it defaults to you... It was damn close!

Pics

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 09, 2015, 04:41:10 AM
Well THAT'S why it didn't look familiar, it's from the stone age!  :D :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 09, 2015, 06:52:19 AM
Wow, that is VERY cool!
I never knew those existed, but now that I do, I want one!  :cookoo:
Kinda makes my router look puny.  :-[

Menno, please go ahead and post something, I'm out of town and won't be able to scrounge for a photo until later this week.
Besides, your guess was close enough for me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 09, 2015, 07:14:47 AM
Oh man, I'll have to look. Will get something up in 24 hours, even if I have to break out the camera!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 09, 2015, 07:19:18 AM
No good, you have 20 minutes! *tick* *TOCK*   :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 09, 2015, 09:58:21 AM
Cmon lads!..  we could institute a new rule come to think of it...
Nearly everyone has a mobile with a camera on them now, find random things to guess and pix with phone! Pre prepared! ... everyone's gonna win sooner or later!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 09, 2015, 11:21:36 AM
Honestly, if you arent prepared to find something in a reasonable amount of time (maybe a day at most) you shouldn't even guess.
Too many people have guessed right and "passed" to someone else.  If you are gonna play then play  :nono:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 09, 2015, 04:31:28 PM
 :technical: can't post a picture to the forum because Indonesia internet apparently, here's an imgur link, sorry!

http://m.imgur.com/aQkkyef
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 09, 2015, 05:10:49 PM
Here it is to save everyone some clicking...
A broom?

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on March 09, 2015, 06:15:39 PM
Looks like a broom to me too like the short one my Filipino buddies mom uses.


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 09, 2015, 09:37:16 PM
Well, that was fast.  Figured it'd be one of those things that someone either got immediately or not at all. Let's see what you got, elmojo!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 09, 2015, 09:45:31 PM
..... tap. ..... tap. ....... tap...... well? .... mojo! ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 10, 2015, 06:42:28 AM
lol chill guys, it's early morning here!
OK, let's see..... try this one


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 10, 2015, 07:46:35 AM
Straightener for paper that's coming out of processing? I've got no idea, just a guess based on what I see.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 10, 2015, 07:49:19 AM
Nope, but you're in the right industry.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 10, 2015, 02:31:30 PM
That looks like brass strips feeding through the machine. .. and some sort of design on the outgoing side? ... stamping press for continuous strip? .. no idea what the strip be used for though?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 10, 2015, 03:15:36 PM
VERY close.
Not brass, though...
What else is shiny metallic like that?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 10, 2015, 03:32:26 PM
Bahahaha is that tinfoil??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 10, 2015, 03:33:54 PM
In a way...
What other types of foil are there, besides "tin"?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 10, 2015, 04:34:56 PM
Aluminum foil.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 10, 2015, 04:43:53 PM
Don't tell me I missed it on a tiny difference again!  :2guns:  >:(
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 10, 2015, 06:32:36 PM
I think the tin foil vs aluminium foil thing is. .. the same. ... depends on where you grew up kinda thing... yes technically different materials, but commonly referred to as either!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 10, 2015, 07:24:58 PM
Yeah, "tin" foil no longer exists, it's all aluminum, or aluminium if you're of the British persuasion.  :cheers:
Regardless, you're ALL wrong. BWUhahahaha.
There are lots of foils that aren't aluminum....

What do the rollers appear to be made of?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 10, 2015, 09:49:24 PM
Gold leaf?

Hard to tell material when it's spinning, but it looks to be soft cloth rollers like a polishing wheel.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 10, 2015, 09:54:50 PM
Still don't understand why someone would put text on gold leaf. But I don't have a better idea.  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 11, 2015, 11:52:31 AM
Yep, it's gold foil. Most likely not real gold, but you get the idea.
The rollers are lamb's wool, just to protect the delicate foil.

Sooo....can anyone think of what industry would put text on gold foil, and why?
It'll be somewhat obvious when you heard the reason.

FYI: The machine in the photo is currently in use, it's not an antique or on display, though I can't say how old it is.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 11, 2015, 12:45:37 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on March 11, 2015, 11:52:31 AM
Yep, it's gold foil. Most likely not real gold, but you get the idea.
The rollers are lamb's wool, just to protect the delicate foil.

Sooo....can anyone think of what industry would put text on gold foil, and why?
It'll be somewhat obvious when you heard the reason.

Placks? 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 11, 2015, 12:47:36 PM
What's are placks?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 11, 2015, 03:47:21 PM
Think watcher may have meant plaques...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 11, 2015, 04:57:12 PM
Oh, right! Sorry.
Nope, not those either.
You're kinda sorta in the right industry though.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 11, 2015, 11:35:10 PM
Quote from: mennobike on March 11, 2015, 03:47:21 PM
Think watcher may have meant plaques...

Yeah, I did.

"Plaques" initially looked a bit odd to me, and when I googled it to double check the spelling I got that stuff that builds up on your teeth.  When I googled "plack" I got images of, well, plaques.  So I went with the latter.
Combine the haste associated with using a phone for personal use while on the clock at your job with a touch of laziness and you get all kinds of horrid semantics.


Anyway, if it's like plaques but not plaques the only other thing I can think of that might have fancy gold-foil writing or images on it would be a box.  Like a fancy box you'd buy an expensive bottle of champagne in, or maybe like a wedding invitation or something of that nature.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 12, 2015, 01:32:22 AM
Rich bastard xmas decorations?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 12, 2015, 01:56:33 AM
janx, I really hope that's right   :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 12, 2015, 05:51:34 AM
Watcher and Janx sorta close, but still not it.
Watcher, when I said sorta like plaques, I meant that it's a similar process, not a similar end product.

HINT: Janx is closest so far with xmas cards.
The part that's right is that the method of applying the foil/text to the product is the same as it would be in you were making a fancy greeting card.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 12, 2015, 06:55:30 AM
It's centered text, there's a fair amount of it... Hmm...  :dunno_black: who writes on gold leaf?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 12, 2015, 06:57:47 AM
trading cards
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 12, 2015, 07:39:00 AM
Not a card at all, but a similar process.
Is it time for another hint?
I really didn't think this would be a stumper. :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 12, 2015, 08:57:13 AM
Church decorations then?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 12, 2015, 09:04:28 AM
Nope!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 12, 2015, 10:01:31 AM
Window application?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 12, 2015, 10:02:46 AM
Windows? Nah.
Think smaller, not larger.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 12, 2015, 10:03:56 AM
... 27 posts (incl mojo replies)  since the photo... yep another hint please!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 12, 2015, 10:06:12 AM
Ok, fair enough...

Why would the text be gold?
Could it be to make an IMPRESSION on the viewer?
Sometimes, even a simple difference can make a common thing rather imPRESSive.
I hope that's not too cryptic.  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 12, 2015, 10:07:47 AM
Looking at the photo. .. big 'metal' section, a gap then thin metal section.... is it goldy/foily stuff layer onto plastic/polymer sheet? Can't see how they keep it parallel otherwise. .. not a guess but trying to figure out base material
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 12, 2015, 10:10:51 AM
Hey! .. concept! .. Braille wallpaper for really rich blind people!  Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 12, 2015, 11:03:52 AM
The 2 strips are kept parallel because of the text. *Hint*
What gets printed on the big sheet is closely related to what gets put on the smaller strip. Does that help any?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 12, 2015, 12:16:39 PM
Name tags?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 12, 2015, 02:01:53 PM
Nope.
You guys tell me when you give up.
I'm fine to keep this round going or call it a stumper and move on, either way.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 12, 2015, 07:59:07 PM
Chocolate box wraps sheet!...

We shall never... surrender! ..  we shall guess them on the beaches!... and in the air! ... lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 12, 2015, 07:59:23 PM
 :embarrassed: :cookoo:?......... k:holly pissshit its sofa king just gold foil :technical:
Can we please get the answer please. It's clearly gold foil no mater what the application. Is this the "guess the application game"? No, its the what is it game.......its gold foil right? :thumb: :icon_question: :icon_question: :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 12, 2015, 08:03:45 PM
Sorry, lots of stupid drivers got me going nuclear today.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 12, 2015, 08:08:55 PM
No more coffee for you plisky! ! Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 12, 2015, 08:29:37 PM
Thanks janx you really know how to calm me down. Still, can we get the answer? I don't think even he knows what it is.

I have been wrong before
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 12, 2015, 08:44:42 PM
Well my early thoughts were. . Its a polishing machine thingy! .. but then it became apparent that the strip was the thing... things are NEVER or at least rarely OBVIOUS! .. it's the what is this game. .   Not the ...this is a! game... 

I thought my mortise saw was easy. .. once I knew what it was... 'surely there'll be a wood type person guessing here!?"...

But yeah. . To stop plisky road raging some sweet white haired old lady in a old school Cadillac. .. better/closeup pic of the strip in question? .. or despite my Churchill quote above..  give!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 12, 2015, 08:48:32 PM
And I just found another thing for when it's my turn again!. .. :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 12, 2015, 08:57:47 PM
Janx I've actually just thought of something as well, much better than that dag nabed broom :cookoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 12, 2015, 09:15:22 PM
Oh how I hope its something that actually exists' in real life
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 13, 2015, 03:41:10 AM
I took a pic .. Couple of pics of my find!  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 13, 2015, 04:39:39 AM
Sorry for the delay guys. I'm about to get on a plane, so I'll keep it short.
The "thing" in this case is the machine, not the strip. It's a foil embossing machine for impressing titles on hard Cover books.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 13, 2015, 04:36:51 PM
Fair enough mojo :thumb: ... maybe a prompt towards machine purpose rather than the mysteries of the strip would have helped tho! Lol
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 13, 2015, 04:40:02 PM
And just open thought. . Been ages since I actually saw a hardcover gold embossed book! .  Most of mine are paperback now, bit of gold title here and there but not much.   You work for readers digest printery ? lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 14, 2015, 05:51:24 AM
I never said the thing was the strip. I just figured it would help determine the machine use if you can figure out what the strip was.
The machine is used for soft cover books too, but mostly hard Cover. That particular run was bibles, I think.

Ok, who's next?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 14, 2015, 11:07:24 PM
No it's cool mojo.. Wasn't meaning yous said the strip was it... Just that a nudge back towards the machine for us OCD chaps would help .. Lol  ;)

.... And...

It wasn't guessed....

So YOU up!! .. .. Again!  :flipoff: :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 15, 2015, 06:13:55 AM
Yeah, I should have given a hint about it being the machine and not the product, sorry.
I'm out of state, so can I pass to someone else to post this this round?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 15, 2015, 10:00:13 AM
Ooh me? .. hang on!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 15, 2015, 10:05:30 AM
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 15, 2015, 11:42:11 AM
Armored cable?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 15, 2015, 12:28:25 PM
Flexline for an air or coolant nozzle.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 15, 2015, 03:26:47 PM
Nope x2 :) 

Although it does flex. . Part of its design. .. and it could be considered armored.. necessary for location

.. continue lads :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 15, 2015, 06:30:31 PM
Kinda looks like I'm seeing a flange at each end?
Is it chrome plated or stainless?

Flexible pipe shielding for the space shuttle?  :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 15, 2015, 07:24:40 PM
Not sure exactly, think chrome most likely? .. maybe hi polish stainless but less likely.

Now how the hell am I gonna have easy photo access to space shuttle bits? Lol. .. much more mundane!

Guess you'll have to hang around to find out what eh? .. eh!? ;) lmao
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 15, 2015, 07:25:26 PM
Oops sorry, and yes there is a fitting/flange at each end
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 16, 2015, 05:51:53 AM
Fitting at each end, wear/rub marks easily observable evenly around each element... Does it relate to plumbing or something along those lines? I've no idea. Unless janx has very specific tastes... :nono: :icon_eek: :nono:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 16, 2015, 08:42:06 AM
Not related to plumbing, but is connected to a pipe!...

I'm just having my wake up cuppa... I'll post a slightly different pic when I get on the train to work, pic is still on my phone anyway... Have to send to photobucket first
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 16, 2015, 09:34:46 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2FCAM00152_zpstmewdlhu.jpg&hash=833406fca65eb33c286a5d3c2f303b2159e7ddf6) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00152_zpstmewdlhu.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 16, 2015, 10:08:13 AM
Is it some sort of a stand or holder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 16, 2015, 11:25:00 AM
Gas line (natural gas)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 16, 2015, 07:58:50 PM
Not gas line. .. hmmm holder? .. oooh that a twist on the idea! ...
I see these things most days on my way home. .. not every day cos sometimes I drive all the way to work instead of half drive and half other. .. other? You say?! ... see post above last pic. .. 

..   actually there's a lot. ... LOT ... of info in both pics. .. if you look close enough! ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 16, 2015, 08:03:34 PM
So it's train-related.  :whisper:

Looks like a flex coupler for a pressurized gas line, but you already said that wasn't it....
Maybe a handrail stanchion? Can't imagine why that would be flexible, though.  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 16, 2015, 08:43:13 PM
Robot spinal cord
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 16, 2015, 08:47:38 PM
Flexible microphone snake like at the fast food drive through.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 16, 2015, 09:01:38 PM
You into the coffee again plisky? Lol

Mojo. . You are very close.   Train, handrail, flexible.   

Imagine being on a train. .

Look up
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 16, 2015, 10:07:54 PM
Showed up to the party late, dang! Yep, a handle to hold on to you so that you don't fall onto some old lady and get charged with molestation, this one appears to be of the dangle persuasion.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 16, 2015, 11:40:05 PM
Gee Menno... Showed up late and pinched the prize from the pass the parcel too!! Lol

First in best dressed as the saying goes...

You have it

Full picture..
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 17, 2015, 04:29:17 AM
Another link, sorry!  :technical:  :dunno_white: the flash drive is for scale http://m.imgur.com/li0mD5z
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 17, 2015, 07:13:14 AM
Oh man, I was so close!
Oh well, I would never have guessed it anyway, since we don't have trains of any sort around here.

Menno, your thing looks like a bezel of some sort.
I was thinking split-ring keychain at first, but then I noticed the locking flanges.

I'm attaching the resized photo to save others the clicky clicky.  :icon_mrgreen:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 17, 2015, 08:57:13 AM
Bloody hellfire!! ... Another "I know I've seen one of those" moments....  :confused: :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 17, 2015, 10:00:09 AM
Vague memory saying... Engine or gearbox part.... crush washer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 17, 2015, 10:26:50 AM
Looks like it has lugs on the side facing the camera that fit into a hole with matching cutouts, then gets turned to lock into place.

@Menno: Is it metal or chromed plastic?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 17, 2015, 03:40:18 PM
Metal. Mojo is on the right track...
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 17, 2015, 08:43:52 PM
Hrrrm. ... ok. . Lock ring for camera/action camera lens area?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 17, 2015, 09:29:20 PM
Very close, why isn't it attached to something?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 18, 2015, 01:25:38 AM
Because you needed to take a photo of it??  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 18, 2015, 02:04:09 AM
Because it broke off?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 18, 2015, 02:08:01 AM
I'm tired and it's sleep time and I just can't think why the thingy is flying solo... unless it's the locking ring of a replaceable filter or faceplate of a waterproof housing? ... straw grasping here!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 18, 2015, 03:07:14 AM
Not for a filter or waterproofing, how about a hint?

It's threaded on the inside, and is never used with new lenses.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 18, 2015, 06:12:13 AM
Key ring
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 18, 2015, 06:28:00 AM
Lens adapter from one mount to another?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 18, 2015, 07:25:17 AM
Mojo takes it! M42 screw mount to standard Pentax converter.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 18, 2015, 08:59:28 AM
 :thumb: :thumb:

Legit!  :D

... And now I now where I saw it... Holidays last year when I was buying a polarised filter for camera! ... Sales/tech guy was fiddling with one on the bench...  ... I might have been drinking that day lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 18, 2015, 10:58:20 AM
Yay for me!
I'm stuck at work with no cool things to post. :(
Janx, do you have anything else to show? If so, please take my slot until I can get home to find something worthy of guessing.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 18, 2015, 01:17:00 PM
Ok.. I'm at work too but we on morning teabreak. .. try this! ;)
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 18, 2015, 01:23:16 PM
Pressure sensor?
Flow meter?
I see abrasion on the pipes, which I can't imagine how that could happen.
Looks like electrical conduit though, so may not be fluid-related at all...  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 18, 2015, 02:27:11 PM
It's a sensor. . But not fluid. . The lines are there but separate part of the system and not connected to the sensor
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 18, 2015, 02:30:52 PM
Wups my bad... not lines (they different section and lower down.... I forgot where I just took a photo? Lmao) .. the corroded bit is the mounting bracket/rail that the sensor is on... and the corrosion itself is just result of bad galvanizing
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 18, 2015, 07:07:08 PM
Do you really mean not for fluids, as in no liquid or gas, including air?
If so, then that pretty much leaves temperature, atmospheric pressure, vibration, and radiation (all types).
That part in the lower left is IP67 rated, so it's water and dust proof, to a degree.
I'm drawing a bit of a blank. Any of my musings jogging any brain cells free guys?

Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 18, 2015, 10:25:22 PM
It definitively has no oil, gas, liquid of any kind. . 

Its on a truck at my work. . There are about 12 of them in total (some different shape but all same function) 

They are very important on all the trucks I work on!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 19, 2015, 02:31:59 AM
LPW .. Feb 24
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 19, 2015, 04:10:59 AM
Probably a gas (non liquid) sensor then... Co2 or something?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 19, 2015, 05:35:25 AM
He said not any sort of gas...
GPS maybe? Can't imagine why that would be under the truck though.

@Janx: What's LPW ,, Feb 24 mean?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 19, 2015, 06:24:25 AM
Whoops, thought he meant fuel  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 19, 2015, 06:48:23 AM
He may have, lots of people call all types of fuel "gas". However, I think Janx is in the UK, so I assume he'd call gasoline petrol.
Am I even close, Janx? Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 19, 2015, 07:42:37 AM
Light sensor
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 19, 2015, 09:20:39 AM
I'm Aussie!... lol. .. not GPS, NOT liquid of any kind .. not fuel/gas/petrol/gogo juice..  Suresh and stone the crows!

Not light. ..

On the side/rear of truck. ..

You guys don't know LPW? Omg!

Tard farm, last post wins.... thread!... find the date..  mention my work place! ... not doing ALL the work for ya! Fair dinkum mate!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 19, 2015, 09:21:18 AM
Suresh?.  Sheesh!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 19, 2015, 10:46:13 AM
backup sensor or is it a rear camera?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 19, 2015, 11:11:56 AM
Blind spot sensor?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 19, 2015, 07:36:48 PM
Mmmm nope!.. good thinking tho! ... it is a safety thing. . Just not the ones you guys mentioned. .. work further thru the possibilities! .  ;)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 19, 2015, 07:38:35 PM
And you've really got to look at everything in the photo. .not just the sensor!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 19, 2015, 08:49:45 PM
Some gyroscopic thingamabob to measure tip angle? I've got no idea. Temperature?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 20, 2015, 02:07:55 AM
Not temperature ... Not gyroscopic... But ..Tip Angles.... That's vaguely along the right path...

These things come into play when we go to unload the trucks ...

Guys

Maybe look up some vids of modern waste trucks .... Unloading....

Once you see the process .. It might bring to mind what such a sensor would be used for  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 20, 2015, 05:44:16 AM
Proximity sensor for sensing when the rear gate is fully closed?
Or is it to sense when the truck is empty and the garbage has stopped coming out?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 20, 2015, 04:31:27 PM
Proximity it is! ... Little magnetic job .. When the steel whatever moves away an alarm goes off in cab.

They are all over the load area of truck.... Scoop blade, hydraulic ram travel, inspection hatches etc

You got something this go mojo?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 20, 2015, 06:43:30 PM
Oh man, me again?!  :o
Sorry guys, I'm stuck in a hotel in Richmond, VA.
If anyone has something to post, go for it. I doubt there's anything interesting in this room. Lol
Oh, hang on, I think I found something.
Try this one...

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 20, 2015, 10:59:45 PM
Not sure what that is yet... looks like a bulkhead bit from a ship?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 21, 2015, 04:45:25 AM
Hmm, something to do with pipes?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 21, 2015, 09:13:20 AM
You're right about it being on a ship, Janx, but the machine itself isn't related directly to the ship itself.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 21, 2015, 11:44:15 PM
Big Ass water pump.. maybe for bilges or firefighting (fire IS any sailors worst problem!)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 22, 2015, 05:13:58 PM
Nope, not really related to fire fighting at all, although water is vaguely associated with its use.
Anyone else got a guess?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: cyamaura on March 22, 2015, 05:49:15 PM
Some sort of press?


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 22, 2015, 06:00:49 PM
Nope!

Hint time:
1) It's on a ship, of the WWII era.
2) It's not related to combat operations, but is essential to the continued effective running of the ship.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 22, 2015, 09:29:33 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on March 21, 2015, 09:13:20 AM
but the machine itself isn't related directly to the ship itself.

Quote from: Elmojo on March 22, 2015, 06:00:49 PM
2) It's not related to combat operations, but is essential to the continued effective running of the ship.


:technical: make up your mind!!!  :technical:  :flipoff:

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 22, 2015, 09:35:13 PM
...... Right ... I wasn't seeing the whole pic..... Remind me to remind you how to resize photos!  :flipoff: :icon_lol:

Why it would be essential to running a ship I don't know.. But I reckon it's a sausage maker!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 22, 2015, 09:49:17 PM
Looks like a giant cake mixer to me...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 23, 2015, 06:03:04 AM
Janx, everything I said is correct. There's no need to attack me.  :dunno_white:
Also, the photo isn't that big. I made it that size so you can see the details.

Watcher takes it! It's a mixer.
It stands about 6-7' tall and can mix over 100 lbs of bread dough or cake batter or whatever else they are making.

See what I mean? It doesn't have anything to do with combat or the running of the ship itself, but in order for the ship to continue operating, the crew must eat!  :up:

Ok Watcher, your turn!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 23, 2015, 08:48:06 AM
Sorry mojo, not attacking...  I'm too used to LPW where 'nothing is real heat' ... I used emoticons! ... If I go on an attack rant there is no smileys of any kind and folks know the heat is real...

Didn't mean to sound nasty!  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 23, 2015, 08:54:27 AM
No biggie, I'm hard to ruffle. :)
What's LPW?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 23, 2015, 09:58:17 AM
Last Post Wins. ..down in the Tard Farm section..  all the cool kids hang out there..  lol

Its...  a bit like the local bar?..  chatter, random thinkings, somewhere to vent.... you just DONT ;) claim you have the last post and have won! Bahahaha
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 23, 2015, 10:18:37 AM
My mobile really doesnt like my image hosting site.  If I can get to a PC I'll have something up during the day, otherwise I'm home around 9pm central time.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 23, 2015, 10:20:09 AM
All good Watcher... ironic though! ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 23, 2015, 08:53:16 PM
Yeah, sorry.  I had something but my work schedule is kind of psychotic right now.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F540%2FvZmRJH.jpg&hash=f20d35c33d16ea7816e2464e88e04f4295d61436) (https://imageshack.com/i/f0vZmRJHj)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 24, 2015, 01:00:34 AM
old nasty cheese?  :flipoff: :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 24, 2015, 02:14:17 AM
That a penny for size reference?

Part of a hunting bow?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 24, 2015, 10:28:12 AM
Penny for size reference.

Not for a bow, but if you are thinking of the little piece that holds the arrow you are sort of onto something.

Its flexible.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 24, 2015, 07:59:29 PM
Ok it's a holder of something..  flexi.... but not big. .  Windscreen wiper (at rest) widget for newer cars with those fancy wioers
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 24, 2015, 09:03:38 PM
Wrong direction entirely.

Honestly it's pretty closely related to the bow idea.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 26, 2015, 03:18:30 AM
Piano string holder thingy?

Cmon guys... chime in any time!.... guys?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 26, 2015, 09:47:12 AM
Its made of like a rubber and is designed to flex in only one way.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 26, 2015, 08:23:09 PM
A harp string ummm tuner/muter thingus? ...

A box magazine stopper widget?...

A soft close mini gate latch!?...

Dammit now I've gone all "Pliskin" ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 27, 2015, 05:46:28 AM
Sorry guys, I wasn't getting post notifications for some reason.  :dunno_black:

I've seen that thing before, I just can't recall where!
Is it an anti-multi feed stopper for an airsoft gun?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 27, 2015, 11:22:28 AM
Quote from: Elmojo on March 27, 2015, 05:46:28 AM

I've seen that thing before, I just can't recall where!
Is it an anti-multi feed stopper for an airsoft gun?

Oh man!  Right application but wrong type of gun! Look at the size of the radius and imagine what would sit against it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 27, 2015, 11:40:34 AM
Paintball anti-chop stopper!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 27, 2015, 04:18:59 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on March 27, 2015, 11:40:34 AM
Paintball anti-chop stopper!

No!



But since you got the right answer between the two guesses, you got it.
Its a ball detent for a Tippmann.  Anti-double feed for a paintball gun.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 27, 2015, 04:21:42 PM
That's what I meant, it keeps more than one ball from loading, which can cause chopping.
Anyway, yay for me!! ;)
Oh, now I have to find something....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 27, 2015, 04:35:11 PM
Okay folks, give this a gander...
This is another one of those things that you either know immediately, or have never seen before.  :up:

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 27, 2015, 10:35:16 PM
Chop implies chop, bolt splits ball in half.  Everything else is just considered a breakage.  But's that's just me being pedantic  :thumb:



CPU
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 28, 2015, 08:02:55 AM
Good point. I didn't know  specific you needed my answer to be. :)

Yep, it's a cpu, but the kicker is which type?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 28, 2015, 03:28:04 PM
Pentium 2  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 28, 2015, 03:29:23 PM
Nope, older.
Is this too vague?
It may be unreasonable for anyone to guess the specific generation of chip, since they look so similar.
If you guys think I'm being too picky, we'll call Watcher's answer good and let him post something new.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 28, 2015, 06:16:01 PM
hmmm, with more detail i might be able to get it, but not with just the pins. Watcher's got it, in my opinion, but I'd say wait for a couple more people (or just janx :D ) to chime in.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 28, 2015, 08:05:12 PM
Sounds fair to me.
It's a Cyrix 486!  :o
Here's the other side.
Watcher takes it.

Your turn....


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 28, 2015, 09:31:50 PM
Alright, fair enough.


If I've used this before let me know and I'll find something else.  I started up another "what is this?" game on another forum some time ago and I'm bouncing back and forth between them.

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 29, 2015, 03:47:08 AM
Ummm. .. which bit?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 29, 2015, 07:00:11 AM
That's my question also. The piece at the top is a buffer for an AR-15.
Can't really see the lower one, looks like a business card maybe?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 29, 2015, 07:46:27 AM
can't view the picture... :technical: :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 29, 2015, 06:25:07 PM
Bottom item is just a business card, and is not the item in question.


Elmojo got it.  It's an AR buffer.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 29, 2015, 06:51:39 PM
Back to me again, huh?  :woohoo:
Let's see here....how about this?

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 29, 2015, 07:41:06 PM
That's a metal casing with screws that is! Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 29, 2015, 07:43:40 PM
Oooh, yer a quick one!  :cookoo:     :icon_rolleyes:
Hang on, actually, your WRONG. It's plastic.  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 30, 2015, 02:20:35 AM
Plastic ye say!... fair enough.... some form of games machine controller!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 30, 2015, 06:12:16 AM
Correct, but you'll have to be more specific than that if you want to take the coveted cookie award.  :tongue2:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 30, 2015, 09:55:31 AM
A fishing game controller?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 30, 2015, 11:28:34 AM
Nope.
I meant be more specific as to the design and function of the controller, not what type of game it's used for exactly.  :up:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 30, 2015, 06:04:58 PM
Ohhh. ... specific.... plasticky body, plasticky buttons, you pushes a button and shaZam! happens on screen! ... light gun controller?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 30, 2015, 06:14:16 PM
Nope, but you're on the right track...
Anyone else playing this game now?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 31, 2015, 12:50:22 AM
 :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on March 31, 2015, 03:03:36 AM
is it one of those ancient hunting games?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 31, 2015, 06:25:34 AM
Nope!
It's not really all that old, maybe 4-5 yrs.
Janx is correct, that it's a game controller of some sort.

I'll give a couple big hints:
1) it's made for a PC, not a game console
2) It's not for a specific game, but more for a general type of game
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on March 31, 2015, 08:42:04 AM
Not that many controller types out there........ So ..... Part of a steering wheel controller
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 31, 2015, 08:53:51 AM
Not a steering wheel, but you're very close...
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 31, 2015, 12:38:29 PM
Joystick/flight controller then!?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on March 31, 2015, 12:40:54 PM
Close enough!
It's a Saitek joystick. Can't recall the model number off hand, not that it matters.
I use it for my flight sims, though I haven't played any of them lately, hence the dust. ;)

Ok then, Janx, hit us with a tough one!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 01, 2015, 01:17:09 AM
Tmw... busy day today... tired.... sleep now ish
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 02, 2015, 12:18:47 AM
Feck! .. forgot..  had this in car. Have to do for now

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 02, 2015, 06:38:16 AM
It's a coin!  :icon_rolleyes:
Sorry, couldn't resist.

It looks like part of a toy.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 02, 2015, 06:42:40 AM
Exhaust end of a plastic spaceship/jet.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 02, 2015, 08:42:26 AM
It's an exhaust .. But on a who rather than a what....

Fairly popular type character  :thumb:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 02, 2015, 08:51:43 AM
Popular character the world over, or in your neck of the woods?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 02, 2015, 08:56:07 AM
World I would think.....  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 02, 2015, 09:55:42 AM
So, rocket boots then?
Let's see, what character has rocket boots?
Colors are wrong for Iron Man....
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 02, 2015, 10:22:01 AM
I'm going to say they aren't boots. Possibly a jetpack
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 02, 2015, 04:19:37 PM
Tis a jetpack. . And it's on a? ...

If you open the whole photo there's a tiny bit more to see
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 02, 2015, 04:31:48 PM
Is this a character that an adult male would know, even if they don't have kids?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 02, 2015, 05:13:35 PM
Yep I think so. ..

....
....
Banana?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 02, 2015, 05:20:06 PM
Buzz Lightyear?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 02, 2015, 05:35:28 PM
No..... more recent. .. have own movie now
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 02, 2015, 06:06:52 PM
Transformers? The plastic type doesn't look right, though.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 02, 2015, 06:32:01 PM
No..  sorry.   The item is more recent than toy story..  transformers are heaps older! ..

Cryptic clue. .  Russian military/ police acronym? I think...

Correct acronym gives a solid pointer!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 02, 2015, 06:40:30 PM
OMON?
SOBR?
KGB? (not police as such) lol
None of those seem to help me, maybe someone else?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 02, 2015, 10:33:08 PM
Ummm I sent you slightly wrong... Russian military intelligence ... Not the speznatz .. The boss of them
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 03, 2015, 07:15:12 AM
Ah, ok.
GRU?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 03, 2015, 07:11:51 PM
Yes ... Now .. Gru ... Who is he involved with? .... Hmm?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 03, 2015, 07:16:44 PM
Gru?
Never heard of him.
Is he a toy/movie/cartoon character?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 03, 2015, 07:27:12 PM
... Google it...  :whisper:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 03, 2015, 07:33:37 PM
I did. He's a character from the movie Despicable Me?
Not helping. lol
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 03, 2015, 08:21:40 PM
Minion from Despicable Me. Wooo!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 05, 2015, 03:40:42 AM
Yep it's a minion... thought the sliver of yellow in edge of full photo might give it...

some fast food giveaway toy I found on the road at work..

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 05, 2015, 06:50:36 AM
Oh, those things!
When I opened the full photo, it didn't show any yellow. That probably would have helped some.

OK Iarn, hit us with something good!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 05, 2015, 11:52:21 AM
Things? ...  things!!? ..  they are Minions! ... not things!! Lol
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 05, 2015, 11:56:11 AM
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Here you are, courtesy of my grandmother (since it's Easter Sunday)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 05, 2015, 04:07:50 PM
Statue of one of the dwarves from Snow White?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 05, 2015, 06:44:23 PM
 :bowdown: That grandma hint was too potent, I see.

Can you name which dwarf?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 05, 2015, 07:20:07 PM
I just recognized the classic Disney shoes. lol

Based on the dark red pants, I'll say Grumpy.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 05, 2015, 08:09:27 PM
Since mojo seems to be an avid Disney viewer..  bet he can't wait till the new Star Wars comes out! ... (shameless bait dangling!) Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 05, 2015, 08:15:08 PM
Actually, I'm not really a Disney fan, I just grew up in that era, and have apparently been brainwashed. lol
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 05, 2015, 08:26:31 PM
Okay, okay.

Darn you elmojo! I'll be sure to make it way harder next time.

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 05, 2015, 08:40:00 PM
Uhuh! ... deny it! ... that's the way! ;) ... you've been outed as a Disney freak now! Bahahaha!  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 06, 2015, 06:49:47 AM
That looks like Sneezy, not Grumpy. So, does that mean I won or not?

I do like some of Disney's stuff, but not all of it. I've actually never even seen the Snow White movie! lol
I'll freely admit, though, that most of my favorite movies are animated.  :up:

Ok, I'll assume it's my turn to post. Lets see how you cats do with this one!

[Pen for scale]

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 06, 2015, 07:36:20 AM
Yes, elmojo, you won.

I'm going to say a ink cartridge for a printer/copy machine.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 06, 2015, 07:42:28 AM
Nope, not a print cartridge.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 06, 2015, 08:47:14 AM
Sewing machine thread guide... thing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 06, 2015, 08:56:37 AM
Wow, that would be a BIG sewing machine! Nope.
Look at the pen and guess the general size.  8)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 06, 2015, 11:07:12 AM
It looks 'computery' .. but the color seems odd for that (don't know why that caught my attention first?) ... but the shape/design isn't anything I can 'place' in a computer... looking at the words. .. odd mix of terms.... so. ..as I haven't seen a 3d printer 'in the real' .. I'm gonna say a part for a 3d printer... controller/valve box for the print head/jet thingy? Maybe?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 06, 2015, 11:21:42 AM
You're a little closer with the 3D printer guess, but it's not directly related to printing of any type.
The color is irrelevant, if that helps any.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 06, 2015, 11:38:54 AM
I had another thought... I think the box itself is a tool... stripping/joining/crimping/tipping thing for electrical/electronic cables. .. ? .. and fancy color (probably a range of them) because tradies have to be stylish nowadays! Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 06, 2015, 11:43:17 AM
I suppose you could call it a tool, but it would be a bit of a stretch.
It does help you accomplish something, but not directly, as in physically making/repairing anything.
Does that help or confuse more?  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 06, 2015, 02:24:11 PM
Is it some type of jig?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 06, 2015, 02:26:30 PM
Eeeehhhh....only in a very vague sense.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 06, 2015, 04:11:30 PM
Ooooh oooh! I know now! ... it's a. Baby Borg!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 06, 2015, 04:34:38 PM
Come now, do you really think the BORG would be so crass as to allow their cube to be PURPLE?!  :icon_eek:    :cookoo:

Ok hint: It's hollow inside, and the inside doesn't do anything...  helpful, right?  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 06, 2015, 08:28:56 PM
It's a baby!.. lotsa babies look a bit purple or red when born!

Ok hollow... so it's a gauge of something measurer? .. ie. .. if it fits in 'that bit' you can use it to do job but too big or small and try again?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 07, 2015, 07:13:14 AM
Okay, fair point, purple babies.... :laugh:

You're sorta on the right track, but it's not used to directly measure or gauge anything physical.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 07, 2015, 11:16:30 AM
..... ok. ... much head scratching..... hrm. ..

A layout map reminder thingy? .. for different parts of a machine/circuit board? ..

just happens to be shaped as a cube?!

Failing that... a paperclip holder for a company wanting to advertise their stuff in a novelty way!!?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 07, 2015, 11:26:18 AM
I posted a tough one, I see!  :woohoo:

You're getting closer with the layout reminder guess, but it's not for a machine or circuit board, though those types of parts could be related to the complete product.
You are correct that the shape of the object is not directly related to its function.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 07, 2015, 08:39:39 PM
.... and we are the only ones bothering..   sigh.. .

Template blank panel pusher outerer? ... ummm like for assembling stuff and you push whatever appropriate side into the thing to clear the injection molding scraps away? ... I'm sure there's a term for what I'm tryin to describe but I don't know it!

Gonna need a direction pointer soon.... not so much a clue but a nudge toward industry type?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on April 07, 2015, 09:53:59 PM
I've got nothing :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 09, 2015, 10:57:40 AM
I have no earthly idea. :shrug:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 09, 2015, 11:01:57 AM
Ok mojo. .. a direction pointer or a hint or a hot tip. ... if you please !?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 09, 2015, 11:58:59 AM
Design guide for injection molding?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 10, 2015, 07:04:52 AM
Sorry for the delay guys, when the site went down, I stopped getting post notifications, and only just realized.

Watcher takes it, it's a best practice guide for injection moulding!

Ok dude, your turn!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 10, 2015, 09:58:01 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F538%2FJ0qUN4.jpg&hash=971cf660f69a1d54af9e1feff7081774caedab4e) (https://imageshack.com/i/eyJ0qUN4j)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rexpepper651 on April 10, 2015, 10:14:22 PM
spray gun air nozzle!  :thumb: father was a automotive refinishing specialist.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 11, 2015, 06:13:31 AM
And, beat me to it!  :thumb:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 11, 2015, 08:58:36 AM
I think that one was easier than the Sneezy dwarf!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 11, 2015, 05:11:31 PM
True!

Okay Rex, your turn, hit us with a good one!  :up:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Watcher on April 11, 2015, 09:02:37 PM
Quote from: Iarn on April 11, 2015, 08:58:36 AM
I think that one was easier than the Sneezy dwarf!

That's all I had besides little internal parts and specialized tools that are so out there noone would be able to guess without hints that would basically give it away.  Maybe I should just go for it next time if you guys want really hard ones.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rexpepper651 on April 12, 2015, 01:03:31 AM
ok sorry for the delay everyone! i was going to pass but! i figured id get in on this :)


good luck!

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 12, 2015, 04:13:26 AM
Dalek 'pecker' ? Bahahaha
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 12, 2015, 05:19:25 AM
Looks like sort sort of test probe maybe?
Is that end piece flexible, or bent in that shape always?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rexpepper651 on April 12, 2015, 08:35:07 PM
probe yes. solid end not flexible at all.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 12, 2015, 09:00:56 PM
Does it go into some sort of electrical slot and give you data? Fuse tester, perhaps?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rexpepper651 on April 12, 2015, 10:57:37 PM
electrical yes! fuse tester as in? good or blow fuse?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 13, 2015, 06:45:22 AM
Voltage tester. It lights up when AC voltage is present.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rexpepper651 on April 13, 2015, 12:22:15 PM
you cheated!

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 13, 2015, 12:43:24 PM
Nah, I didn't cheat, I've just used one before.
What threw me was the color. Mine just lights up yellow when power is present, and no light when no power.

Great, now I have to find something tricky to post.... hang on....

Ok smart guys, try this one!  :icon_rolleyes:

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 13, 2015, 01:09:36 PM
Lid of a pen/paint pen...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 13, 2015, 01:14:31 PM
Oooh, sooo close.
Not a pen, but a....
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 13, 2015, 08:06:13 PM
Marker?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 13, 2015, 08:11:14 PM
Close enough! It's a highlighter.
Up to you guys to determine if Iarn's guess of pen was close enough, or if Janx takes it with marker.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 13, 2015, 11:21:32 PM
Or if larn has something ready or near ready to put up. .. I'm off work today with chicken schnitzel REVENGE ... I been on the lounge or on the loo all day. .. and finding something right now is gonna be a challenge!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 14, 2015, 04:22:26 AM
Okay, I'll take initiative here...

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 14, 2015, 06:36:15 AM
A bear high-fiving a cactus? lol
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 14, 2015, 07:16:41 AM
I was thinking more the medium than the image.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 14, 2015, 07:18:52 AM
Yeah, I figured.  :angel:

Carved into a steel plate, then painted red?
Or do you mean what it's carved into? If so, I have no clue.  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 14, 2015, 07:48:03 AM
Guess the object, not the image nor the material. Though, I suppose you get bonus points for the latter. :P
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 14, 2015, 08:05:34 AM
If I didn't know better, I'd think you were trying to make this difficult...Oh, wait..  :icon_eek: :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rexpepper651 on April 14, 2015, 09:24:57 AM
craft beer bottle?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 14, 2015, 10:02:12 AM
No, but on the right track.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on April 14, 2015, 06:24:48 PM
skate board
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 14, 2015, 06:29:40 PM
No, follow rexpeppers line of thinking.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 14, 2015, 07:13:11 PM
Wine bottle!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 15, 2015, 03:01:15 AM
Looking at the content of the graphic... and thinking of the potential artist....

A travel mug with enamel or acrylic logo made for daddy so he has coffee on his commute?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 15, 2015, 05:45:30 AM
Janx hit it, it's a mug from the Dominican Republic.

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Next!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 16, 2015, 03:06:38 AM
Tmw guys... I'm in bed for sleep... you don't wanna be guessing anything I pix right now.... lol!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 17, 2015, 06:59:47 PM
Janx, come on, man! post a picture here  :icon_eek:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 17, 2015, 07:16:26 PM
Yeah, really!
I'm having withdrawals!  :sad:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 19, 2015, 05:27:30 AM
Bad organise weekend.... if you can wait another 24 hours or less then wait.... or carry on and I'll catch up... sorry lads
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 19, 2015, 05:36:08 AM
No problem, I'll wait.
I need to work on patience anyway.  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on April 19, 2015, 07:58:06 AM
I love reading this thread... you guys make me smile  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 19, 2015, 01:01:51 PM
Why don't you stick around and jump in when Janx posts the new object?
We can always use more players.  :up:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 19, 2015, 11:17:56 PM
Don't think I've used a variation of this before.. maybe someone has though?.... anyway. . Sorry it's a bit blurry

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on April 20, 2015, 02:31:57 AM
dat focus, though, janx  :flipoff: Some sort of die? Or something involved with a lathe?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 20, 2015, 03:43:34 AM
It involves a rotating part... certainly! ... but neither guess is correct...

Proceed!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 20, 2015, 04:14:31 AM
Key
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 20, 2015, 06:20:01 AM
It's a flex lock star washer, but I can't say for what.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 20, 2015, 06:34:50 AM
Chrome end cap for an axle like on a little red wagon or kids ride-around toy.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on April 20, 2015, 08:47:38 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on April 19, 2015, 01:01:51 PM
Why don't you stick around and jump in when Janx posts the new object?
We can always use more players.  :up:

Thanks Elmojo! I just might start to make some guesses in the future  :laugh:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on April 21, 2015, 03:42:26 PM
I think Elmojo got it, but just in case:
a cap for a . . . radiator? bottle of some sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 21, 2015, 03:55:54 PM
I don't think my guess was specific enough, if it was even on the right track.
Janx is playing coy with us this round. He's usually quicker on the replies.
Maybe he got tied up with something...  :police:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 21, 2015, 06:22:24 PM
Been working garbage in the rain boys. .. lets see. . No, nope, nah, not even. ..

I know all the things it looks like. . But it's not. ..

A gentleman might use it!?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 21, 2015, 06:39:39 PM
A butane lighter for a cigar
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 21, 2015, 07:08:23 PM
Robotic sphincter?  :tongue2:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on April 21, 2015, 07:23:02 PM
Cigar cutter perhaps
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 21, 2015, 07:30:11 PM
Nose hair trimmers?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 21, 2015, 07:45:19 PM
No way that's a cigar cutter. Too small to chop and isn't the right shape for a cigar punch. I could be wrong, though.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 22, 2015, 04:13:49 AM
Rage has it! Basically this one but mine is older model and it's night/raining and in car. .. so no photo of my one! ....
https://www.google.com/search?q=rotary+nose+trimmer&client=ms-android-om-lge&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=sYE3VcDqIIHemAX-yIDgCQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAw&biw=320&bih=495#imgrc=jFEY5Xg9AVrs0M%253A%3BiZhFIXMXo9kddM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi01.i.aliimg.com%252Fwsphoto%252Fv1%252F1747205291_2%252FHot-Sale-New-PRITECH-Brand-Best-Safety-Edge-Max-Steel-Rotary-Blade-Personal-Care-Ear-Nose.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.aliexpress.com%252Fitem%252FHot-Sale-New-2014-PRITECH-Brand-Best-Safety-Edge-Max-Steel-Rotary-Blade-Personal-Care-Ear%252F1747205291.html%3B500%3B500

Take it away rage! :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 22, 2015, 04:52:09 AM
The hair gave it away lol, when I get off work I'll upload one.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 22, 2015, 06:30:41 AM
Eww!
I'm glad I didn't win this one.  :wink:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 22, 2015, 07:00:11 AM
The hair he says... lol!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 22, 2015, 09:37:18 PM
Saw that when I posted the pic. .. it's one of the fibres from my sheepskin car seat cover I think? .. but it served a purpose! Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 23, 2015, 04:45:58 AM
Here it is.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1021.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf336%2Fragecage23%2F4E54909D-7B0B-4EDD-9C3B-EC5C013B2E87.jpg&hash=048ade8b4ef4cb8456bf2d397ca85bbea577cc14)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 23, 2015, 04:46:40 AM
Hand sanitizer
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 23, 2015, 04:56:23 AM
Aww man, Iarn beat me to it!

Cmon Rage, that was an easy one. We're all super-guessers here, give us a challenge! lol
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 23, 2015, 05:05:28 AM
Oo, oo, my turn?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 23, 2015, 05:14:34 AM
Yep, hit it brother!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 23, 2015, 05:56:57 AM
I'll feel bad if it wasn't hand sanitizer. Maybe it's his personal mucus collection.

Anyway, here you are; I'm proud of this offering.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FnDoDTd1.jpg&hash=699182935285dffdf9366fbe23c96960ab71cca9)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 23, 2015, 08:28:55 AM
Lol yeah you got it. I'll get better at this.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 23, 2015, 10:42:16 AM
Don't sweat it rage, we're glad to have you on board.  :woohoo:

Wow, that's tricky! The hand helps with scale...
I don't see any threads, and it appears to be aluminum, but otherwise I'm stumped for now.  :dunno_black:
I was thinking some sort of lock ring, but I'd assume it would need threads for that.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 23, 2015, 10:52:56 AM
I was thinking a lock ring for a projector headlight?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 23, 2015, 12:06:16 PM
Is that anodized aluminum or brass/copper?
Hard to tell on my phone from the color.

Looks like it has some depth to it.  Could have external threads on the back side of the flange.
I'd guess lock ring as well, but for what...

Twist lock for some kind of large hose like for a shop vac or something?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 23, 2015, 12:19:23 PM
It's made of bronze

No threads. Reverse side is identical.

No correct guesses thus far.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 23, 2015, 06:21:48 PM
Drop in lock down axle or shaft locator/centerer!?   

Whatever those things are called! Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 23, 2015, 07:31:43 PM
Janx, the shaft bit is tangentially related.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 23, 2015, 08:13:31 PM
Mine does that all the bloody time! :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 23, 2015, 08:50:00 PM
Bearing race?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 23, 2015, 08:56:49 PM
I'm tryin think what applications/environments use bronze. .. was gonna say marine but they use more brass. .
And the design of the thing.. either a lock ring for something or a shifter type thing for gears maybe?  .. hrrrm. . Feels like I have seen that type of thing (once again) before... or at least read/seen pic of usage.

Curious and curiouser!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 23, 2015, 09:49:52 PM
I'm trying to think of hints, hmmm.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 23, 2015, 09:51:19 PM
Its function relates to a cylinder.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on April 24, 2015, 05:53:43 AM
does it relate to helping to twist something? like, with a wrench or some tool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 24, 2015, 06:30:29 AM
Janx: Marine applications do use a lot of bronze.
Iarn: cylinder as in engine cylinder, or some other sort?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 24, 2015, 09:13:57 AM
Quote from: mennobike on April 24, 2015, 05:53:43 AM
does it relate to helping to twist something? like, with a wrench or some tool?

It's a stationary component.

Quote from: Elmojo on April 24, 2015, 06:30:29 AM
Janx: Marine applications do use a lot of bronze.
Iarn: cylinder as in engine cylinder, or some other sort?

It doesn't produce power, per se.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 24, 2015, 09:34:25 AM
Not helpful, dude. Lol
Are the "lugs" tapered or the same thickness on each side?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 24, 2015, 10:57:36 AM
The thickness is uniform. 0.250" throughout.

I'm having trouble thinking of helpful hints. This isn't a common thing. Ha

Okay, how about this. The machine it goes in is used in industrial applications. The component itself isn't designed to move whatsoever. The ring is meant to interact with a piston inside a cylinder. However, the piston isn't to produce power.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 24, 2015, 11:40:30 AM
That's kinda along the lines of what I was thinking, though I can't begin to guess the actual application.
So is the ring designed to prevent a shaft from rotating inside a cylinder, such as a hydraulic ram or similar?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 24, 2015, 11:48:14 AM
No, the ring as another application directly related to the piston. The piston and the ring interact, on the regular. They are explicitly separate components, but they do touch. Not the shaft that the piston moves along. The ring and the piston only interact at very specific times. You could say they only interact in extremes.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 24, 2015, 01:40:59 PM
Man, we went from hand sanitizer to this?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 24, 2015, 01:54:23 PM
 :icon_twisted: Someone guessed my last submission the first try. This is my revenge.  :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 24, 2015, 08:09:01 PM
Is it just a phosphor bronze bushing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 24, 2015, 08:31:05 PM
No, it isn't a bushing. You guys give up, yet?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 24, 2015, 11:57:56 PM
I do. I even tried a Google search
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 25, 2015, 07:11:08 AM
Time for another clue!
We typically will give 2-3 clues before calling it a stumper.  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 25, 2015, 07:26:29 AM
I have like 4 by now! Haha... let me think.

It sits at end of the piston's travel. One on each end.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 25, 2015, 07:43:08 AM
What I mean is that when the first type of clue (how it's used) doesn't help, then we move on to something like what industry it's used in or similar.
I agree that you've posted a good one, and I'm fine with calling it a stumper and letting you post something new.  :bowdown:
Let's see what others think...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 25, 2015, 09:46:39 AM
A blocking ring for a synchromesh transmission?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 25, 2015, 10:26:48 AM
Ragecage. That is closeish, but it doesn't go in a transmission.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 26, 2015, 04:41:31 PM
Okay, im going to go ahead and give up the ghost here.

It's a cushion for a 4" piston. Stops the piston moving any further along the cylinder and isolates it from the other bits.

Who's next?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 26, 2015, 06:56:41 PM
Cool!
Since we didn't guess it, it's still your turn.  :up:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 26, 2015, 08:01:25 PM
Cool that's what it is... but a 4" piston for a what? ;)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 05:57:36 AM
Retractable thermocouple is what it goes to. It's basically a giant thermometer that reports the temps to whatever it's hooked up to. The piston moves the thermometer into the slurry while isolating the sensitive bits from the super heated material.

Anyway, here's the next bit.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fv35u4Pq.jpg&hash=7f4af0ce4476f5b237aa77eccd52a6830af68d86)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 06:31:09 AM
Can we get a little clearer photo?
It's so fuzzy it could be about anything from a hot dog to a crayon. lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 07:04:38 AM
Sure. Is this better?

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FGpQY4wh.jpg&hash=986916ac5b2b7ad395de6932008796242f787eac)

Pay no attention to the wild co-worker in his natural habitat.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 07:07:57 AM
Hmmm...little bit...
Kinda looks like a pencil case. :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 07:37:36 AM
Naw, not a pencil case.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 07:48:37 AM
Stick of wax for saw blade lubrication?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 07:59:42 AM
Nope. It's plastic.

P.S. There is a tornado warning in my area and a supercell right over my head. If I stop posting assume the tornado got me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 08:08:05 AM
Yikes!
Where are you, Nebraska?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 08:19:54 AM
Nah, Louisiana. Rare event here. There are a bunch of huge metal things all around this shop waiting to fly around. No good shelter at all.

I think the worst has passed, hopefully.

The item is electronic.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 08:33:05 AM
Wow, that is odd to get those in LA. I'm in NC, and we get them now and then, but not typically severe like the monsters they get out west.

Electronic you say?  Hmm...non-contact voltage tester?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 08:43:03 AM
Here is a pic my friend snapped today during the storm. That's a twister with a bolt of lightning inside of it at LSU. Strange to think I was just there yesterday.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fk3OA7PA.jpg&hash=143a9c387f1cbcc9545a4d20e791bbc5a34dc738)

Nah, not a voltage tester. Sadly I can't take a picture of any other angle as that'd give it away rather quickly.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 08:49:50 AM
Holy crap that's a cool photo!  :o
Too bad it's so dangerous.
Don't let the SyFy network see that, they'll make a "lightning-nado" movie. On second thought...  :up:

I'm kinda out of guesses at the moment, let me think a bit....
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 27, 2015, 11:00:19 AM
Plastic trippy cover thing for a shifter wrench handle?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 27, 2015, 11:00:53 AM
Oh bugger.. never mind. . Electronic. .. :(
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 27, 2015, 11:53:23 AM
Stud finder?

Or laser level?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 12:55:55 PM
No, it's about the size of a finger.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 03:50:10 PM
Is the thing in the photo a case for something else, or the thing itself?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 04:08:00 PM
The red thing is the "this" and it is the object itself, in its entirety.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 27, 2015, 04:22:45 PM
what's it called? maybe then I could tell you what it is.  :embarrassed:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 04:33:01 PM
Th... hey, wait a minute! I'm on to you.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 04:36:21 PM
Hahaha rage, that almost worked!  :icon_rolleyes:

Ok, here's what we know so far...
Red
Plastic
Electronic
About the size of a finger
We're looking at the object itself, not just a case

That help anyone? Not me...  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 04:37:48 PM
It's so easy. You guys are over thinking it. When it's revealed what it is, you're going to slap your self.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 04:41:58 PM
It's "universal" in its application.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 04:43:04 PM
A remote!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 04:43:40 PM
Nope
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 04:53:26 PM
Awww, thought I had it.  :cookoo:

A battery?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 27, 2015, 05:15:02 PM
A voltmeter?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 05:41:56 PM
Nah, elmojo said that earlier, rage.

You can "bus" things around with this.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 06:24:07 PM
bus fuse puller?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 07:36:09 PM
 :icon_lol: It's commonly referred to as a three letter acronym.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 07:45:03 PM
I am so lost  :cheers:

It's "universal", and you can "bus" things with it?
Are those 3 letters BUS or is that an unrelated clue?

Something tells me you may be too good at this game.  :icon_twisted: :bowdown:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 07:56:48 PM
 :cry: It's a USB (universal serial bus) thumb-drive.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 08:02:18 PM
Really?!  That has to be the biggest USB drive I ever saw! lol
Most these days are tiny. How old is that sucker?  :icon_eek:
Regardless, you win...again!  :woohoo:

Third time's the charm, right? Hit us with something good, but guessable. lol
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 27, 2015, 08:04:02 PM
It's only the size of my thumb!

I'll find something tomorrow morning at work. I'll be sure to add something for scale and not make it some esoteric part.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 27, 2015, 08:05:31 PM
That's still pretty big, unless you got tiny girly hands.  :icon_razz:
The last one I bought was smaller than the size of the USB connector, and it was a 16GB drive.

Ok, tomorrow it is, I'll be waiting. :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 27, 2015, 10:08:29 PM
Far out... you guys give up too quick! Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 28, 2015, 02:21:24 AM
I agree, Iarn is too good at this game lol.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 28, 2015, 05:43:24 AM
Rubber boots for scale.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FxrmiVqg.jpg&hash=8ec9bd77c7a0b89ec895905201b9fc6d70982e04)

Challenge accepted, Janx. Haha
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 28, 2015, 06:38:49 AM
Hahaha!
Hey, I know this one, it's a laser printer!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 28, 2015, 06:54:26 AM
Yeah, the wheels are for convenience.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 28, 2015, 06:55:36 AM
Right! Those dang printers can be difficult to move around the office.  :cool:
Are you really gonna go with that fork lift as your item?  :nono:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 28, 2015, 07:05:01 AM
I can't use all my good stuff all at once! You guys are killing me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 28, 2015, 07:18:29 AM
Haha ok, I hear ya!
So is it my turn then?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 28, 2015, 07:20:28 AM
Take it away, Elmojo
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 28, 2015, 07:51:29 AM
OK, here we go...
Sorry there's nothing in the photo for scale.
If I had zoomed out enough to include a scale ref, you'd be able to see enough of the item to ID it quickly.
As a clue, the circular piece is 1/2" in diameter.

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 28, 2015, 08:08:17 AM
Nutcracker
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 28, 2015, 08:47:27 AM
Negative.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 28, 2015, 09:07:36 AM
A compass for drawing circles?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 28, 2015, 10:26:18 AM
*Ding Ding Ding* We have a winner!  :woohoo:
I really thought that would be harder. I guess you guys are too sharp (pun intended) for me.  O0

Here's the whole thing...

Ok rage, back to you!

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 28, 2015, 04:59:43 PM
Next challenge.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1021.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf336%2Fragecage23%2F8B37F8C5-185A-413B-9055-76EF537AF133.jpg&hash=b58e92088cf9c6eaa80d36107a1474a0bb17f7a6)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on April 28, 2015, 05:58:50 PM
Fuel filter / fuel flow window?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 28, 2015, 06:58:14 PM
Nope
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 28, 2015, 08:01:32 PM
That's one of those vaping juice tanks
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on April 28, 2015, 08:07:37 PM
Got it! Take it away pliskin.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 29, 2015, 04:31:59 PM
Plisky. . Pull ya finger out eh!?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 29, 2015, 07:34:38 PM
Sorry I haven't put up a pic, I've been busy. I'm watching this Baltimore broblem. I live and work near by and it's been keeping me busy at work. Why don't you go ahead an take my turn Janx.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on April 30, 2015, 01:21:07 AM
Ain't have any right now..  :icon_confused:

... We shall wait....

So long as it's not a pic off your pee pee wrapped in a hoodie! Bahahaha
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 02, 2015, 06:29:51 AM
Hahaha!  :whisper:

I seem to have missed the whole last round, not that I knew what it was anyway.

pliskin, I'm willing to wait for you to post. Sorry to hear you're affected by the stupidity in Baltimore.  :embarrassed:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 05, 2015, 11:21:03 AM
Pliskin? .. paging Pliskin?!! ..

Baltimore eh?! .. how about a 'what looted item is that?' Picture?!... too soon? ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 05, 2015, 11:28:11 AM
Is it possible we continue and when he has a picture we switch back?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 05, 2015, 11:48:17 AM
Fine by me.
Anyone with something to post, go for it!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 05, 2015, 04:15:05 PM
if nobody else posts something within 12 hours, I'll give it a go.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 05, 2015, 05:34:36 PM
Why wait? Hit it!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Slack on May 05, 2015, 06:03:37 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 05, 2015, 11:21:03 AM
Pliskin? .. paging Pliskin?!! ..

Baltimore eh?! .. how about a 'what looted item is that?' Picture?!... too soon? ;)

HAHAHA :D



It will be nice if a social change happens in the US and people are no longer required to riot in order to force the government to hold "The Man" accountable for his actions.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 05, 2015, 09:42:14 PM
Right, here we go!

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5tOJSk0.jpg&hash=08aa5cf43b226c2047da5fe91cc5ff7142fb8337)


sorry that picture is gigantic, can't figure out how to resize it...  :technical:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 05, 2015, 09:52:01 PM
I'm gonna make a sticky image size thread now! Lol. . Maybe on weekend. .

Can't get really good look on phone screen, contrast/brightness not size issues! .. the cable bit and the square thing. . Is that it? .. just I think I see a bowling ball shape below/right of the square?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 05, 2015, 10:31:57 PM
Please do!

Yeah, cable bit and something square, opening the image in a new tab (on a computer at least) helps a fair amount with seeing it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 06, 2015, 01:41:22 AM
That's a climbing nut. you use it to secure yourself, at the other end should be a loop, to put a carabiner on it. Am I right?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2015, 06:40:30 AM
Oh man, Axe beat me to it!
Specifically, it's a jamb nut, but I say Axe takes it!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 06, 2015, 07:14:31 AM
Well, mennobike should decide :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2015, 07:27:26 AM
True. He may be looking for a more specific guess, although I'd say your description is spot on, unless we're both totally fooled and it's something else entirely.  :-[
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 06, 2015, 07:31:35 AM
Well it's a keychain version of a nut, but there's no way to tell from the picture. Didn't expect climbers on a moto forum, darn! Axe takes it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2015, 07:40:43 AM
Us climbers are EVERYWHERE, didn't you know?  :icon_mrgreen:

Ok Axe, take it away...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 06, 2015, 08:07:36 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fiv8jrIg.jpg&hash=c73db57908a7e533c7272fae8ea5dec4936bab9b)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2015, 08:17:42 AM
Anti-static wrist grounding strap.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 06, 2015, 08:23:38 AM
Yes it is :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2015, 08:29:48 AM
 :woohoo:   I win!
Oh dang, now I have to find something to post.  :mad:
Okay, standby, searching office....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 06, 2015, 08:43:20 AM
That is what I did, and that was the most strange thing I had around, and it was to easy for you, I have to find somthing harder next time.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2015, 08:57:37 AM
That's the trouble with a lot of these items, either you know it immediately or you'll never get it.
The really good ones are those that take some deep thinking and investigation.
That's really the point, to make us think and learn something new about the world that we didn't know before.  :up:
Now, let's see if I can find a tricky one....  :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2015, 11:11:37 AM
OK Gents, give this one a try...
I've discovered that my office has a dearth of interesting things. lol

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Post by: ragecage23 on May 06, 2015, 11:35:25 AM
A highlighter and a penny
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Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2015, 11:40:52 AM
Yeah, I was afraid that would be too easy.
Oh well, I tried.  :-[

Ok rage, do a better job than me at posting something worth guessing.  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 06, 2015, 12:00:39 PM
Looking for a real specific answer

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2015, 12:54:36 PM
Oh man, that's a tough one.
Looks like a mounting plate of some sort, but I know that's nowhere near specific enough.  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 06, 2015, 02:16:14 PM
It is a mounting plate, but if you can guess what for then I'd say you got it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2015, 03:25:39 PM
If I could do that, I'd be psychic!  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 06, 2015, 04:24:13 PM
Let's see if someone can get it. If not I'll give to you, elmojo.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2015, 06:02:49 PM
Nah, my guess was way too general. Anyone can see it's a mounting plate, I'm just not smart enough to figure out what kind.
Hopefully some of the others will chime in with better guesses.  8)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 06, 2015, 09:07:13 PM
Mounting plate for all your bits and bobs on that one thing so you can tie it all together??  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 06, 2015, 11:03:28 PM
Give us a clue ragecage23, what industry?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 07, 2015, 03:52:53 AM
Mounting plate for servos and stuff on a r/c car/boat/plane/drone. .. ??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 07, 2015, 09:37:46 AM
It pertains to something that goes on a car.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 07, 2015, 10:04:07 AM
Related to a racing seat perhaps?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 07, 2015, 10:11:11 AM
Mounting plate for a seat belt.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 07, 2015, 11:10:36 AM
Part of a roof rack/bar?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 07, 2015, 06:11:07 PM
Nope, hopefully this hint will "light" the way. It goes under the hood.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 07, 2015, 06:25:48 PM
Ignition coil mount?  :icon_razz:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 08, 2015, 04:35:59 AM
Engine bay work light for breakdowns/repairs in the dark?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 08, 2015, 12:44:11 PM
Some kind of mounting bracket for a hedlight?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 08, 2015, 10:01:51 PM
Boom, axexandru got it. It's a mount for a ballast.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 09, 2015, 05:27:56 AM
Cool! For an HID, right?
OK axe, take it away!  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 09, 2015, 10:55:20 AM
Beginners luck :)) Here you go.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FqL1I6KR.jpg&hash=ea10229920013229ce3b1f25f2cfd1973adfa8bb)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 09, 2015, 11:19:08 AM
Yeah for an HID. Is it some sort of tape measure holder?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 09, 2015, 12:01:56 PM
Nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 09, 2015, 06:49:03 PM
Trays for a food dehydrator?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 09, 2015, 11:01:50 PM
Nope.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 10, 2015, 04:30:57 AM
Filter cage?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 10, 2015, 05:22:01 AM
No :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 10, 2015, 05:25:48 AM
Is it a stand of some sort?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 10, 2015, 06:08:39 AM
No., not a stand
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 10, 2015, 06:36:00 AM
the lid to a salad spinner? - I don't know exactly what they are actually called, or exactly why they are used, but my wife has one.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 10, 2015, 06:39:05 AM
Or a coaster?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 10, 2015, 07:16:27 AM
No. I have never seen a salad spiner :))) i'm gonna google it :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 10, 2015, 07:38:47 AM
Can we get a size comparison?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 10, 2015, 07:41:58 AM
Hot tub prefilter?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 10, 2015, 07:49:08 AM
I think they're called lazy susans, Slack.

Is it some varient of a spool?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 10, 2015, 10:32:47 AM
Yes, it is a varient of a spool, but for what? If no one gives a more specific answer, i will give it to you Iarn. It's about 15 cm in diameter.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 10, 2015, 10:58:07 AM
Na, a lazy susan is the round spinning thing in centre of table for condiments or side dishes etc,

Spool for industrial weaving machine... carpets etc. .. ?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 10, 2015, 11:12:18 AM
No :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 10, 2015, 11:23:56 AM
A spool for weed eater string?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 10, 2015, 11:27:59 AM
No
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Slack on May 10, 2015, 11:40:33 AM
Quote from: Iarn on May 10, 2015, 07:49:08 AM
I think they're called lazy susans, Slack.

Is it some varient of a spool?

No not a lazy suzan, a salad spinner -I did have the name right- is completely different:
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxo.com%2Fimages%2Fproduct%2Flarge%2F1155901V2.jpg&hash=3aa45328e6fd5dcd8cba5aa277e9236bec1542c7)
I think you rinse veggies and use that thing to dry them  :dunno_black: I eat my veggies dirt and all  8)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 10, 2015, 12:10:37 PM
Spool for electrical wire?

And I've never seen one of those in my life, Slack.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 10, 2015, 01:00:52 PM
No, not for electrical wire. It's a spool or a reel. One small clue, it is used in some sort of chemistry
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 10, 2015, 01:07:01 PM
Centrifugal seperator thing? Spins solutions to seperate them?

Aka centrifuge.

magnesium spool?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 10, 2015, 01:27:05 PM
Not that kind of chemistry. It is used with chemical substance, and it was used a long time ago, now only passionate people use it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 10, 2015, 01:30:49 PM
And it's not some type of metal strip spool?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 10, 2015, 01:44:19 PM
If it isn't a magnesium spoil, I have no idea.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 10, 2015, 05:08:01 PM
I'm stumped.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 10, 2015, 08:43:40 PM
No, it' some type o plastic that goes around it.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 10, 2015, 08:44:16 PM
Hmm chemistry...  spool. .. a dip tank spool for coating or anodising wire spools?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 10, 2015, 09:55:30 PM
Hmmm it is a tank spool, as it goes into a tank and the substances goes in there also, but for what? It's not fo anodising wire. I like johnny cash, he has a song, god's gonna cut you down, it goes like this: What s been done in the dark will be brought to the light.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 10, 2015, 10:09:52 PM
It's a film spool?

Great hint btw!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 10, 2015, 10:13:08 PM
Oh I bet you that's it...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 10, 2015, 10:46:26 PM
YES, it's a film spool, you put the exposed film on it (35 mm) and then you put it in the developing tank (you must do this in complete darkness), after you close the tank, you pour in the chemicals. first the developer, then the fixer, after a few minutes, you can remove the spool from the tank, and put the film to dry (in the light).

Take it away Iarn :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 11, 2015, 06:14:08 AM
Very cool!
That was a good one. Not too impossible to guess, but not super easy, either.
Ok Iarn, your turn, no pressure...  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 11, 2015, 10:31:19 AM
Here we are, good luck  ;)

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 11, 2015, 10:52:19 AM
Rolled up fleece blanket?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 11, 2015, 11:01:06 AM
Dough, for bread, or sponge cake.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 11, 2015, 11:06:27 AM
Axexandru got it. Boy, do I love making and baking bread. Mmmm

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FzMeNYtV.jpg&hash=c892762ff0e1f594ad86078d1dd3f75d5c813963)

All you
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 11, 2015, 11:07:58 AM
Wow, that is one BIG loaf of bread. lol
Scale down those photos!  :flipoff:

Ok Axe, hit it!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 11, 2015, 03:38:00 PM
At first I thought it was one of them things inmates make...with the glove and the towel...nevermind
:oops:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 11, 2015, 03:52:22 PM
A fee-fee Slack? Why do you know about those things? So revealing!  :whisper:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 11, 2015, 05:21:56 PM
Quote from: Iarn on May 11, 2015, 03:52:22 PM
A fee-fee Slack? Why do you know about those things? So revealing!  :whisper:



:angel:
Your the one who knew what they were called   :dunno_white:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 11, 2015, 11:24:56 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F3G3zQJAl.jpg&hash=cb025bf159e124d5620d3ef6da8a5f8893bbda37)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 11, 2015, 11:27:35 PM
It's something that plugs into a computer. Ive seem that plug before.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 11, 2015, 11:54:45 PM
You could plug it in a computer, but not usualy ....

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 12, 2015, 01:09:16 AM
fiber optics cable?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 12, 2015, 01:36:42 AM
Yes it is.
Your turn mennobike :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 12, 2015, 06:59:36 AM
Dang it, I knew that one too!  >:(

I need to be quicker on checking my email, I see.  :nono:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 12, 2015, 08:18:24 AM
oh crap  :icon_eek: I didn't think I'd get that right! Give me a minute...

http://imgur.com/FlikmL0 (it's huge, don't want to direct link it, I should really take the time to learn how to use this forum sometime  :dunno_white: )

I'm going to be way out in the boonies until friday away from the internet, so I'm going to send janx the answer and one more picture to put up if nobody gets it right off.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 12, 2015, 08:21:47 AM
I am going to guess emergency blanket, or inflatable pool toy
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 12, 2015, 08:43:44 AM
It's really dark for me. Hard to make out what I'm looking at.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 12, 2015, 09:09:17 AM
I think bluesmudge got it with emergency blanket. Let's see :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 12, 2015, 09:13:27 AM
Pocket size weather balloon!  :cookoo:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 12, 2015, 11:04:35 AM
Hmmm close enough for me.. emergency 'space' blanket! .. don't think the whole world calls them space blankets just emergency blankets.  The 'Space' thing was one of the early marketing ploys, when everyone had to have space stuff cos it was ultra cool! , space food sticks, astronaut (dehydrated) ice cream etc!.   

Speaking of drying things out, Yankees have developed dehydrated/powdered booze?! Just add water!? Amazing things people think of!!

...anyway. . Take it away Smudge!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 12, 2015, 09:50:34 PM
Have at it
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billycreek.net%2Fphotos%2Fwhat_is_this_small.jpg&hash=91f83ede8e5bdac35ca2c1b93055d4c2d670fd5c)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 12, 2015, 11:10:58 PM
I have no ideea what that is, but .. do you use it with a plumb line?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 13, 2015, 02:45:19 AM
I'm hoping its a navigation beacon for Sharks with a fricken Laser on their head!!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 13, 2015, 04:27:49 AM
That's a great picture. Lots of little hints inherit in it. Still can't figure out what it is. 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 13, 2015, 11:02:51 AM
Quote from: axexandru on May 12, 2015, 11:10:58 PM
I have no ideea what that is, but .. do you use it with a plumb line?

Nope.

As a hint, you would only use this outside.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 13, 2015, 11:12:13 AM
Man, this is a tricky one!
The level bubble tells us it's made to operate flat like it sits in the photo.
The 'window' appears to be mirrored. Can't figure out the pattern in the lens yet...
That looks like a Walnut body, possibly hand made.
Any of this help anyone?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 13, 2015, 11:20:09 AM
The object is inside in the picture, Elmojo. I see what looks to be a cabinet/cupboard. A printer or a cash register, and some other nic-nacs in the reflection. Rotate the picture 90 degrees and you see it more easily.

I see how the thing I thought was a tweeter speaker is a level, like you said. I still have no idea what it could be...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 13, 2015, 02:35:58 PM
That is a bubble level, because it is indeed intended to be operated flat.

I will admit that this is a hard one, as it is fairly specific to my industry. Let me know when I should give another hint.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 13, 2015, 05:08:59 PM
For astronomy?

Is it a device used to map the night sky? Works via reflection and you use those little square quadrants engraved on it to map areas more accurately or something?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 13, 2015, 07:49:55 PM
You are on the right track as far as how its used, but its not for astronomy.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 15, 2015, 04:01:23 AM
I think it's safe to say that we need another hint
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 15, 2015, 06:50:20 AM
Agreed.
Help us out Blue!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 15, 2015, 11:53:25 AM
Here is a photo from the internet of this measurement device in use. That should help a lot. Who can get the name of the device?
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billycreek.net%2Fphotos%2Fwhat_is_this_2.jpg&hash=bfee5cfab776b29620302f697f54405ae140f001)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 15, 2015, 11:54:45 AM
Oooh, I know! It's the invisible measuring thingy!  :flipoff:

You tease! lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 15, 2015, 12:50:38 PM
In use? Okay. Well, given your other hints and your confirmation of my previous guesses... forest canopy in the image? Does it map forest canopy coverage? Density, perhaps?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 15, 2015, 02:25:49 PM
I see the photo now..wow that's huge. lol
I'm guessing it's for laying out greenhouse supports or similar?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 15, 2015, 03:18:19 PM
Nah, not that big. Ota fitting in that person's palm.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 16, 2015, 10:56:00 AM
The suspense is killing me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 16, 2015, 01:18:28 PM
Spherical Crown Densiometers
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 16, 2015, 01:20:24 PM
*Ding Ding Ding* We have a winner!
Now I see what it's for. You measure the crown of a single tree, I think.
Hopefully Blue will confirm and tell us how it's used. :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 16, 2015, 02:02:56 PM
That's amazing. I never would've guessed that name. I totally got the method of use correct.  :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 17, 2015, 08:15:52 PM
Yup, with a very concise answer, axexandru has it!

Iarn had the use correct. It is for mapping canopy density in forests.

Hold instrument level, 12" - 18" in front of body and at elbow height, so that operator's head is just outside of grid area.
Assume four equi-spaced dots in each square of the grid and systematically count dots equivalent to quarter-square canopy openings.
Multiply the total count by 1.04 to obtain percent of overhead area not occupied by canopy. The difference between this and 100 is an estimate of overstory density in percent. (Assuming each dot to represent one percent is often accurate enough.)
Make four readings per location — facing North, East, South and West — record and average.

What do you have next for us, axexandru?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 17, 2015, 08:24:59 PM
Very cool!
Ok Axe, back to you....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 18, 2015, 03:46:51 AM
Hy,

I am busy at work right now, don't have time for a picture. Iarn, since you got the method of use correct and without it I would have never find the name of the device, I thing you should take this one, if Bluesmudge is ok with that.

I really don't have the time now, sorry.

Alex
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 18, 2015, 03:51:23 AM
Canopy density device? .... I have one of them! .... it's made by husqvarna! .. 18" bar.... awesome for bringing the canopy down closer for inspection! ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 18, 2015, 04:25:53 AM
Sure, I got your back Axe.

Coin for scale:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FgxXKov5.jpg&hash=79e16c5457377a6b8d27ca34f14779c3d2f17cbf)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 18, 2015, 04:29:04 AM
Thread puller for sewing?? I KNOW I've seen one before...
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 18, 2015, 06:30:45 AM
Yeah, it's a seam ripper. Nice one Menno. Post your pic!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 18, 2015, 07:56:07 AM
I should stop playing this game before bed  :cookoo: Alright, Let's see what you've got for this thing: (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FX1XN6tZ.jpg&hash=20a71ee6ed5a63264ff4175569b486b95361ab27)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 18, 2015, 08:02:49 AM
The circle things make me think, LEGO piece
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 18, 2015, 08:08:49 AM
Lego themed clip. Like to keep a bag of chips closed, hold paper, etc.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 18, 2015, 11:10:48 AM
Folded Lego seat?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 18, 2015, 06:23:44 PM
Block Earphone Holder
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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 18, 2015, 07:39:49 PM
Nice Internet detective work, Blue.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 18, 2015, 07:58:51 PM
Cool, good job!  8)
Can't wait to see what's next....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 18, 2015, 09:36:33 PM
What is this?
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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 18, 2015, 09:57:07 PM
Horse hoof bone?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 19, 2015, 12:11:52 AM
 :icon_eek: I thought that was going to be a tough one! Nice job! I think Janxie has this one...
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 19, 2015, 12:20:56 AM
Only cos I watched discovery channel last week! Bahaha.....

Ok I'm just home and it's dinnertime, (daughters birthday!)  will take object I have in mind with me in morning and set it up on train ride! ... its smallish so easy peasy!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 19, 2015, 07:09:13 AM
Except not. It's the base of an antler, most likely Whitetail Deer.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 19, 2015, 07:12:23 AM
I do agree with Elmojo, but let's wait for Bluesmudge and see :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 19, 2015, 08:00:41 AM
crap, you're right! I was wondering why in the world there would be that frilly bone business around the hoof  :technical:

Good catch :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 19, 2015, 09:48:00 AM
You got it, Elmojo! That was quick.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 19, 2015, 10:57:23 AM
Got one that looks just like it sitting on my workbench.
I keep telling myself I'm gonna use it to make a knife handle one day..  :icon_rolleyes:

OK, my turn then?
Let's see....give this a gander:


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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 19, 2015, 11:00:17 AM
Oh poo... I got mixed up who posted the challenge... my bad.... was nearly bedtime. .

Horse hoof bone is very similar.   Ah well. Got my pic ready for whenever :thumb:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 19, 2015, 11:01:48 AM
Presentation folder binder machine!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 19, 2015, 11:06:59 AM
I know 'presentation'  isn't the right term.   But those plastic ring/spine folders you put the clear plastic sleeves in etc. My kids use them for school/university assignments and presentations
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 19, 2015, 11:35:13 AM
Dang Janx, give the others a chance!  :cheers:
That's dead on. It's technically a comb binder, but yeah, it;s for binding reports.
Okay, show us what you have!
Hang on, I'm not at all happy with how that sounded.  :-[
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 19, 2015, 11:47:25 AM
My phone don't do widescreen pics so I can't show what I have bro! Bahahaha. .

Anyway. .  This was giving me LOTS of trouble lately, so I swapped it out for a new one.... fairly easy I think?

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 19, 2015, 11:48:27 AM
'Exploded' view, I opened it up to see why wasn't working!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 19, 2015, 12:03:33 PM
Stator, clutch, something that goes on a motorcycle.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 19, 2015, 12:05:53 PM
I was gonna say starter solenoid?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 19, 2015, 12:09:27 PM
Some kind of timer?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 19, 2015, 01:54:00 PM
Weed - eater string receptical
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 19, 2015, 03:55:06 PM
Hahaha not unless weed eaters have started using copper contacts and dielectric grease!  :cookoo:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 19, 2015, 04:35:43 PM
Yeah, it's a long shot, but you never know these days.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 19, 2015, 05:45:13 PM
Some sort of battery terminal?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 19, 2015, 08:30:59 PM
Ummm nope, to all. .. but mojo is closer so far, size/diameter reference..  about a golf ball... 

Not bike bits... car bits!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 19, 2015, 08:37:33 PM
Timing advancer for a really old car?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 19, 2015, 11:21:06 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on May 19, 2015, 12:05:53 PM
I was gonna say starter solenoid?

This was tracking roughly right direction

.....

Hey my car is not really old!! And it don't have a timing advancer ... I think?? ..... It's turbo diesel!

... In related news I can now park anywhere I want!.... And will only miss the work train if I oversleep!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 20, 2015, 04:37:16 PM
C'mon lads... I'm suffering smuglessness from not saying nope here! Lol ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 20, 2015, 04:46:28 PM
I have no more guesses without some.....help....
maybe time for a hint?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 20, 2015, 05:54:50 PM
Is that the horn button, and contact on the column?

Or a "stomp" high beam switch?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 20, 2015, 08:14:48 PM
Based on the wear pattern on the copper contacts, I'd say it moves rotationally, at least in a limited fashion.
Can we get a rough size reference? I'm thinking it's fairly small, maybe 3" in diameter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 21, 2015, 01:48:54 AM
Repeat ..  ;) .. Size of object is about golf ball size .. Maybe a wee bit bigger?

Rotational movement yes...

Mojos guess of starter solenoid was on the right track

My statements of giving me a lot of trouble lately and NOW I can park anywhere (instead of in specially selected spots) and won't miss the train unless I oversleep are salient to the items normal usage.

..

A fresh hint/s ... Sometimes it was fine, sometimes 3 actions .... Sometimes 30 actions .... Sometimes nothing .... Which is also why I had To choose carefully where I parked!!

My car is a manual/stick ..... In case you Yankee types still only drive auto/slushbox cars!! ... Manual was important to my situation!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 21, 2015, 06:21:06 AM
Reverse gear switch?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on May 21, 2015, 07:52:03 AM
Convertible top or sunroof/moonroof switch?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 21, 2015, 10:03:54 AM
I have to assume your specially selected spots were on hills so you could bump start it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 21, 2015, 10:17:32 AM
Ooh you know how to reason things out don't you Slack!!  :thumb: ..... Continue!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 21, 2015, 12:28:29 PM
You said it's a turbo diesel, so I can't imagine bump starting is an option, unless you work on the edge of a cliff! lol
Clutch cutout switch? You know, the one that keeps the car from being allowed to start without the clutch depressed?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 21, 2015, 04:25:00 PM
Internal guts of an ignition barrel..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 21, 2015, 06:45:47 PM
What's an ignition barrel?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 21, 2015, 07:26:38 PM
you know - the bit you shove a key into and start things with (hopefully)  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 21, 2015, 07:56:09 PM
Oh, an ignition switch!  :cookoo: :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 21, 2015, 08:09:09 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on May 21, 2015, 07:56:09 PM
Oh, an ignition switch!  :cookoo: :flipoff:

That would be about the right size, with several electrical contacts. And I guess if the "on" always worked, it was just the "start" that had issues then bump starting would still get you running. Why didn't you just install a push button  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on May 22, 2015, 02:08:15 AM
If it is an ignition switch (not barrel - I stand corrected since the barrel is the keyed part and not the electrical bit) I shall let Elmojo take it - have just been roped into two days outside of technology coverage..
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 22, 2015, 02:40:11 AM
Yep ignition switch..... It's the electro side of the setup .. The key barrel simply has a little metal tang sticking out the end that slots into the end of the electro bit

:thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 22, 2015, 05:53:17 AM
Oh, that sounds like a real pain in the butt if it wasn't working right.
My dad had a similar issue on his motorcycle. He would have to switch it on and off until it finally made contact enough to start.
So, my turn then? Yay!  :cookoo:

Ok gents, try this one....

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 22, 2015, 08:29:00 AM
ground clamp for some manner of old electrical piece. Maybe a lightning rod?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 22, 2015, 09:06:28 AM
Negative. No pun intended.  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 22, 2015, 09:18:34 AM
A suspension wire/anchor?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 22, 2015, 09:41:39 AM
Nope!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 22, 2015, 12:33:00 PM
Tensioning device?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 22, 2015, 03:22:28 PM
No, but that's on the right track in a very vague way....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on May 23, 2015, 08:11:52 AM
Is it used in marine applications?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 23, 2015, 11:02:59 AM
Looks like 1/2 of a latch for a strap securing loads.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 23, 2015, 07:17:53 PM
Not used in marine applications, not half of anything.

Hints: It's a tool, it's not all that old, it's currently in use
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 23, 2015, 09:08:01 PM
Argh... another seen it and don't recall moment...

Something something pipework. ...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 24, 2015, 05:31:05 AM
Is it used to bend something? Like pipes? Or crimp the end of them?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 24, 2015, 06:47:24 AM
Sorry janx, not related to pipework, not a bender either.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 24, 2015, 08:12:05 AM
Not related to pipe work
Not a bending device
Vaguely used for tensioning
Not used in marine applications
Not used for securing loads

Does it latch to anything and pull something into place?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 24, 2015, 11:50:37 AM
Is it some sort of a plug, or a faucet?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Iarn on May 24, 2015, 01:23:03 PM
Beats me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 24, 2015, 03:21:39 PM
Rage and Axe are the closest so far, if you combine their guesses.
Remember, it's a tool, and it's used in a general way for tensioning.
That's a fairly significant hint.
The physical condition of the tool (corrosion, rust, etc...) is NOT directly related the the tool's function, it just happens that my boss isn't very careful with his tools.  :icon_eek:
Let me know when I need to give another hint.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 24, 2015, 11:15:21 PM
Faucet for a hydrant, or something like that?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 25, 2015, 06:29:44 AM
I'm gonna call that close enough!
It's a fire hydrant wrench.
We use it for opening hydrants to do flow testing.

Good job Axe, take it away!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 25, 2015, 07:22:41 AM

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 25, 2015, 07:28:44 AM
According to the patent office:
"Connecting part, such as a plug or socket, preferably for miniature audio connectors"
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 25, 2015, 09:03:13 AM
It is a connecting part, as in it connects to a board. At the other end of the wire is the connecting part but that is not the end that i am interested in. It has nothing to do with audio connectors.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 25, 2015, 10:10:59 AM
So it's a connector.
It appears to be very small, based on the texture of the table it's on, and I can see shrink wrap on the end.
There's really no way we could guess its use beyond that unless you give some context.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 25, 2015, 10:39:14 AM
Quote from: Elmojo on May 25, 2015, 10:10:59 AM
It appears to be very small. . .
There's really no way we could guess its use. . .
:technical:
Exactly how I feel about 99% of the pics in this thread!!!
:icon_sad:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 25, 2015, 10:41:24 AM
Hahahaha I know what you mean.  :o

It's tough balance to post something that has enough details/context to be guessable, but not so much that it's too easy.

I think Axe needs to give a hint if he wants a more specific answer that simply "a connector".
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 25, 2015, 11:01:33 AM
Lead for a lighter plug base? As in car cigar/cigarette lighter
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 25, 2015, 12:27:31 PM
The whole connector is 10 cm in lenght, what you see there is about 8 cm of it. It connects to a board that is used in BTS towers.

Unrelated: The weather in Bucharest is verry hot and sunny: http://www.accuweather.com/en/ro/bucharest/287430/weather-forecast/287430
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 25, 2015, 08:30:39 PM
Bts tower?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 25, 2015, 09:42:50 PM
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_transceiver_station
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 26, 2015, 11:09:16 AM
Uhh ok :thumb: ... so the wire/cable. .... the bit that connects the board to the antenna? .. no wire no signal broadcast?...

Possibly one of those 50cent parts taking down a million dollar installation type scenario?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 26, 2015, 10:01:22 PM
:)) no, but it will tell you if aomething is wrong with the million dollar equipment
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 27, 2015, 04:16:40 AM
Sooooo. ...  plug in diagnostic lead? ....

This is a bit esoteric for identifying!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 27, 2015, 04:36:02 AM
I will take that as a correct answer, Janx take it away :)

It's a temperature sensor, it plugs in the board of the equipment where the antennas are connected.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 27, 2015, 07:22:20 AM
Good guess Janx!
Ok dude, hit us with a good one. :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 27, 2015, 07:44:32 PM
Ok people, if you know specific name of this bit then sweet! But I don't. ... so what it is a part of will be fine!
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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 27, 2015, 07:48:01 PM
Thermocouple?
Looks like the temp sensor for a refrigeration unit of some sort.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 27, 2015, 07:50:52 PM
Bang! .. might be a thermocouple!? .. but yep refrigeration part! ... you up mojo! You glad you got it? Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 27, 2015, 08:30:34 PM
Dang it!
Now I gotta find something....  >:(

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 27, 2015, 08:33:14 PM
Alrighty, give this a shot....
For reference, the metal X shaped part in the center is roughly 2.5" across.

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 27, 2015, 09:32:01 PM
Electric motor for........ vacuum cleaner?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 28, 2015, 02:05:25 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on May 27, 2015, 09:32:01 PM
Electric motor for........ vacuum cleaner?

Or a computer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 28, 2015, 06:43:33 AM
Nope, not a motor of any kind, although there is a motor in the photo... although it's barely in the frame and is mostly hidden by the other stuff.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 28, 2015, 12:23:04 PM
Reminds me of the spring tabs that 9v batteries use.  Is it some kind of electrical connector?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 28, 2015, 01:55:50 PM
Nope, although there is an electrical component to the unit, as you can see from the wires in the background.
Those are connected to part of this system, but not directly.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 28, 2015, 02:41:56 PM
I can't wait till I get one right. I have such a good challenge.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 28, 2015, 08:37:26 PM
Here's your chance! :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 28, 2015, 09:43:59 PM
Heat sink for a light of some kind?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 29, 2015, 05:12:03 AM
Nope.
It's mostly plastic, so it would be a terrible heat sink.  :D
Ok, time for a hint: It's automotive-related.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on May 29, 2015, 06:36:50 AM
air filter cover?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 29, 2015, 08:43:25 AM
Something to do with the air ventilation?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 29, 2015, 12:12:18 PM
Not, not related to intake or exhaust in any way.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 29, 2015, 07:26:37 PM
Some part of the power supply?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 29, 2015, 08:36:30 PM
Nope!
Time for another hint....
This is part of a system that's important for the safe and effective operation of the vehicle, but not directly related to any part of what makes it go, steer, or stop.
That help any?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 29, 2015, 10:30:36 PM
Airbag deployment sensor?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 29, 2015, 11:56:06 PM
Thermofan, back of thermofan to be precise?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 30, 2015, 12:07:13 AM
Some part of the lights, like the part where the bulb is mounted, or something like that.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 30, 2015, 07:07:45 AM
Nope to all those, but Axe is is the closest to far.
It's not really part of the electrical system per se, but it is powered, and has a motor as part of the system, as mentioned earlier.

Another hint: They say hindsight's 20/20, but sometimes things aren't exactly as they seem...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on May 30, 2015, 12:02:10 PM
part of the radiator fan?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 30, 2015, 02:25:42 PM
Nope, not a fan of any sort.
In fact, it doesn't even move that much, but it does a little....
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on May 30, 2015, 08:55:20 PM
Part of the motor or the system of the whipers.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 31, 2015, 05:33:09 AM
Negative to all those.  :cool:

My hint about HINDSIGHT was a big clue.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 31, 2015, 06:22:58 AM
Reverse lights? Side mirror motor?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 31, 2015, 06:47:45 AM
Bingo! It's the internals of a power folding mirror from a Toyota Sienna minivan. :)
Good job rage, take it away!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 31, 2015, 10:44:49 AM
Yes!!! Alright let's give this one a shot.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 31, 2015, 11:06:41 AM
Looks like the sear for a small firearm of some sort. 22 pistol maybe?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on May 31, 2015, 11:09:35 AM
Nope not a sear, and it's not for a .22
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 31, 2015, 01:11:14 PM
is it firearm-related at all?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 31, 2015, 04:08:51 PM
Extractor for a semi auto 12 gauge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on May 31, 2015, 10:31:32 PM
Is that a safety lever for a 1911?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 01, 2015, 12:04:28 PM
Ejector pin for a firearm.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 01, 2015, 12:36:10 PM
I'm still waiting for rage to confirm if it's even firearm-related at all.  :nono:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on June 01, 2015, 01:52:15 PM
It is firearm related, but none of the guesses so far are correct.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 01, 2015, 03:53:19 PM
Can we get a rough size reference?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on June 01, 2015, 08:26:36 PM
It's the roughly the size as a quarter.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 01, 2015, 08:38:01 PM
Magazine feed ramp thingy?  . ..... I used to know that word for real ;/
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Post by: Watcher on June 01, 2015, 10:24:27 PM
Fold down sight.
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Post by: axexandru on June 02, 2015, 12:22:16 AM
Hammer??
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 02, 2015, 01:26:58 AM
Nope nope nope
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 02, 2015, 01:27:51 AM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 01, 2015, 08:38:01 PM
Magazine feed ramp thingy?  . ..... I used to know that word for real ;/

I think you're thinking about the follower.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 02, 2015, 03:53:03 AM
That's the one! Lol
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Post by: Elmojo on June 02, 2015, 07:36:40 AM
Nah, the follower is attached to the bolt, and "follows" the cartridge. The feed ramp is what guides the loaded round out of the magazine into the chamber.
I figure we're got guessing right anyway, might as well learn something. lol  :icon_rolleyes:
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 02, 2015, 12:27:21 PM
No, the follower is normally a plastic piece attached to a spring inside the magazine.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 02, 2015, 12:44:56 PM
That's a magazine follower, totally different thing than a bolt follower.
Mag followers are almost never metal, at least not heavy gauge like the part in the photo.
In any case, I have no clue what the mystery part is. Can we get a hint maybe?
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 02, 2015, 01:23:37 PM
Do you have a picture of the follower you're talking about? I'm curious now. As for another hint, it's hard giving one without giving it away. Hmmm, the mystery piece doesn't move and is a part of a handgun.
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Post by: Elmojo on June 02, 2015, 03:50:45 PM
The most common follower is what everyone calls the Bolt Carrier on an AR-15 platform rifle.
Also, on an AK-type rifle, it looks like this...(https://www.k-var.com/shop/images/d_1374.jpg)
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 02, 2015, 04:41:35 PM
Interesting. I don't own any rifles yet, so I wouldn't have known. Elmojo dropping knowledge...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 02, 2015, 05:30:16 PM
Elmojo, I've never heard of anything like that called a follower.  Even in the AK example, I'd still call it a bolt carrier.  It doesn't simply follow the bolt, it holds the bolt and directly influences it's manipulation by camming and such.

But potayto potahto.


I guess magazine disconnect (magazine safety, not release switch).
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Post by: Slack on June 02, 2015, 06:34:18 PM
Never herd that called a follower either  :confused: (until just now of course, 1st time for everything)

It's a Locking Block?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 02, 2015, 07:14:03 PM
Yeah, pretty much everyone (including the US army manual of arms for the M4 rifle) calls it a Bolt Carrier, but the "official" term, by the man who designed it, is "Bolt Follower".
You'll see the term 'bolt follower' used more often in auto shotguns, but it pretty much serves the same purpose.
Like you say, it matters not one bit in practical application, but that's kinda the point of this thread, right? lol

I'm ashamed to admit that I still have no clue what the mystery piece is.

- Appears to be stainless
- is a pistol part
- does not move
- is about the size of a quarter

wait....is it an ejector?

Edit: I see that Watcher guessed ejector, but I never saw where rage said yes or no to that...
Edit Edit: Actually, rage did say that ejector is wrong. Dang it, back to the drawing board...  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on June 02, 2015, 09:31:36 PM
I'm wondering if it's the upper trigger plate. (what I mean by that is the bit through which the trigger would descend. The trigger guard would be attached to this thing, I guess?)
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Post by: Watcher on June 02, 2015, 10:48:30 PM
I think I got it.

It's a slide rail.  Steel insert for a plastic framed handgun like a glock for the slide to ride on.
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 03, 2015, 01:02:00 AM
Slack got it. It's a locking block. Take it away!
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Post by: Janx101 on June 03, 2015, 02:37:18 AM
My bad memory... yep follower is what y'all said.... so what's the bit that sits on top of a magazine spring then? ... it has been nearly 20 years!
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 03, 2015, 04:07:16 AM
It's called a follower lol
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Post by: Slack on June 03, 2015, 05:03:38 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi228.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee70%2FLittle-X%2F015_zpsowgokhdd.jpg&hash=525a6f862dea0f5551d8939351bef7e9c5e7e956)
:flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 03, 2015, 06:37:18 AM
Oh man Slack, that's a tricky one!
Obviously aluminum, seems to be anodized.
Looks like some sort of mounting bracket.
I don't see threads in the center hole, so maybe a centering bushing of some sort?
Any of this on the right track?

Regarding the "follower" discussion, both the bolt follower and magazine follower are called followers.
The common phrasing is "Bolt Carrier" and "Magazine Follower", probably to avoid just such confusion. :)
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Post by: Slack on June 03, 2015, 09:24:09 AM
It is aluminum and there are no threads in the center.
8)
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 03, 2015, 11:32:04 AM
Is it a part to a telescope?
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Post by: Slack on June 03, 2015, 02:49:37 PM
Nope.
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 03, 2015, 02:50:49 PM
Is it attached to whatever it's on?
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Post by: Slack on June 03, 2015, 03:03:18 PM
No, that's just my dirty table, with some clean boxers, a quarter, and the mystery piece.

hint? this is a tough one
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Post by: Watcher on June 03, 2015, 04:55:03 PM
Hang on, Ragecage, what firearm was your piece from?



Guess:

Spindle for an RC helicopter?
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Post by: Janx101 on June 03, 2015, 05:04:55 PM
Ok,  so it supports something, 3 'legs' to seat into the thing it supports.
No thread centre. .. so it spins freely. ...

DJ turntable axle/support thingy...  (pintle?)
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Post by: Elmojo on June 03, 2015, 05:43:09 PM
Yeah, I was hoping to get a photo or description from rage also.
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Post by: Slack on June 03, 2015, 06:24:07 PM
I think the last piece was from a GLOCK.
I pulled out my cleaning mat with a G17 schematic on it and it was shaped the exact same, part #21.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F08MG7RM.jpg&hash=1fdf17aecd457c4f7defa8d315e092981f594b05)
NOTE: part #29 is a "follower", not a "magazine follower" hahaha!  :icon_twisted:
(I've always herd "mag. follower" and "bolt carrier" myself, but completely feel it doesn't matter. I just think it's funny that Glock just uses "follower".


Watcher is on the right track!!!
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 03, 2015, 06:43:27 PM
Quote from: Watcher on June 03, 2015, 04:55:03 PM
Hang on, Ragecage, what firearm was your piece from?

Yup, Glock indeed. A gem 3 G21 to be exact. And I KNEW it was just called a follower lol didn't want to start any trouble though.
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 03, 2015, 06:45:07 PM
And with that diagram there goes all my other challenges haha
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Post by: Slack on June 03, 2015, 07:08:06 PM
Quote from: ragecage23 on June 03, 2015, 06:45:07 PM
And with that diagram there goes all my other challenges haha

As good an excuse as any to buy a new gun!
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Post by: Elmojo on June 03, 2015, 07:27:39 PM
Glock only calls it a follower (not magazine follower) because it doesn't have a bolt follower, hence no reason to specify.
On other platforms (AR for example) there are BOTH magazine and bolt followers.
Benelli shotguns also have bolt followers AND magazine followers. In that case, the bolt follower is a separate piece that adds weight and inertia to the bolt, smoothing operation.
In a shotgun (tube-fed type), the "magazine follower" is commonly called the plunger, for some reason.

I knew I had seen that part before! I was working on my Dad's Glock a while back. :)

This new part has me stumped.
Janx's guess of a turntable spindle seems reasonable...?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 03, 2015, 08:25:50 PM
Interesting.  So I wasn't really wrong that it was a slide rail, just got beaten to it (and beaten with a more specific answer).
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 03, 2015, 08:45:21 PM
Quote from: Watcher on June 03, 2015, 08:25:50 PM
Interesting.  So I wasn't really wrong that it was a slide rail, just got beaten to it (and beaten with a more specific answer).

The slide rail is different from the locking block. There are four rails embedded into the polymer frame that the slide, well, slides on. The locking block locks the slide back after an empty magazine.
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Post by: ragecage23 on June 03, 2015, 08:46:26 PM
Quote from: Slack on June 03, 2015, 07:08:06 PM
Quote from: ragecage23 on June 03, 2015, 06:45:07 PM
And with that diagram there goes all my other challenges haha

As good an excuse as any to buy a new gun!

If only my wife agreed lol I apparently don't need more than two, my thee being a Ruger SR22
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 03, 2015, 09:20:36 PM
Quote from: ragecage23 on June 03, 2015, 08:45:21 PM
Quote from: Watcher on June 03, 2015, 08:25:50 PM
Interesting.  So I wasn't really wrong that it was a slide rail, just got beaten to it (and beaten with a more specific answer).

The slide rail is different from the locking block. There are four rails embedded into the polymer frame that the slide, well, slides on. The locking block locks the slide back after an empty magazine.

That's wrong.  That's part #26, "slide stop lever", and only part #26 is involved with locking the slide back.  Follower lifts lever, lever fits into groove on the slide, slide gets captured.

The locking block cams the barrel into the lugs into the slide, locking the action into battery.


In retrospect I was wrong, the slide doesn't contact that whatsoever.  I mistook it in the blowup diagram.  Apparently on Glocks the side rails are permanently in the frame.  My Ruger SR9 as well as my buddy's FNS9 both have a dual purpose block that is both slide rails and locking block.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 03, 2015, 10:26:21 PM
Here's a hint: It's a tool.
And like I said, watchers guess about a spindle was on the right track.

Rage: every man needs a shot gun
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on June 04, 2015, 04:12:26 AM
Quote from: Slack on June 03, 2015, 10:26:21 PM
Here's a hint: It's a tool.
And like I said, watchers guess about a spindle was on the right track.

Rage: every man needs a shot gun

So it's a type of spindle? Would I put a roll of seeing thread onto that piece then into the sewing machine?

And you know, I tried using a shotgun and I really didn't like it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 04, 2015, 09:40:41 AM
It is not a spindle, it is not part of anything, it's a tool used to work on something very specific. Something watcher may have mentioned in his spindle guess.
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Post by: Slack on June 04, 2015, 09:46:18 AM
What were you shooting out of and at with the shotgun? High brass (slugs and buck) is painful, but field loads are pure fun.
Paper sux. But I love setting up 8 bottles randomly down range and seeing how fast I can make all 8 jump 10 feet in the air! And there is nothing like shooting clay pigeons. Very few things can replace the smile on your face after breaking several moving targets in a row and watching the pieces shatter down to earth. Don't get me wrong, the first one you ever break is great. But the first time you break 8 or 10 straight, your on cloud 9.
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Post by: Elmojo on June 04, 2015, 09:55:50 AM
Blade balancer for RC heli?
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Post by: Slack on June 04, 2015, 09:58:01 AM
not quite, but your close
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Post by: Elmojo on June 04, 2015, 10:00:50 AM
Wheel balancer for RC car/truck?
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Post by: Janx101 on June 04, 2015, 12:45:21 PM
Clay targets, didn't happen all the time but I used to get an even bigger smile when I got the sucker dead centre at close range and it just vaporized into a small cloud of dust! .. just BAM!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 04, 2015, 12:49:50 PM
Push key for RC battery cover? ... fancy schmancy instead of usual slide job?
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Post by: Janx101 on June 04, 2015, 12:51:26 PM
Or possibly push key for blade/prop/wheel release?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 04, 2015, 02:52:03 PM
Nope, it is used for working on rc heli's, but it's non of those.
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Post by: Elmojo on June 04, 2015, 03:02:36 PM
Hmmm, you're right, this is a tough one!
Are we talking about micro helis, or the larger 600-700 series monsters?
I know we're not allowed to ask direct questions, but I'm counting this as a hint. ;)
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Post by: Slack on June 04, 2015, 03:13:58 PM
You can get bigger ones for bigger heli's and smaller ones for micro heli's. The one pictured is for a 450.

(Real, Hobby Grade Heli's, not mall kiosk stuff)
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Post by: Elmojo on June 04, 2015, 03:26:27 PM
That you on the sticks there, Slack?  :bowdown:
My buddy flies 3D, but not anywhere near that level.
Me, I'm just glad when I can fly a full pack without bouncing off the ground multiple times.  :-[
Tick-Tocks were always my favorite moves when watching competitions. The physics and stresses involved are pretty amazing.

Ok, so it's a tool, and can be scaled to work with various size helis....
It's not a blade balancer.
Is it a diagnostic/adjustment-type tool or more of a normal operation thing?
In other words, is this a tools you'd use when there's nothing wrong with the heli?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 04, 2015, 03:44:13 PM
Hell no that's not me, ha!
I can do some 3d, but NOTHING like that (my 3d often bounces off the ground too, lol).

The tool is sort of like a ruler for part of the helicopter.
It is Up-Side-Down in the picture, compared to how it would be used (to give you guys, and SBW if she's in here, a better view).
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 04, 2015, 04:49:33 PM
So its a guage?  Is it for setting the blade angles so they're all uniform?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 04, 2015, 06:48:08 PM
You use this before the blades are installed during assembly. But, If you didn't set this right, you could never get the blade angles right later, as what it effects is connected to the blades.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 04, 2015, 06:56:16 PM
Rotor clamp alignment tool for a tri-blade head!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 04, 2015, 07:14:45 PM
below the blade grips.
Standard 2 blade head.
You guys are really really close but not quite there, should I just call it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 04, 2015, 07:26:42 PM
Swash plate leveler?
Control arm adjustment tool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 04, 2015, 07:37:39 PM
It is a swash plate leveling tool.
take it away.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 04, 2015, 08:01:27 PM
Finally! Whew, that was a tough one!  :woohoo:

Ok, time to do the great search for something interesting to post....hang tight.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 04, 2015, 08:07:16 PM
Ok folks, give this a shot....
And before some wiseguy chimes in, no, it's not a USB flash drive!
Would I really make it that easy on you?  :cookoo:

[attachment deleted by admin]
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Post by: axexandru on June 04, 2015, 11:42:21 PM
But it clearly goes in the USB port of a computer, hmm, a secure dongle used to alloe acces to a computer (for loggin in a computer), or a wifi dongle, or a bluetooth dongle :))
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on June 05, 2015, 01:46:30 AM
Quote from: Slack on June 04, 2015, 09:46:18 AM
What were you shooting out of and at with the shotgun? High brass (slugs and buck) is painful, but field loads are pure fun.
Paper sux. But I love setting up 8 bottles randomly down range and seeing how fast I can make all 8 jump 10 feet in the air! And there is nothing like shooting clay pigeons. Very few things can replace the smile on your face after breaking several moving targets in a row and watching the pieces shatter down to earth. Don't get me wrong, the first one you ever break is great. But the first time you break 8 or 10 straight, your on cloud 9.

High brass slugs were the only thing allowed on the range.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 05, 2015, 06:09:23 AM
Axe, you're very close.
It's not really a dongle, since it doesn't have to stay plugged in, and not used for logging into a computer...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 05, 2015, 07:14:23 AM
Certificate for signing is to a website or a vpn, or something like that.
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Post by: Elmojo on June 05, 2015, 08:05:31 AM
Close enough.
It's a 2-factor authentication key for logging into a secure service.

Ok Axe, your turn!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 06, 2015, 10:09:18 PM
Paging Axe. Paging Axe. Come in Axe.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 06, 2015, 11:47:37 PM
Sorry guys, nothing until tomorrow :(
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 07, 2015, 01:49:25 PM
It's all good.
I won't know what it is anyway  :technical:
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Post by: Elmojo on June 07, 2015, 02:27:59 PM
Hahaha same here!  :cookoo:
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Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 07, 2015, 02:43:42 PM
Most likely me too! This game is very interesting to watch though  :thumb:
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Post by: axexandru on June 07, 2015, 11:21:49 PM
:)) Thanks for waiting, here it is:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FhHms63G.jpg&hash=4ec8e5d3434fac74a8b2cd79f3b3de5ed9a74cdf)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 08, 2015, 04:36:19 AM
Clutch something something.......
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 08, 2015, 04:42:36 AM
No.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 08, 2015, 06:19:09 AM
Rotary cutter blade hub?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 08, 2015, 07:24:51 AM
No
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 08, 2015, 07:37:00 AM
Here's what I can tell...

1) It's quite small, based on lint in frame
2) It's electronic, based on the kaptan flexible connector visible on the right side
3) It's very clean, so probably not a tractor part, for example. :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 08, 2015, 07:44:03 AM
You are right, I am not looking for a name, just what is it a part off :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 08, 2015, 07:47:06 AM
Disk drive?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on June 08, 2015, 09:45:18 AM
Yeah, that's definitely the little doohickey in the middle of tray loading DVD/CD drives and players that holds the disk in place.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 08, 2015, 12:35:45 PM
yes it is, your turn elmojo
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 08, 2015, 12:58:58 PM
Yay me!  :woohoo:

Axe, while I look for a new photo to post, can you show us the whole thing, or at least a full name for it?
Part of this game is seeing the full object once we guess correctly. We're a visual bunch, at least I am.  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 08, 2015, 01:13:56 PM
Give this a look

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 08, 2015, 02:57:00 PM
Mosin Nagant bayonet.  Better get on cleaning that up!  Looks like it may have been reamed as well...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 08, 2015, 03:53:14 PM
I figured someone would get it right away. It's one of those "you either know it or you don't" things.
This one is junk. It was taken off a Mosin that I turned into a custom bolt gun project.
I have a few parts left over, like this bayonet and the original stock. Gonna find a use for them one day....

Ok Watcher, take it away!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ragecage23 on June 08, 2015, 06:37:32 PM
I never would have got that. The mosin nagant is a beautiful rifle though, quite jealous.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 08, 2015, 08:11:24 PM
They're not expensive, you should get one.
I've had several. They're fun to shoot, even if they kick like a rather unhappy mule.  :sad:
Here's my current one...
The only things that are original are the bolt and chamber, everything else was replaced or reworked.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 08, 2015, 08:29:22 PM
I've got an M91/30 that I was planning on but never ended up sporterizing.  It's sitting in pieces at the moment.  Also have an M44 side-folder, and that one is the beauty of the two!  More fun to shoot because it's louder and lighter, it's just as accurate, and it also doubles as a flame thrower!


(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F661%2F9poMcE.jpg&hash=414c9e2cae0405f61dc372a34233e9606c7452e5) (https://imageshack.com/i/id9poMcEj)

Go!  Watch for size reference.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 08, 2015, 08:32:27 PM
M44 side folder? Do you mean the bayonet side folds, or it has a folding stock?  :icon_eek:

Part of a R.A.T. 7 (or 9) mouse?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 08, 2015, 08:45:35 PM
Bayonet side folds, had m44 also. .. always remember earplugs!...  can't imagine how soldiers weren't stone deaf from the little beast! Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 08, 2015, 09:21:55 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on June 08, 2015, 08:32:27 PM
M44 side folder? Do you mean the bayonet side folds, or it has a folding stock?  :icon_eek:

Part of a R.A.T. 7 (or 9) mouse?

Yeah, bayonet is permanently attached to the muzzle and it just swings out or folds in.



Nope, not part of a mouse. 

I'd never use one of those Cyborg pieces of garbage anyway.  Roccat makes the only mice I'll ever use!  On the subject, got myself a mechanical keyboard finally.  Been a long time coming, and I've purchased and tried out many but never ended up keeping any until now.  Got a CM Storm Quickfire TK with the blue switches.  Soo amazing to type on!  Also just got a Razer Orbweaver for gaming.  It's pretty legit.  Still getting used to it, though.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 12, 2015, 10:25:08 AM
No other guesses yet?  Do you guys need a hint?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 12, 2015, 12:05:26 PM
Yeah, I think it may be hint time. :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on June 12, 2015, 06:54:05 PM
Yeah, I've got nothing...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 12, 2015, 07:50:40 PM
It looks so familiar....
Part of a putter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 13, 2015, 12:07:30 AM
It has a smaller part that it works in conjunction with to perform its designed function.  The side farthest from the camera is of no particular relation to its function.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on June 13, 2015, 07:36:09 AM
Hmm, there's an L on it... I've still got nothing. This is a good one!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 13, 2015, 04:45:02 PM
The side closest to the camera has a specific shape that dictates its use.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on June 13, 2015, 07:30:44 PM
Hmm... let's start some questions...

is the dimply stuff on the back side to help with grip?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 13, 2015, 08:33:29 PM
  :icon_rolleyes: ... Another item that I've seen over the years.... And no memory of what it is...

... Something something to line up/align something

And it's small...

... Hang on... It looks kinda like a screw holder thingy ... Saves the fingers from getting a screwdriver tip in them in difficult access situations..... Only ever seen them in plastic/polymer though...

Kinda like... But not exact
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 14, 2015, 01:15:50 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on June 13, 2015, 08:33:29 PM

... Hang on... It looks kinda like a screw holder thingy ... Saves the fingers from getting a screwdriver tip in them in difficult access situations..... Only ever seen them in plastic/polymer though...

Kinda like... But not exact

No, not even remotely, but a screw of a certain kind IS part of it.

Quote from: mennobike on June 13, 2015, 07:30:44 PM
Hmm... let's start some questions...

is the dimply stuff on the back side to help with grip?

It could be, I could see how it would, but I think the intended result was more aesthetic in nature.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 16, 2015, 12:02:00 PM
New hint.  It is used to work on something that is common on most two wheeled vehicles.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 16, 2015, 12:03:12 PM
Common on 2-wheeled vehicles, but uncommon on 4-wheelers?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 16, 2015, 07:01:30 PM
A shock adjustment tool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 16, 2015, 07:36:19 PM
Spoke wrench?!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 16, 2015, 08:12:18 PM
Chain link tool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 16, 2015, 11:16:00 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F538%2FepuXMx.jpg&hash=dceba6e5bbb49e4ae4e24c023e275f8d51482a50) (https://imageshack.com/i/eyepuXMxj)
Chain tool for a bicycle.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on June 17, 2015, 12:03:04 AM
Dang, wouldn't have gotten that in years... makes sense how it works, though!

Alright, watcher, got anything else?
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Post by: Elmojo on June 17, 2015, 07:21:21 AM
Janx got it.
Congrats!

Ok Janxy, hit us!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on June 17, 2015, 07:51:11 AM
whoops! my mistake! Sorry Janx!  :cheers:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 17, 2015, 10:16:43 AM
It's 3am and I've been awake 15 mins. .. errk! ..  find something today :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 17, 2015, 12:56:35 PM
Elmojo, in actuality since its from a bike multitool the chain jig also happens to be designed to be taken off the screw and used as a spoke wrench.
Chain tool is what I was looking for, though.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 17, 2015, 01:18:34 PM
That's cool, Janx' guess was closer, he can take it....if he wakes up long enough...  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 20, 2015, 11:29:09 PM
Terribly sorry chaps..... Life happened!

Anyway.. Hopefully easy to guess this one

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fimage.jpg1_zpsjcnupoci.jpg&hash=fadab4f3649b87365b051f690200c6548693b2c2) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/image.jpg1_zpsjcnupoci.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Joolstacho on June 21, 2015, 12:32:11 AM
Cor this one's easy!
It's a lousy photograph!
:flipoff:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 21, 2015, 12:44:43 AM
Yeah well. .. potato cam was charged and ready to go eh!

Silver metal thing. .. 20mm along top edge... that's 3/4" in archaic measure! ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 21, 2015, 07:10:51 AM
Glass cutter?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 21, 2015, 09:49:07 PM
Indeed it is Mojo! .. away ye go! :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 22, 2015, 07:20:01 AM
I've never actually seen one of that exact design before. The ones we have around here have a carbide wheel on the end.

Okay gents, give this a try...
It's the yellow thing, not the SD card beside it, that's just for scale.
This is another one of those things you either know or don't, so I'm looking for a fairly specific answer.

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 22, 2015, 10:07:19 AM
Shunt for a jumper set?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 22, 2015, 11:09:12 AM
I have no idea what that is, so no. lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 23, 2015, 11:47:13 PM
I think it's a small cap for something, but i don't know what .....
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 24, 2015, 04:10:35 AM
 Yeah mojo... until I saw this one all.I knew of was the wheel end type, but the little point is carbide and a tiny bit of industrial diamond apparently.... is a bit easier to use than the wheel one IMO ....

That yellow thing. .. reminds me of battery caps on little 6v acid jobs.... but it hollow. ... so... no idea! Lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 24, 2015, 07:17:57 AM
Looks like I picked a good one!

Hint: It doesn't really DO anything on its own, but you'll be glad you have one in certain circumstances.
Now that I think of it, that's not very helpful... lol
Another hint: It gets lost/discarded/forgotten pretty frequently.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 24, 2015, 08:49:35 AM
Could it be a fiber optic patch cord protector, or a switch port hole protector, or a swicth expantion port protector, you know, the hole where the sfp goes ....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 24, 2015, 09:10:11 AM
Not exactly any of those, but VERY close.
It is indeed a port protector/dust cover, but for what type of port specifically?...
It's not anything too esoteric. All of us probably have a device that uses this type of port.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 24, 2015, 09:16:09 AM
rj11?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 24, 2015, 09:48:47 AM
Quote from: axexandru on June 24, 2015, 09:16:09 AM
rj11?

Now your just hitting the key board randomly. But, I guess if a room full of chimps will eventually type Shakespeare, then we can eventually guess this mystery bit. Is it a bjug9u24bkas?   :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 24, 2015, 10:02:15 AM
https://www.google.ro/search?q=rj11&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=duKKVYa_BIqAU6_TgZgG&ved=0CB8QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=639
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 24, 2015, 10:16:37 AM
Yep!
It's a port cap for the phone line on my printer/fax machine.

Ok axe, take it away...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 24, 2015, 11:47:33 PM
Pen tip for size referance. The actual thing is longer, it has about 20 cm, this is a part of it, it has around 2 cm.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHPUiP0d.jpg&hash=3c73321e1b2b65432b14acd336f2f44d0addf7ba)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 25, 2015, 12:10:57 AM
Pretty sure I know what that is.... But I've got too much on my list at the moment to search up a replacement.. So I'll leave it alone  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 25, 2015, 10:03:33 PM
Coiled part from an antenna?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on June 25, 2015, 10:10:32 PM
Yes it is. Hope you have a better one Watcher, at least better then me :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 26, 2015, 03:06:40 PM
'Correct' name is piggy tail bit! ... coiled ... pffft ;) ;) lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 26, 2015, 03:31:02 PM
Hahaha right!
Oddly enough. some antennas are actually called pigtail coils. Not sure that sort of antenna this one is.
Maybe axe will post a photo of the whole thing. *Hint hint*  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 26, 2015, 07:18:16 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F661%2FqujqiG.jpg&hash=b1c3ca7357d1522e229401edb21cb53e54a192e8) (https://imageshack.com/i/idqujqiGj)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 26, 2015, 07:19:30 PM
a synthetic cork
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 26, 2015, 07:36:23 PM
I concur. Wine cork.
Are we right?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 26, 2015, 07:45:28 PM
Yup.  Bottle cork.  This happens to be from some of The Real McCoy 5year aged rum.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 26, 2015, 08:24:17 PM
Good job Slack, take it away!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 26, 2015, 10:05:20 PM
I was going to say not wine, but spirits! Let me see what I have around here. . .
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Post by: Slack on June 26, 2015, 10:25:07 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi228.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee70%2FLittle-X%2F002_zps1ad3kh8u.jpg&hash=9e89236499bccb3a7945c8722a29b54fb9962804)
and a second for a size reference
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi228.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee70%2FLittle-X%2F003_zpsobujlpye.jpg&hash=c691cfc59a168a05133f688ad85cfb9d466222bf)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 26, 2015, 10:29:18 PM
Dust buster corner attachment?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 27, 2015, 08:09:59 AM
no
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 27, 2015, 09:13:13 AM
Inner tie-rod end tool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on June 27, 2015, 12:24:52 PM
Well Done.
Normally just called an inner tie rod tool.
Next.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 27, 2015, 01:40:09 PM
Wooo I got one!  Ok here's something... let's see how it goes.  My phone is in the pic for size reference.

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Post by: Elmojo on June 27, 2015, 02:56:40 PM
Popcorn popper?  :cookoo:
Also, you need a new phone.  :icon_razz:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 27, 2015, 03:06:35 PM
Naw, not a popcorn popper!

Haha I have had that model of phone since 2010.  :icon_rolleyes: The original I had finally broke in half back in December so I just went on eBay and got the exact same thing for $16. Idk maybe someday I will get a smartphone but for now I am still happy with my flipper.  :kiss3:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 27, 2015, 03:16:07 PM
Oh, don't get me wrong, flip phones are the real deal, that one's just busted. lol
I often wish I could ditch my complicated smartphone and just go back to a phone that, you know, MAKES CALLS clearly and reliably.
But then, I end up needing to do something that requires my smartphone, and I'm back in the pit.  :bowdown:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 27, 2015, 07:34:19 PM
There are times when I wish I could look something up while out and about... or play a game when I'm bored somewhere... but I just remember that it's good to not be connected to everything all the time.

I had some awesome games on my phone that broke, it could actually play versions of Wolfenstein and Doom that were fun and addicting... and I can at least check my yahoo mail and the weather. It is indeed nice to have a phone that always gets and makes calls... it is very small and I don't ever have to worry about updates haha... I also don't want to pay for a data plan and all that, it leaves more money for my vehicles  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 27, 2015, 08:46:42 PM
Is it part of a slide projector?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 27, 2015, 09:05:43 PM
No sir
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 28, 2015, 02:42:51 AM
I know exactly what that is! Used to have one.   I'm on 3000km truck trip tho,  I have to make sure I have a replacement item before I blab a 'guess'

They great things eh Showbiz!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 28, 2015, 05:16:24 AM
Hey Janx, if you know what it is, you can go ahead and guess.
I suggest that if you're right and don't have something to post, you can designate someone who does have something to take your slot, then you'll get the next round even if you don't guess it.
That sound fair to everyone else?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 28, 2015, 05:31:27 AM
....yeah but part of the fun is tracking the idea/object down!... this is a good one actually, plenty of hint subject matter! ... give it some time! :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 28, 2015, 07:23:22 AM
Yes yes the fun is in the guessing  :D  They are indeed pretty awesome things Janx  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on June 28, 2015, 10:58:00 AM
Is it a light housing for an adjustable lamp? Like at the dentist....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 28, 2015, 11:06:21 AM
Not that either but I can see what you mean !
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 28, 2015, 04:27:52 PM
When I first saw demo I suspected foul play! .. then realised effect was legit!  ... THEN looked at previous item with disdain!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 28, 2015, 06:40:50 PM
It's the top of a Rainbow Vacuum maybe?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 28, 2015, 06:46:20 PM
Omg you are sooooo close!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 28, 2015, 06:53:07 PM
The middle of a Rainbow?
The top of some vacuum not a Rainbow? lol
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 28, 2015, 07:19:59 PM
You looking at a parts diagram there mojo?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 28, 2015, 07:22:10 PM
Nah, my mother in law had a Rainbow back in the day.
I seem to recall it looked like that. They have a water tank that the air flows through that strips out the dirt.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 28, 2015, 07:37:19 PM
It is killing me how close you areeeeeee
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 28, 2015, 07:50:46 PM
Derierre mojo
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on June 28, 2015, 07:52:42 PM
Ooh! Ooh!

Thanks to Mojo and Google, I know what it is....

I think Janx or Mojo deserve it though.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 28, 2015, 07:57:10 PM
No way, if you get it right, it's yours.
The game is a collaborative effort to some degree.
Besides, it's not like we're keeping score... wait, are we Janx? lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 28, 2015, 08:08:28 PM
This is so much fun... you all bring such a smile to my face  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on June 28, 2015, 08:11:04 PM
An aquarium for a Beta fish.... haha.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 28, 2015, 08:13:15 PM
No scores... but someone take it, I've checked the truck and have nothing that wouldn't be instant :/
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on June 28, 2015, 08:20:30 PM
If nobody gets it by morning, I'll call it. I'm not allowed to take pictures of anything at work....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on June 28, 2015, 08:33:40 PM
Don't they let you go home?  :o
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Post by: Big Rich on June 28, 2015, 08:37:17 PM
Only after working a 12 hour midnight shift....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: crackin on June 29, 2015, 01:00:11 AM
Is it part of an oil bath air cleaner?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on June 29, 2015, 04:05:58 AM
A rainbow vacuum water pan :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 29, 2015, 04:15:51 AM
YES you got it!! It's the water basin for my ancient Rainbow vacuum. When I bought my house a friend of mine gave it to me, complete with Aqua-Mate carpet cleaner, fancy attachments and all the paperwork. I glanced at the original receipt and holy balls this thing cost $1900+ and was bought back in the late 80's !!  :icon_eek:  Works pretty good still  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 01, 2015, 02:40:11 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FcWiQnuL.jpg&hash=cd1980c2425291e00cbb8fc93bf60496c87b0fe6)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on July 01, 2015, 04:33:53 AM
Ahhh! ... the infamous "jobber-whatsit module" .... happy to say I've never seen one of them ever! ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 01, 2015, 05:13:55 AM
Sorry Janx, I don't have anything else around here at work, but it is a module :D :) so you are right, but what kind of module?

If nobody else have a more specific answer, it's yours.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 01, 2015, 09:29:16 AM
Wait a sec, I SAID Rainbow water pan!  >:( :flipoff:

Oh well, on to other things....
Dual ethernet connector/splitter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on July 01, 2015, 10:16:42 AM
Awe man Elmojo I am really sorry... I thought you only guessed middle and top.  The water basin is the very bottom of the Rainbow vac, that's why I said you were close but not spot on.  :oops:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 01, 2015, 10:39:56 AM
Ah, I did actually say top, sorry!
I see what you mean, it was very close, not not quite the right part.

Ok, so what the heck is this new thing....? :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on July 01, 2015, 10:10:02 PM
Looks like something hot-swappable.  Thinking server...

Is it an ethernet switch?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 01, 2015, 11:04:25 PM
It is FOR an ethernet switch , and it is a connector, not a dual one. What kind of connector?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 02, 2015, 06:11:37 AM
POE?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 02, 2015, 06:26:00 AM
nope, for what type of media?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 02, 2015, 07:13:54 AM
RJ11 (telephone) line filter?
I'm guessing the 2 ports maybe be IN and OUT, since you said it's not a "dual" anything.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 02, 2015, 07:25:23 AM
nope
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on July 02, 2015, 07:44:57 AM
SFP tranceiver?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on July 02, 2015, 04:13:16 PM
Fiber module
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 02, 2015, 10:56:22 PM
Big Rich you got it :) it is a sfp module.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on July 03, 2015, 12:04:12 AM
Cool! I made this a couple years ago, so it's a little bit.... weathered. I'm sure somebody will guess what it is rather quickly.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi598.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt70%2Frmyers104%2F20150703_023711_zps4gzbowwf.jpg&hash=8ff5b8bb22279ef41f5cb05dd2dbc4f2d5428769) (http://s598.photobucket.com/user/rmyers104/media/20150703_023711_zps4gzbowwf.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on July 03, 2015, 12:37:34 AM
Is it for sucking out exhaust fumes so you can work on the bike in the garage with the door (mostly) closed?  In which case the tube is snaked in there just for storage?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on July 03, 2015, 01:42:20 AM
You're on the right track Watcher, but no. Not for exhaust fumes.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on July 03, 2015, 05:20:01 AM
Solar heating box. .. for...... really small pool? Or fish pond maybe to circulate warming water so fish don't become ice blocks?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 03, 2015, 06:34:47 AM
It appears to be a solar heater like Janx said, but for air, not water.
Can't imagine what for....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 03, 2015, 06:46:17 AM
preheater for an air exchanger?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on July 03, 2015, 10:50:16 AM
Quote from: Elmojo on July 03, 2015, 06:34:47 AM
It appears to be a solar heater like Janx said, but for air, not water.
Can't imagine what for....

Close enough for me! It's a solar heater that I hang in a window during the winter months. If you look around online for a "soda can solar heater", it's the same concept. But I found out soda cans are next to impossible to work with.

Good get Mojo!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 03, 2015, 03:39:07 PM
Wow, pretty cool! Or warm, actually.  :icon_rolleyes:
Ok, gotta find something....
Alrighty, give this a gander.
I suspect one of you old coots will recognize this right away. (that was a hint, BTW)
For size reference, the electroscribed lettering is roughly 1/4" tall

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on July 05, 2015, 11:49:18 AM
I have NO clue... anybody out there?  :tongue2:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 05, 2015, 12:48:11 PM
Oh goody, maybe I picked a tough one!  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on July 05, 2015, 01:19:32 PM
Bean counter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 05, 2015, 01:22:16 PM
lol no.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on July 05, 2015, 01:48:17 PM
Wouldn't be part of an old sewing machine, would it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 05, 2015, 02:26:51 PM
Negative.
Here's a hint: It's a tool, but is not part of anything that's used to make or create anything else.
(For example, a sewing machine is used to make stitched items)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on July 05, 2015, 07:14:48 PM
 :technical: I've got nothing
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on July 05, 2015, 08:17:41 PM
Is it for audio equipment, like a record player?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 05, 2015, 08:49:40 PM
Nope.
It's a tool, but it's not used to make, adjust, modify or repair any other thing.
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Post by: Big Rich on July 05, 2015, 11:45:47 PM
Almost looks like an old profilometer....

Is it used to diagnose or measure something?
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Post by: Janx101 on July 06, 2015, 04:28:24 AM
I don't know why but I think it's for locks and keys somehow
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Post by: Elmojo on July 06, 2015, 06:00:59 AM
Nope, not a profilometer (or related to locks Janx), but Rich in on the right track...
It does indeed measure something.
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Post by: Janx101 on July 06, 2015, 11:51:38 AM
Measures the angle of the dangle!?
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Post by: ShowBizWolf on July 06, 2015, 11:58:35 AM
I just LOLed here at work hahaha  :icon_lol:
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Post by: Watcher on July 06, 2015, 12:15:14 PM
Is it for measuring tension?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 06, 2015, 01:33:42 PM
Measures - yes
Dangle....err....no
Tension - no
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on July 06, 2015, 02:46:38 PM
Depth gauge for a whatzit
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 06, 2015, 03:26:32 PM
Nope, not a depth gauge.
It measures a single parameter, but in a very complex way.
It's no longer a tool that you'll see in use, since we now have other, simpler (potentially more accurate) methods of obtaining the same data.
Any of this help?
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Post by: Janx101 on July 06, 2015, 07:04:04 PM
... tumbleweed here! ...
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Post by: Big Rich on July 06, 2015, 07:15:09 PM
Tachometer, or something to measure lengths of wire / rope / whatever?
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Post by: Elmojo on July 06, 2015, 07:23:44 PM
Nope, although you're kinda on the right track.
Ok, time for a hint I think...
It was originally sold to a technical college in the 70s for one of their design schools.
It's used to measure one thing, but the magic of this device is that it turns the thing it measures into another type of measurement that's more useful to the user.
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Post by: Watcher on July 06, 2015, 07:56:52 PM
Wire gauge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 07, 2015, 09:03:14 AM
Not a wire gauge.
Read the hint above, it should get you thinking along the right lines...
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Post by: Janx101 on July 08, 2015, 02:24:37 AM
Technical colleges have lots of courses usually,  with probably many measuring devices..... can we narrow the field of learning a little?
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Post by: Elmojo on July 08, 2015, 01:17:01 PM
As mentioned above....design school.
Specifically, landscape and architectural design.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on July 08, 2015, 04:45:54 PM
Helps measure scale, probably spits out an "actual size" number through proportions?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 08, 2015, 06:41:07 PM
Sooo close!
Find the proper name and what exactly it measures the scale of, and you'll take this round.
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Post by: mennobike on July 08, 2015, 07:53:12 PM
Someone else take it! There's no way I can post anything for the next 2 weeks, Janxie would burn me at the stake!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Big Rich on July 08, 2015, 07:56:14 PM
Mojo, it doesn't measure pressure does it?
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Post by: Elmojo on July 08, 2015, 08:27:22 PM
Yeah Menno, Janx and I both would be upset if you didn't post.  :mad:   lol
Nope, not pressure.
Menno was REALLY close with his "scale/conversion" guess...
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on July 09, 2015, 04:19:02 AM
I'm not burning anyone... too broke for the lighter fluid this week! ;)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on July 09, 2015, 11:43:52 AM
Map scale? Building plan scale.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on July 09, 2015, 11:48:20 AM
Like you input the real distance an d it ghives you the distance that you need to draw on the map?
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Post by: Elmojo on July 09, 2015, 12:37:46 PM
In the interest of moving on, I'm gonna say that axe takes it.
It's a K&E Compensating Polar Planimeter.
Back in the days before computer design software, you would take a map or aerial photo and use this device to 'trace' the outline of an area you want to know the size of.
It would calculate the area in square units, typically sq ft.

OK Axe, all yours!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 19, 2015, 06:38:38 AM
Axe? Helloooo?
Did the game just die?
I realized this morning that no one had posted in 10 days!  :o
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 19, 2015, 10:48:43 PM
:)) No it did not die, I have been out off town with Zuki, now I'm at work, will try to find something over here. If  you have anything Elmojo, you post something so we could move on.

Thanks, and sorry :)
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Post by: axexandru on July 19, 2015, 11:55:00 PM
Here you go:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FglLmZts.jpg&hash=d07707677b99fccb50cabbe10bd2a6c4bf258275)
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Post by: Elmojo on July 20, 2015, 09:28:34 AM
HDMI cable with a dust cap?
Maybe USB-C, can't tell the size....
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Post by: axexandru on July 20, 2015, 11:53:27 AM
The size is normal usb. Not hdmi, not usb-c
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Post by: Kiwingenuity on July 20, 2015, 06:16:02 PM
Not a good ol' firewire connector?
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Post by: Elmojo on July 20, 2015, 06:20:58 PM
Looks too thin to be Firewire.
I wonder if that's just a dust cap, or does it stay in place when connected?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on July 20, 2015, 09:22:54 PM
No firewire. It stay in place when connected. I will attach a pic with a size reference when i get to work in an hour or so :)
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Post by: axexandru on July 21, 2015, 05:29:41 AM
For size reference:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FAwxZlgi.jpg&hash=7f08cbe5dcfb3f9b800b2930815014c7fc4c9ec1)
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Post by: Janx101 on July 21, 2015, 11:19:10 AM
That a yellow tip or beige/dark cream tip? ... USB 3 for a portable storage device? ..

Not sure if USB 3 and USB C are different country terminology for same thing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 21, 2015, 11:26:59 AM
No, USB 3 is the transfer protocol and typically refers to the data transmission speed.
USB-C is a new type of connector that is reversible (like Thunderbolt) and I think is small like micro-usb.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on July 21, 2015, 01:12:45 PM
Hmmm it's yellow, ad it's not a usb
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 22, 2015, 11:42:47 PM
It's time for a clue??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 23, 2015, 06:37:04 AM
Looks like it.
You picked a tough one.  :cool:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 23, 2015, 07:09:18 AM
It can only connect to a specific brand of laptops.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 23, 2015, 07:15:43 AM
Apple?
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Post by: axexandru on July 23, 2015, 07:24:21 AM
Never!
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Post by: Elmojo on July 23, 2015, 07:27:52 AM
Hahaha yeah I hear that!
Ok, so not Apple....is it made to connect to a Toughbook or similar ruggedized laptop?
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Post by: axexandru on July 23, 2015, 12:14:59 PM
no, nothing rugged, and nothing like the Panasonic toughbook
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Post by: metatron on July 24, 2015, 06:38:40 AM
USB type-C ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 24, 2015, 06:42:10 AM
Not a USB, it has the same form as a USB, but it's not.
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Post by: Slack on July 24, 2015, 09:22:45 AM
HP
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Post by: axexandru on July 25, 2015, 12:39:23 AM
No, not HP. I hope that we are not just guessing laptop brands now, no??
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Post by: Malfruen on July 25, 2015, 10:03:15 AM
Is it a power connector for a Lenovo X1 laptop?

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Post by: axexandru on July 25, 2015, 10:10:35 AM
Malfruen got it. It is a power conector for a lenovo laptop, a x240.
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Post by: Elmojo on July 25, 2015, 05:09:58 PM
Ah, very cool. I never would have guessed it.
Good job Malfruen, take it away!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on July 26, 2015, 11:22:56 AM
He must be out in the barn looking for some esoteric "olden days" item. ... come on bush boy! ! ;-p lol :thumb:
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Post by: Malfruen on July 27, 2015, 11:57:39 PM
Haha Janx, you wish. No esoterica here. Just got back from Sydney actually, gotta love those immobile specialists. I'll have something uploaded shortly, bear with me.
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Post by: Malfruen on July 28, 2015, 01:40:31 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FIVqvMEk.jpg&hash=1b9302eed6914eab13d53ec6fb0e5181ed6c68cd) (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0kkK03R.jpg&hash=f5f8f90fb5683556513ec8901f1de540d2421aa0)

This one should be pretty simple. It's all I could get a hold of in a hurry.
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Post by: Janx101 on July 28, 2015, 03:46:52 AM
O_o ... simple he says! ... looks blacksmithy. ... but for what I don't know?!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 28, 2015, 07:44:25 AM
It's a tool rest for a wood lathe.
In fact, I'd guess for a Chinese import lathe. It looks just like mine. :)
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Post by: Malfruen on July 28, 2015, 08:23:33 AM
Elmojo has it. It is a tool rest for a Wood Lathe. It's going to be my new toy when it's all cleaned up. Not too sure where the lathe is actually from yet, we got it out of storage this week. It's ancient, I know that much, but thats about it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 28, 2015, 08:31:10 AM
Post a photo of the rest of the lathe when you can, I'll help ID it and see if there are parts and such available.
Ok, what to post.... gimme a sec.
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Post by: ShowBizWolf on July 28, 2015, 08:34:53 AM
I would love to see pics of the lathe too... I was the only one in high school that wanted to learn how to turn in shop. The lathes had plastic covers on them with about a half inch of dust... I pretty much begged my teacher to uncover them and teach me.

He did and it was awesome  :icon_mrgreen:
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Post by: Elmojo on July 28, 2015, 08:50:34 AM
I really wish I had taken shop classes in High School.
I'm making up for it now, but I'm sure it would have been fun.

Ok, give this a look-see...

[attachment deleted by admin]
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Post by: Big Rich on July 28, 2015, 09:19:33 AM
I wish I would've taken more shop classes in HS. I took it for one year and made a CO2 powered car, along with some other rockets. No lathes, mills, welding, etc....  how ironic.

Anyway, I'm guessing some kind of tool..... maybe a pipe cutter?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 28, 2015, 11:24:22 AM
rj45 crimp tool
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Post by: Elmojo on July 28, 2015, 12:01:58 PM
BOOM, just like that, we have a winner!  :woohoo: :cookoo:

Ok Axe, back to you dude.
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Post by: axexandru on July 28, 2015, 11:43:40 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FStWriOg.jpg&hash=3cc45b57105506e427daab80770bcb7bfdddc227)
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Post by: Janx101 on July 29, 2015, 02:24:23 AM
C3PO's butt plug? ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 29, 2015, 02:29:29 AM
:))))) no, janx, sorry, C3PO butt plug it's a more advanced technology. This one is realy easy considering the other pictures that were posted here :)


I think I'm gonna watch Star Wars tonight.
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Post by: Elmojo on July 29, 2015, 06:22:35 AM
I guess we're to assume it's NOT a standard CAT5/5e/6 cable?
Maybe a molded phone cable?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on July 29, 2015, 06:36:40 AM
It is a CAT5e cable, but I am looking for the name of that terminal.
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Post by: Elmojo on July 29, 2015, 09:48:47 AM
RJ-45
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Post by: axexandru on July 29, 2015, 09:56:33 PM
:))) yes it is. Sorry for the easy one, but it was so natural to put the photo of the terminal after the photo of the crimp tool :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on July 30, 2015, 07:21:35 PM
Well, I've tried twice now to post a new one, but I get an error that the upload folder is full.

Can an admin fix this please?  :cheers:
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Post by: axexandru on July 30, 2015, 09:13:54 PM
You can upload the picture on imgur and post the link here :)
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Post by: Mrlimb on July 30, 2015, 09:18:13 PM
I have been getting the same message. Not sure why
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Post by: Elmojo on July 31, 2015, 05:22:21 AM
I think a site admin needs to clean out the temporary folder or something.
I'll wait until it's working. I've never had success trying to host images off-site.
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Post by: Elmojo on August 10, 2015, 07:30:27 PM
Well folks, I've tried to contact an Admin via email, but can't get a reply.
Does anyone have a way to contact someone who might be able to fix the upload issue?
I have a good one to post, too!  :icon_twisted:
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Post by: Big Rich on August 11, 2015, 04:21:28 AM
Janx said in another thread that the sites capacity was pretty overloaded. I believe he recommended posting pictures via Photobucket or something similar?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 11, 2015, 11:08:13 AM
I don't know for sure the capacity but I do remember few years ago that it was mentioned/recommended to host images off site and link in... when Adidas was still here :`( ... he setup part of his own business server as a host site also.

Pm Buddha with query I think. .. he is techy and either had admin access or knows who does... I only have moderator access.

:thumbl
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Post by: Watcher on August 11, 2015, 05:18:59 PM
I just host on ImageShack.com

I have a basic membership, it equates to like $2 a month for a pretty large amount of picture storage.  I often to picture reviews on forums so it was worth it for me.  If you don't want the membership and don't care if your images "roll over" as you max out the limit, a basic profile is free to own and use.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 11, 2015, 08:02:02 PM
Me and Imageshack don't get along.
I forgot I can share direct links from my Dropbox account.

Give this a gander and see what you folks think...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aj78otpcfm00nf7/2015-07-29%2017.33.41%20%28Medium%29.jpg?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/aj78otpcfm00nf7/2015-07-29%2017.33.41%20%28Medium%29.jpg?dl=0)
For scale, the stack of discs is about 2" high.

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/aj78otpcfm00nf7/2015-07-29%2017.33.41%20%28Medium%29.jpg?dl=0)(https://www.dropbox.com/s/aj78otpcfm00nf7/2015-07-29%2017.33.41%20%28Medium%29.jpg)
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Post by: Watcher on August 12, 2015, 05:19:43 PM
Moonshine still
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 12, 2015, 06:36:26 PM
Hahaha I wish!
Nah, it's only 2" high.
That wouldn't be much of a still. :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on August 12, 2015, 09:00:51 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on August 12, 2015, 06:36:26 PM
Hahaha I wish!
Nah, it's only 2" high.
That wouldn't be much of a still. :)

Well, I was thinking like the condenser or whatever, not the whole still.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 13, 2015, 03:43:06 AM
Part of a seismograph?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 13, 2015, 07:30:09 AM
Not a seismograph, but it does record something....
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 13, 2015, 11:20:19 AM
Polygraph?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 13, 2015, 11:36:01 AM
Nope! I wouldn't lie to you....  :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 13, 2015, 11:52:57 AM
Tisha boom!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 13, 2015, 12:28:03 PM
Tisha? I do not know that woman.  8)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on August 13, 2015, 02:34:04 PM
Morse code thing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 13, 2015, 03:14:06 PM
Nope! Good guess though.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on August 13, 2015, 08:15:29 PM
Aneroid barometer cells? from an old fashioned analogue barometer?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 13, 2015, 08:26:12 PM
*Ding Ding Ding* We have a winner!

It's a recording barometer, from a sailboat that one of my clients used to live on.
It still records, but he hasn't changed the paper in a while, so it's drawing spirals on the drum. :)
Very cool to see a visual graph of the past weather, especially when a storm comes through and it drops like a stone.  :cool:
Good job Kiwi, your turn!  :up:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on August 13, 2015, 08:31:59 PM
Absolutely have to admire the workmanship in some of the old analogue instruments out there - saw a working example of one in a jewellers not too long ago.

Since it is a Friday and I am sitting on a work PC here is something vaguely unusual and somewhat expensive to maintain.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FIMG_3727_zpsuh3i4oyq.jpg&hash=c8a126211dfa19965c6ccc535801eddb27462ea5) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/IMG_3727_zpsuh3i4oyq.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on August 13, 2015, 08:58:40 PM
Some kind of gripper for indexing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 14, 2015, 04:39:41 AM
All the parts of the "jaws" appear to be fixed in place by the pins and bolts.
Is it a blade guide for a huge bandsaw?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on August 14, 2015, 02:48:42 PM
Bandsaw doesnt strike me as "expensive to maintain".

It does seem like a piece of production equipment, though...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on August 16, 2015, 02:59:42 PM
It does grip - but what?..

It is expensive to maintain due to what it grips not being able to be removed from operation very often. Definitely not a bandsaw part.

hint - notice the tubes it is attached to
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on August 17, 2015, 02:04:10 AM
Looks extremely familiar for some reason.

Does it involve ropes?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 17, 2015, 05:56:47 AM
Also, I don't see any tubes in the photo, which part are they?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on August 17, 2015, 10:44:00 AM
red and black, on the left edge
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 17, 2015, 10:52:23 AM
Something something insulator clamp something?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 17, 2015, 11:25:31 AM
Can we get a size reference?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on August 17, 2015, 01:06:26 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on August 17, 2015, 10:52:23 AM
Something something insulator clamp something?

Oooh so close.. whats the opposite thing to this?

size - about your hand (size L glove)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 17, 2015, 01:07:43 PM
A conductor!
For heat or electricity.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on August 17, 2015, 01:23:29 PM
Elmojo has it - it is a busbar conductor grip.  It is attached to an itty bitty vacuum circuit breaker which is rated 3.3kV @ 1200A
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 17, 2015, 02:39:48 PM
So are the tubes vacuum lines?
Cool stuff in any case.
Ok, give this a shot...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gh5sf5l26gdb6tj/thingy.jpg?dl=0
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on August 17, 2015, 03:38:54 PM
The vertical tubes are the vacuum chamber housing assemblies - I figured posting a picture of a 3000HP electric motor which was at the same site would have been a bit too easy to guess..

Pretty sure I have a suspicion of what you have posted - here it is to save others some time.. sweet post if it is what I think it is.  :thumb:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy387%2Fkiwingenuity%2FGf_ORBRmzmpBZ8izvwgBX90UfzibkorORchVE5udOYI_zpsfumf9fvs.jpg&hash=ad02a6842f1f18ee50b04f4bb5939c7cf6907cac) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/kiwingenuity/media/Gf_ORBRmzmpBZ8izvwgBX90UfzibkorORchVE5udOYI_zpsfumf9fvs.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 17, 2015, 04:38:35 PM
Your backroom methlab mojo?  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 17, 2015, 05:53:53 PM
I'd love to see the whole machine that clamp hooks to, Kiwi
I suspect your suspicion is correct.  :icon_eek:
Go ahead and guess it, if you have something new to post.

Hahaha nah Janx, my meth lab is all underground, much darker in there. ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on August 17, 2015, 07:14:08 PM
Probably be scratching here at the moment to find something interesting - I do like the hint you gave Janx  :cheers:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 18, 2015, 03:12:37 AM
Oooh ooh... lighthouse globes/bulb assembly! ..... though why it would be underground I know not!?

Gollum got lost on the lake?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 18, 2015, 11:19:03 AM
Correct!
It's the light head from the Bodie (pronounced Body) Island lighthouse south of Nags Head, NC.
The light itself doesn't rotate, it flashes. It's amazing that it's run from a rather dinky-looking electric feed. The whole thing is only a couple feet tall. The bulbs are only about 8" high each.
The magic here is in the full height Fresnel lens array. The Forest Service guy I spoke with said it's visible to 12 miles on a clear night.
Those lenses are flat amazing.

The underground comment was in response to your guess of it being a meth lab. I keep my meth lab underground to hide the heat signature from the cops with heli-mounted FLIR. LOL
Oh man, this post is totally gonna get me a visit from my friendly neighborhood DEA agent.  :cheers:

Ok Janxie, take it away...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on August 25, 2015, 07:31:25 PM
Quote from: Big Rich on August 11, 2015, 04:21:28 AM
Janx said in another thread that the sites capacity was pretty overloaded. I believe he recommended posting pictures via Photobucket or something similar?
aye. been using pb for years. have 2 free accts there one as gstwin and one as yamahonkawazuki. now if its a gif youll blow your bandwidth cap QUICKLY
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 25, 2015, 07:48:59 PM
I guess we can use the external hosts, it's just harder.
Cmon Janx, post something!!!!!  :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 25, 2015, 10:34:55 PM
Harder pffft! .. at doctors now, minor chest infection.... later
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 26, 2015, 06:41:23 AM
Sorry to hear that Janx.
Maybe you'll find something cool to post at the Doc's office?  :up:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on August 29, 2015, 06:56:30 PM
Quote from: Janx101 on August 25, 2015, 10:34:55 PM
Harder pffft! .. at doctors now, minor chest infection.... later
hell ill trade yab2 broken ankles, an infection on those plus a sore throat from the intubation. Hadnt eaten since tuesday. Frigs sake hospital food looks good :dunno_white: for a chest infectoon lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 29, 2015, 07:09:48 PM
Yikes!
How did you manage that, forget to pull the rip cord again?!  :nono:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 29, 2015, 08:12:33 PM
Someone take a turn, I'm still sick(er), no voice to speak of (pun intended! ) and haven't had chance/motivation to search something up. .. I'll have something ready for when someone else gets stuck. .

At doctors again seeing if I can get a steroid shot or something for my voice,  4days now with no improvement!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on August 29, 2015, 08:16:49 PM
Still  will trade ya lol theres this buffet id LO
VE to raid

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 29, 2015, 08:28:30 PM
Sorry to hear you both are having troubles.  :cry:
In the interest of keeping the game alive, here's something to ponder while you wait for the meds to kick in...  :up:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gh5sf5l26gdb6tj/thingy.jpg (https://www.dropbox.com/s/gh5sf5l26gdb6tj/thingy.jpg)


EDIT: Ok, why can I not add an image via a link like the one above?
Don't I just click the "insert image" button and paste the link into the box?
It shows a broken image icon, then ignores it when I preview or post.
What am I doing wrong?(https://www.dropbox.com/s/gh5sf5l26gdb6tj/thingy.jpg)(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fs%2Fgh5sf5l26gdb6tj%2Fthingy.jpg&hash=3d8cd973aa5407f39f9e8237cc12c1183b192379)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 29, 2015, 08:52:59 PM
I'll have a look on laptop when back home, tapa doesn't show me diddly
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on August 30, 2015, 03:56:27 AM
hrm ok ... i dont use dropbox so im unsure how you are getting your link info.... i think from looking at your post that you might be copy and paste the address bar info??

i use photobucket .. and to the right of my pics there are a few options for link info to click on... i normally use the direct info one which gives me ... http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/ad244/Janx101/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00183_zpsxgrlsy0j.jpg (as example) .. which i insert into the image button result ... (removed the first [ bracket so it cant work )

img]http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/ad244/Janx101/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00183_zpsxgrlsy0j.jpg[/img]

theres also the PB url link info ... again the [ is removed from the image bit .. but there is another line of info that doesnt show up on screen for some reason... being =http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00183_zpsxgrlsy0j.jpg.html] .. with the [URL removed so hopefully it shows up

IMG]http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/ad244/Janx101/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00183_zpsxgrlsy0j.jpg[/img] (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00183_zpsxgrlsy0j.jpg.html)

with the working (hopefully) images below
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2FCAM00183_zpsxgrlsy0j.jpg&hash=208d65853270b7bd157b2b21c6e020e2b692a143)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2FCAM00183_zpsxgrlsy0j.jpg&hash=208d65853270b7bd157b2b21c6e020e2b692a143) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00183_zpsxgrlsy0j.jpg.html)

pretty sure that imgur has a similar setup with links to click/copy??

dropbox .. ? ? ? ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on August 30, 2015, 04:06:29 AM
... which doesnt help that much because when i look at my own post its...... messy

end of the day ... its ultimately easiest to use the free Photobucket (or imgur) thingies to store your images .. then use the little mona lisa button to insert the direct link info... OR use each sites URL link info thingy to directly put the hosting information into your posts..

:dunno_black: :dunno_black: :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 30, 2015, 08:28:31 AM
That's exactly what I'm doing.
Dropbox has direct links, just like PB or any other image hosting site.
When I use the 'mona lisa' button, it results in a broken image that doesn't show up at all in the post.
Not sure what could be the issue....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on August 30, 2015, 12:03:49 PM
If the URL isn't a direct link to the picture, it won't insert the picture correctly.  At least, not in my experience.

For example, this page:

http://www.suzukicycles.com/Product%20Lines/Cycles/Products/GSX-R600/2015/GSXR600.aspx  inside of IMG brackets wouldn't really do much.

But this page:

http://www.suzukicycles.com/~/media/397559B5978A4B1395E89BFB1F648562.ashx?h=344  inside of IMG brackets would display the picture of the Gixxer...


I've almost always used file hosting sites like Imageshack, because they take all the BS out of it.  Upload image, click on image, select tag, copy, paste, done.  No insert image, no manually adding brackets, no attachments, just copy, paste, and go.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 30, 2015, 12:54:37 PM
If you look at the link I posted, you'll see that it's a direct link to a jpeg image, and should work fine. I'm not sure what's wrong with it.
In any case, you can click the link you'll see the latest mystery object.

Stop stalling, start guessing!  :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on August 30, 2015, 11:09:13 PM
The link is just fine, i have no idee what that thing is, but the link is fine :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 31, 2015, 03:25:56 AM
Could be a sharing/permission/ country issue then?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on August 31, 2015, 03:26:50 AM
And the thing..... reminds me of a surveyors level thingy
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 31, 2015, 06:31:44 AM
Nope, not a level, though it is used to adjust something....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on August 31, 2015, 11:47:10 AM
Adjuster for sights on a firearm?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 31, 2015, 12:20:47 PM
Closer, but no.
It is somewhat firearm-related, but is not part of a gun.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on August 31, 2015, 12:28:12 PM
Is it used to mount something on a gun? Like a laser sight?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 31, 2015, 01:30:06 PM
Sooo close...
yes, used to mount something to a gun, could be a laser I guess, but that's not what it's really made for.
One more guess should get it.  :cheers:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on August 31, 2015, 01:57:04 PM
Flashlight?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on August 31, 2015, 03:53:24 PM
Close enough!
It's an adjustable mount for an IR illuminator.
The knobs let me adjust the beam to be centered in the night vision rig at whatever range I'm currently looking.

Ok axe, it's all you now  :up:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on September 01, 2015, 10:24:42 AM
Here it is:

http://i.imgur.com/XHaNnlQ.jpg
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 01, 2015, 10:42:58 AM
Oooh, I think I know exactly what that is, but I'm not sure if I have anything good to post right now.
I also can't seem to recall the correct name for it.... :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on September 01, 2015, 10:55:31 AM
Yep Mojo!  .. deffo one of them!  ... umm thingummy! ... damn! :/
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 01, 2015, 11:34:02 AM
Exactly!
I know what it is, but not the proper name, since I've never used one, just seen them used.
If I find something interesting to post, I'll go ahead and guess and see if I'm right.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on September 01, 2015, 11:56:44 AM
Well if you can tell me what is it used for it will be good enough for me
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 01, 2015, 12:11:15 PM
Ok.
I think it's a tilesetter's square.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on September 01, 2015, 12:23:04 PM
It is a square but not for tile setting.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 01, 2015, 12:32:38 PM
Aw man, I thought I had it!
There was a tilesetter on a job I worked on once that had a square exactly like that one. I recall the odd finish on it.
We used to joke with him about his "tin foil" square. :)
Oh well, shows what I know!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on September 01, 2015, 01:06:10 PM
Maybe it was a square like this one. I use it for a different job but maybe it could be use for tilesetting too
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on September 02, 2015, 04:05:12 AM
It's widely used across many builder trades.... carpentry, tiling, plastering, boilermakers..... it's also a very "old" tool in origin!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 02, 2015, 04:19:50 AM
Sounds like you know what it is, Janx. Why don't you go ahead and guess?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on September 02, 2015, 04:20:28 AM
ohhh, well, then it goes to Elmojo as he had it first, it is a square after all :)

I use it for woodworking.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on September 02, 2015, 03:28:42 PM
Please post a pic from a different angle; sounds interesting.

Thing don't look square to me  :confused:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 02, 2015, 04:20:26 PM
It's folded. :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on September 02, 2015, 10:03:12 PM
http://i.imgur.com/fdDq2HK.jpg
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 03, 2015, 06:44:21 PM
Ok, back to me then?
Give this a gander....
right here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/gh5sf5l26gdb6tj/thingy.jpg?dl=0)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on September 03, 2015, 09:08:25 PM
How big is it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Joolstacho on September 04, 2015, 12:30:44 AM
It's just an adjustable carpenter's square. You can set it to any desired angle to mark a piece of timber for an angled sawcut.
When I was a kid there would be one of these in every man's shed! (Jeez I'm not THAT ancient are I?)
Bluddy'ell if you think this is a mystery I've got a few that'll strain a brain!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on September 04, 2015, 12:35:42 AM
So it's the same as the last thing i posted ? :)))))))
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 04, 2015, 05:33:21 AM
Wait, I'm confused...
Axe, are you saying that the link I posted looks like your square?
My new mystery item should be shown in that dropbox link. Let me know if it does show right.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on September 04, 2015, 05:47:22 AM
No, Joolstacho said that your item is an adjustable carpenter's square, just like mine. Hmm, now that I think about it, maybe he was referring to my item :))) Sorry for the confusion :)))))
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 04, 2015, 05:56:37 AM
LOL right!
Yeah, mine is definitely not a square. In fact, it's not really a tool at all.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on September 04, 2015, 04:22:08 PM
Quote from: Joolstacho on September 04, 2015, 12:30:44 AM
It's just an adjustable carpenter's square. You can set it to any desired angle to mark a piece of timber for an angled sawcut.
When I was a kid there would be one of these in every man's shed! (Jeez I'm not THAT ancient are I?)
Bluddy'ell if you think this is a mystery I've got a few that'll strain a brain!

I've got one, just not that exact design.
I also wouldn't call it a square. It's not a square. Squares make 90* angles, some times 45* angles.
That is a bevel gauge, also called a T-bevel, a sliding bevel gauge to be specific. But not a square.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 05, 2015, 09:55:07 AM
T-Bevel! That's the word I couldn't think of earlier.  :icon_rolleyes:

Anyway, any guesses on the new item?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on September 05, 2015, 11:57:25 AM
a flip up sight?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 05, 2015, 01:27:47 PM
Sorta, but probably not what you're thinking...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 12, 2015, 04:59:58 AM
You folks give up?
Do I need to give a hint?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on September 12, 2015, 07:15:30 AM
hints are helpful
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 12, 2015, 04:09:10 PM
Slack was on the right track with the sight guess, although it has nothing to do with guns or firearms of any sort.
What else needs to be "aimed" to function correctly?
Another hint: It's very old. Not 1800s old, but 50s-60s I'd say.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on September 12, 2015, 05:04:56 PM
I had already picked that up from your earlier comments  ;)

What has me tripped up are the 3 "v"s one in each color. And are the colors important? Green, Red, and Yellow seems like something electrical.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 12, 2015, 05:46:21 PM
I'm honestly not sure what the V's are for. It's not electrical at all.
In fact, the entire device uses no electric at all.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on September 13, 2015, 04:16:07 AM
What needs to be aimed? ... a shark with a frickin laser on its head!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kiwingenuity on September 13, 2015, 02:33:42 PM
Some part of a projector / enlarger?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on September 13, 2015, 03:37:52 PM
no, no electricity.
A crossbow!
:dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 13, 2015, 04:34:29 PM
Nope to all, but I LOVE the laser shark idea!  :woohoo:
Ok, another hint....
What type of product would you use, that needs to be aimed to work properly, and that you'd care about different sizes of "sighting"?
This is really obvious when you see it, but you need to be older than about 45 years old, or a bit of a historical equipment buff to recognize it.
It was made in the US, by one of the true "classic American" companies.
Don't get too hung up on that last part, it's just a minor hint....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on September 14, 2015, 03:24:13 PM
Is it to estimate distance?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 14, 2015, 03:59:44 PM
Kinda sorta....not exactly distance, but something that changes with distance.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on September 15, 2015, 04:38:00 AM
Perspective changes....
perceived size changes....

Women changes!! ... at 100 yards you can see a damsel in distress!.... at 10 yards you can see an old harridan screaming at her imaginary friends!

.....

Part of surveyors sighting gear maybe?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 15, 2015, 07:20:01 AM
DDW - Distance Does Wonders  :D
Not for surveying, but very close.
It's not a "tool" per se, but it is a piece of equipment.
Just mostly for recreation, or at least it was. Pretty much no one uses these any more, since the supplies it requires are difficult to obtain.... (hint hint)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on September 16, 2015, 04:13:01 AM
It measures boobies at a distance?! ... weird!.... I prefer measure up close!.... but as you say they can be difficult to obtain! :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 16, 2015, 06:48:42 AM
Oddly enough, you could use it for that!
I agree, though, closer is better...  :icon_twisted:
So guys are really close.
It's not a measurement tool, though.
In fact, it's not really a "tool" at all, at least for most people.
It's old, not something you can go out and buy new, although there are products that serve the same purpose.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on September 16, 2015, 08:13:28 AM
An analog camera, or a visor for one?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 16, 2015, 08:37:27 AM
Close enough!
It's a flip-up viewfinder for a Kodak Brownie 8mm video camera.
The camera itself is broken, but I'm thinking of using the lenses for a project.
Good job axe, take it away!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on September 16, 2015, 11:49:22 PM
Elmojo, I would love to see the whole thing :)

Here is mine, sorry for the bad quality, and bad editing:
http://i.imgur.com/CQzDK7F.jpg
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Joolstacho on September 17, 2015, 12:36:46 AM
Quote from: axexandru on September 16, 2015, 08:13:28 AM
An analog camera, or a visor for one?
Yep, sounds photography related to me... rangefinder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 17, 2015, 03:17:51 PM
Hot shoe mount for a camera?
Of course, based on image quality, it could be Sasquatch! lol
I'll post a photo of mine shortly, waiting for the image to upload...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Slack on September 17, 2015, 03:23:55 PM
picatinny rail mount?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 17, 2015, 07:24:41 PM
Nah, not a Picatinny, the rail section is rectangular in the photo.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: axexandru on September 17, 2015, 09:15:07 PM
Yes it is a hot shoe mount :) ok Elmojo, your turn.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 18, 2015, 05:58:56 AM
Dang! I didn't think that would be it!  :icon_rolleyes:
Ok, now I gotta find something interesting....

By the way, here's the link to the whole photo (https://www.dropbox.com/s/g3xwq8tlkg36kp3/2015-09-17%2018.16.10-1.jpg?dl=0) of the flip-up viewfinder on the Brownie.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on September 27, 2015, 03:17:24 PM
Sorry guys, I haven't forgotten the game, I just can't find anything post-worthy.
If anyone else has something to share, go right ahead.  :up:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: X-ray on October 24, 2015, 07:45:43 PM
Bump.

I love this thread, what happened? It's been almost a month.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 25, 2015, 12:57:26 PM
Me too. I ran out of interesting things to post, and no one has picked up the ball.
Also, having to link to images from online sources is REALLY annoying.
I for one find it difficult to overcome the mental hurdle of bothering with the extra steps involved, when it should be so easy. If the admin(s) would just clean out the old junk, we wouldn't have this problem.  >:(

Anyway, hang on, I think I have something here....
Ok, give this one a shot (https://www.dropbox.com/s/gh5sf5l26gdb6tj/thingy.jpg?dl=0)....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on October 25, 2015, 04:27:18 PM
spectrometer? Like, for determining the compositions of different gasses?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 25, 2015, 05:11:56 PM
Negative, although it does relate to gases (or a gas) in some way.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: X-ray on October 25, 2015, 07:20:59 PM
Some thing to do withe plasma?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 25, 2015, 07:32:31 PM
Possibly. I'm not certain whether plasma is involved in the process, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
Sorry, I know that's not really helpful. lol
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on October 25, 2015, 07:45:42 PM
It looks like one of the valves from an "old school' Marshall amplifier. .  Kinda
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 25, 2015, 07:50:10 PM
Nope, definitely not related to audio equipment in any way, although the amplifier part is oddly close....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on October 25, 2015, 11:53:35 PM
Something to do with a laser?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 26, 2015, 06:51:05 AM
Correct, now what exactly...?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on October 26, 2015, 06:56:52 AM
No, no, no, I don't want to be the one who get's it, I have nothing good to post ...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 26, 2015, 07:14:00 AM
I know the feeling!
I actually found one more thing to post after this one, but it's so obscure that it's not really fair.
I had to look it up myself to even figure it out. lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: X-ray on October 26, 2015, 01:35:38 PM
A souvenir laser blaster component for the new Star Wars movie.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 26, 2015, 03:03:38 PM
Haha no, but you could probably make something Star Wars-y looking from this. It would be a waste of an expensive part, though.   :bstar: hint hint  :bstar:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on October 26, 2015, 11:34:56 PM
Glass tube of a CO2 laser.

Or, uh, part of a light sabre?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 27, 2015, 07:07:06 AM
*Ding Ding Ding* we have a winner!
Correct, it's a lasing tube for a CO2 cutting laser.
Take it away Watcher!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on October 27, 2015, 05:17:33 PM
Ok, this is either really obscure or immediately recognizable...

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F903%2FmfScGu.jpg&hash=e350873f0998dbf603e1556063b55142f225d867) (https://imageshack.com/i/p3mfScGuj)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 27, 2015, 07:08:35 PM
mag loader
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on October 27, 2015, 10:18:17 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on October 27, 2015, 07:08:35 PM
mag loader

:cry:

Too easy...

Eh, couldn't really find anything else in the house that was even remotely close to being difficult except that.  Maybe next time I'll take apart a vacuum cleaner or something...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 28, 2015, 04:01:56 PM
I know!
It's always tough to find something that at least someone doesn't know immediately.

Ok, take a look at this thingy (https://www.dropbox.com/s/gh5sf5l26gdb6tj/thingy.jpg?dl=0)....
If you cats get this one without some serious hints, you're all way too smart to be associating with the likes of me. lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on October 28, 2015, 05:34:59 PM
Fancy Moonshine still!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 28, 2015, 06:09:35 PM
No, but it would probably work for that! lol
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: X-ray on October 28, 2015, 11:19:54 PM
Reminds me of a van der graaf generator but the tubing kills that idea. A centrifuge possibly?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on October 29, 2015, 04:03:58 AM
Looks like it belongs on a satellite or space craft! Soooooo shiny goldy! !

But it could be a Dalek scrotum?!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 29, 2015, 07:36:08 AM
Not a graf, not a 'fuge. In fact, to my knowledge it doesn't move at all when in operation, but you're roughly in the right field of science...
Gee Janx, thanks for the visual.  :sad:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on October 29, 2015, 07:41:40 AM
Synthetic gemstone maker part.

Or

Fuel Pressure Regulator or Fuel Management Unit
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 29, 2015, 07:46:44 AM
Negative to both, but I like your creative thinking!

Ok, this is a really tough one. Time for some hints I think...
1) This type of device is typically used in a diagnostic, measurement or calibration role, although this particular one is used for something totally different, not that that matters for the guessing.
2) The size (as indicated by the ruler) isn't particularly important for guessing either, since they come in various sizes.
3) The fact that it's gold colored (brass in this case) isn't significant for the type of device in general (they come in all sorts of colors/outer case materials), but is for the particular application for which this exact one is used.

You know, now that I reread those, they may be more confusing than helpful. Good luck!  :up:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on October 29, 2015, 10:49:30 AM
some manner of fancy crucible?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on October 29, 2015, 10:50:30 AM
or a calorimeter
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 29, 2015, 12:29:47 PM
Nope, you're slipping in the wrong direction.
It doesn't deal with anything physical, at least without getting into fairly complex math and physics.
For us regular humans, we'd say it works in the non-physical realm, I think.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on October 29, 2015, 02:27:26 PM
Fancy barometer?  Measures pressure somehow?

Vacuum related?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on October 29, 2015, 02:28:53 PM
Vapour collection chamber for argon laser. ... or war helmet for a shark with a friggin laser on its head! ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 29, 2015, 03:35:02 PM
Watcher and Janx, you guys are both getting closer.
Watcher's idea about measuring pressure is closer to the normal use for this type of device, while Janx's guess of a vapor chamber for an argon laser is actually VERY close for this particular item!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on October 29, 2015, 04:37:43 PM
Can I play?

Is it a xenon dark matter detector?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 29, 2015, 05:08:43 PM
Absolutely, anyone is welcome!
Okay, since I have no clue if that thing exists, then I'm gonna say no. lol
Nah, it's not a dark matter detector.

So far, Janx is the closest with his argon laser guess, but it's not a vapor chamber.
What other type of "chamber" might a laser use, especially a rather powerful one?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on October 29, 2015, 10:56:40 PM
Cooling chamber!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 30, 2015, 07:06:20 AM
Still very close, but not for cooling.
What is the main "substance" that lasers work with?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on October 30, 2015, 07:07:03 AM
helium gas laser bell
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on October 30, 2015, 07:08:21 AM
Plasma chamber
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on October 30, 2015, 12:40:39 PM
Vacuum chamber for shooting lasers into.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 30, 2015, 12:55:49 PM
Very very close. In fact, I'm almost inclined to call it.
Let's try one more pass to see if we can nail it down just a bit more.
It is indeed for "shooting lasers into", but it's not vacuum inside.
Why would you shoot a laser into a sealed ball? What would be the purpose?
A huge hint is that this device performs no actual 'work', per se.
You don't use a laser to heat it up to boil water, for example.
However, if you have a fairly high-powered laser, you'd be very interested in using this device, at least once...
Any of this help?

Oh crud, I just went back to scan old guesses, and I just realized that mennobike just about had it, and I totally missed his guess somehow!
Guys, I'm really sorry!
I screwed this one big time. I'm calling it over.  :mad:

It's an integrating sphere for measuring the total output power of a CO2 laser. This particular one is rated for a laser in the 3KW range.
It's not mine, and I have no personal experience with it, so I can't provide much more detail than that.

Ok menno, take it away. Hopefully you'll do a better job of moderating the next round than I did.  :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on October 30, 2015, 02:01:01 PM
 :woohoo: Looks like this education I'm getting is actually useful for something! Although my guess wasn't really that close..

Let me take a look, in any case!


can't remember how to resize pictures :technical:, here's the link. http://i.imgur.com/B3XbUma.jpg
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on October 30, 2015, 02:03:53 PM
That is the base of an espresso maker :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on October 30, 2015, 03:23:50 PM
Specifically, a Cuban stovetop espresso maker. :)
Oh man, does that make good brew!
Makes me wanna go dig mine out and try to remember how to work it...

Good job lucas, now hit us with something good and tricky!

You know, that didn't quite sound like I'd hoped.  :-[
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on October 30, 2015, 09:40:41 PM
Its harder than I thought it'd be to come up with something good.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5AFXnEeBbAFxyHRF9dI0F33kPSn6mEXWEBU45tcArHYFiGOznfXCjaXtcGRJ84-vihJPSCPfsfpTh6wWRvu7NHbJHIFdhqrznwe_zC2_zi0GvV6oR6dW8b5fk0DVD39a6h5_WpAmtNPt91xj1Pxin3-EYNfsJwW_Ps-EZUDX0Www8ue96EmUMIMaHSDnsNyj0mH0e0OEvhIFMsDmJUySKivqjRHC1kGSl4QRxDqR6jC-5IVD_gUJHnzGeWoyLuGPmFwCOZEf4Vr6QF4yCRxxlDUFiLd3IqkuMWZtmie_gMmB2_sg5Qx4WEMRmVCLiRRnT67p-z_UN1d-ukHfV5LN0rgyDDFYJhygLpAnsTi65IE-SHSAMMFKhLhatEHxF10DEcyFNYHd8sycoqomhRzsr56RWHaQI7y13wAJs1660tuyiXWmmK3-X-IUFnFlfHaR6KRaxhExY9QSgyESY3VDW3LjtRl_GuWs8lkK1GS-KkV_y_pCoNu2ZMmexebmSHspUGsNhdas-hEXnHrR3PPWcuTAtOcxdpY6wwLiaUc9eSbB=w376-h667-no)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on October 31, 2015, 08:04:43 AM
 :technical: :technical: Ya dang coffee snobs, thought that was a good one!

Good job though, quick guessing!

Lucas, can't see your picture, got a direct link?  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on October 31, 2015, 09:12:54 AM
Try this

https://goo.gl/photos/JG6TNxkMcJagMDGR7
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on November 02, 2015, 12:06:56 AM
fancy drill bit?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on November 07, 2015, 06:52:51 PM
Isn't everything just a more or less fancy drill bit, though?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 08, 2015, 01:31:54 PM
Looks like a router bit for cutting flush surface channels for electric cables? ... I've seen one used but don't know if there is a special name apart from 'ball bit' ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on November 08, 2015, 02:34:13 PM
Round die-grinder bit.  Or as the guys at my machine shop would call it, a "round burr".
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on November 08, 2015, 05:29:12 PM
Watcher's got it.  At my work they call it a lollipop file.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on November 08, 2015, 09:28:20 PM
Auto key for size reference.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F633%2Fx9n1zv.jpg&hash=c21c442d591790ee8034e5406922f666e9afea98) (https://imageshack.com/i/hlx9n1zvj)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 08, 2015, 11:03:19 PM
Rocker switch top for a electric window?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on November 09, 2015, 12:33:37 PM
No.  It's not electrical at all.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on November 11, 2015, 08:08:24 PM
Hint time!

The top (away from the key) is shaped very specifically.  It's curved on the side towards the camera, and more or less flat on the other side, but is shaped pretty much like a triangle.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on November 13, 2015, 06:30:47 PM
is it a switch (non electircal)?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on November 13, 2015, 10:57:43 PM
Not a switch at all.

You don't push it, it does the pushing.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on November 14, 2015, 09:49:20 AM
man, it's time for some outside consultation...

JANXIE... CALLING JANXIE TO THE THREAD, PLEASE
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 14, 2015, 03:21:05 PM
Hmm what?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 15, 2015, 05:51:50 PM
...... well?.....
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on November 16, 2015, 11:05:23 AM
umm... what's the thing?  :dunno_black: :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 16, 2015, 01:14:03 PM
Lol. .. I don't know! .. it's Watchers thing!...

However... looking again and having a quick think. .  Maybe a "key"? .. used for releasing or locking a simple low usage pressure thing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on November 16, 2015, 04:55:08 PM
Alright.  Looks like you guys aren't going to get it and I can't think of any good hints.  I'll post something new.

Anyway, it's a follower for a 9mm magazine.



(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F911%2F3yfBb2.jpg&hash=3667c0643f82aa0ec64a3ad7945dd02c3123b9d1) (https://imageshack.com/i/pb3yfBb2j)

By an iPhone 4 for size comparison.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 17, 2015, 12:37:52 AM
Bosuns whistle
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on November 17, 2015, 11:11:48 PM
True that.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 18, 2015, 01:28:34 PM
Yay! . .  I've got a cheap touristy one! .. can't get feck all good notes out of it tho!

Ok. .

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2FCAM00235_zpsndytd9in.jpg&hash=62a550b7290811cbfb96b333ee5115d4fc2742e6) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00235_zpsndytd9in.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 18, 2015, 01:34:42 PM
...  also. .  I just took this pic, uploaded to photobucket, clicked on the 'forum/board' link info,   copied and pasted direct in here. .. all in less than 2 mins! .. on my mobile!! And using tapatalk to post here!!! ... no more hitching about feckin uploads and it's too hard! K!

;)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 18, 2015, 01:35:23 PM
Bitching not hitching!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on November 19, 2015, 07:08:22 PM
handle for some kind of grabber?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 21, 2015, 05:15:04 PM
Yep!  .. my handy dandy claw grabber! ..

You up Menno!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on November 23, 2015, 12:52:46 PM
 :icon_eek: Crap, this is why I need to log on more. Let me look...
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 24, 2015, 01:24:18 PM
Maybe he went looking in a neighboring town? ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on November 30, 2015, 12:30:17 PM
GUYS CRAP I WENT ON VACATION AND TOTALLY FORGOT

but I have a really good one! Had to call up my friend to get it and everything! Here's a link because I still don't know how to resize pictures

http://imgur.com/ly4Mn80
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on November 30, 2015, 12:58:03 PM
A whatzit for a sewing machine?

Vacation eh?! .. "Up North"? ;) .. did you get reduced sentence for good behaviour? ;) Bahahaha
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on November 30, 2015, 02:42:02 PM
Jig for a chain tool?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on November 30, 2015, 07:21:58 PM
They only allowed me one call, no time for forum posting.  :dunno_black: :dunno_black:

Neither of those!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on December 12, 2015, 11:01:45 PM
Could it be part of a chain-breaking tool?  Nevermind I see someone already guessed it.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on December 13, 2015, 12:43:19 AM
Archery related? Tool for or part of the bow?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on December 17, 2015, 12:56:14 PM
Blade track for a bandsaw?  Or something like that?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on December 29, 2015, 07:06:47 PM
Maybe Menno went on another vacation
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on December 29, 2015, 09:10:07 PM
Locked up probably. .. ;) ... for lolly heist!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on January 15, 2016, 12:07:08 AM
OK so it has been six weeks since the last pic was posted...I move to continue the game.  Here is an easy one

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvVl4Ubll.jpg&hash=712a931175b006bf159c155aad4dd0511a53e45c)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on January 15, 2016, 04:02:00 PM
That's a dog.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on January 16, 2016, 03:13:58 PM
Yup.  You're up.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on January 16, 2016, 05:48:01 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMfVPEjd.png&hash=d0de0f879d2d72f4ba4599ff15412c6ec961b861)

Click for bigger. :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 17, 2016, 05:24:36 PM
Hey what happened to adidasguy???
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on January 18, 2016, 11:36:21 AM
Quote from: gsatterw on January 17, 2016, 05:24:36 PM
Hey what happened to adidasguy???

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=67133.0
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: gsatterw on January 18, 2016, 06:56:55 PM
Yea I saw right after I posted. Terrible, tragic news. From the little I knew him on this forum, he was a great guy. Helped me out all the time. Huge loss for the community.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on January 18, 2016, 10:50:12 PM
That looks like it may be some kind of oil fitting.  ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on January 18, 2016, 11:15:57 PM
Quote from: lucas on January 18, 2016, 10:50:12 PM
That looks like it may be some kind of oil fitting.  ?

Nope. :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on January 19, 2016, 02:05:17 AM
Spindle of some kind.


Or maybe one side of like an oil pump or something.


What kind of size are we talking there?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on January 19, 2016, 03:14:58 AM
Looks like a fancy fuel filler cover/fitting? ... aero perhaps?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on January 19, 2016, 09:25:19 PM
Quote from: Watcher on January 19, 2016, 02:05:17 AM
Spindle of some kind.


Or maybe one side of like an oil pump or something.


What kind of size are we talking there?

It would fit in the palm of your hand. It's a precision part, and does spin. Not a pump or anything automotive.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on January 21, 2016, 03:34:40 PM
Dang guys, I'm really sorry about the game!

Got buried under schoolwork and then my old computer shat itself, I completely forgot about the game!

No guesses on this one, though... is it used in measurement?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on January 23, 2016, 06:38:18 PM
It is not used in any form of measuring.

It is a part of a bigger device. It spins via electricity...so it's a motor of some kind.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on January 24, 2016, 04:53:55 PM
Motor for spooling tape? Maybe VHS or Cassette? Its hard to gauge the scale of the thing.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on January 25, 2016, 01:16:51 AM
it's from a hardisk, it is used to hold the plates
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on January 25, 2016, 03:31:48 AM
Quote from: axexandru on January 25, 2016, 01:16:51 AM
it's from a hardisk, it is used to hold the plates

Yup. You got it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on January 27, 2016, 01:06:55 AM
here you go

[attachment deleted by admin]
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Kijona on January 27, 2016, 01:41:10 PM
Quote from: axexandru on January 27, 2016, 01:06:55 AM
here you go

Looks like some sort of terminating block for a cable.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on January 28, 2016, 12:49:22 AM
No
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on January 28, 2016, 09:23:16 AM
That's gotta be a carriage for mounting a disk drive in one of them tower PCs.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on January 28, 2016, 10:53:29 AM
actually it's for a rackable server, but for the same purpose. you got it
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on January 28, 2016, 07:39:38 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2F1kpbBk9.jpg&hash=790a9223c352022e64ff29a6172639ce07b41772)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on January 28, 2016, 09:15:30 PM
is it a part from inside some carbs?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on January 28, 2016, 11:21:09 PM
Is it a mold of some sort??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on February 01, 2016, 12:12:36 PM
Yeah, but carbs of what motorcycle?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on February 22, 2016, 05:20:26 PM
I don't have a guess but just wanted to bump the thread to maybe keep the game going
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on February 22, 2016, 10:25:23 PM
yeah I've got no idea on which carbs those would be from, sorry...

BUMP
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on February 23, 2016, 12:33:25 AM
Guys!  Take a wild guess  :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on February 23, 2016, 01:14:31 AM
gs500? :))))
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on February 23, 2016, 12:55:28 PM
Yay, you win!   :icon_lol:

You're up axexandru
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: The Buddha on February 24, 2016, 04:15:26 PM
Quote from: lucas on February 23, 2016, 12:55:28 PM
Yay, you win!   :icon_lol:

You're up axexandru

No he doesn't.
What year ???
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on February 24, 2016, 07:02:38 PM
Is this an inside joke or do you think he got the answer wrong?  I pulled these parts out of GS500 carbs meself.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mennobike on February 24, 2016, 11:10:54 PM
Nah Buddha wants him to also guess which year's carbs those came out of
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: axexandru on February 24, 2016, 11:18:43 PM
Nice, ok,

Since I have nothing to post :P I will guess 1989 :P :))
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on February 24, 2016, 11:48:38 PM
My reading comprehension is terrible.  I didn't get the joke because I read it wrong... embarassing.

1989 is in the right range.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on March 09, 2016, 09:34:59 AM
Ok someone step up with a new picture for the game.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 09, 2016, 12:44:43 PM
Okay here's one. My thumb holding the penny in the pic is for size reffffffffff

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaFfcZrJ.jpg&hash=8e6483c8737c610b68d935a40ef07f29e976a984)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 09, 2016, 01:57:09 PM
Motion detector?
Garage door sensor?
Electronic finish line?
Bar code scanner?
Toilet Flusher?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 09, 2016, 02:31:00 PM
No, it's none of those but they certainly are good guesses!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 10, 2016, 03:11:30 AM
So the clear rectangle is a shield,  protect eyes I reckon...

the aperture in the white dome thing means something long and narrow....

Zooming in... looks like the little dingus inside the dome is a sliding/reciprocating head? Holding maybe a tungsten blade/tooth? ...

(This is sounding silly if I'm way off track!) ...

Like a specialist knife or blade sharpener? ... metal sampler/notcher? ...

Looks like a laboratory machine or butcher/deli machine....

That's as close as I can get right now!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 10, 2016, 05:29:57 AM
You are good at this guessing Janx !! Ok, yes to the shield thing protecting... yes to the thingy inside the white dome being mobile... and yes to it being a lab machine !

You also said notcher... that is getting close !!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 22, 2016, 10:27:55 PM
Anyone out there have a guess ?  I don't wanna let adidas's game die...  :icon_sad:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 23, 2016, 03:44:35 AM
Wups! Forgot! Sorry! ..

Takes samples? ... if samples... then of what? Hmmmm

Metallurgy sampler?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 23, 2016, 01:31:41 PM
It is totally okay Janx  ;) No, not a sampler... but it can be used to *thinks how to put this* ... it can be used to make part of something sample-able !
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on March 23, 2016, 03:11:33 PM
*stares at screen in frustration*  :technical:

So, its lab equipment, has a clear guard, and is small. . . is it an aperture for testing the contents of the box its attached to?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 23, 2016, 05:48:18 PM
No it doesn't do any testing... and the box it's attached to is the rest of the machine. You put something down in where the narrow apparatus is....
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 24, 2016, 03:03:12 AM
Ahh I know! ..  you get a kiddie... tell them you gonna fix their sore finger... in the slot it goes... KaChunk! ... no more sore finger! ... all gone! ;)


Bahahaha
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on March 24, 2016, 08:01:33 AM
Is it for cutting? Like cutting glass tubing for scientific testing? :dunno_black:

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 24, 2016, 01:06:18 PM
Omg you are very close!!!

It does something to tubing... not glass tubing though... that enables testing on what is in the tubing but won't contaminate the rest of what it's attached to...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on March 24, 2016, 02:01:24 PM
surgical tubing sanitation via radiation? :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 24, 2016, 02:15:38 PM
This machine isn't used for surgical tubing (at least not at my job)... but it IS used for tubing that's used in the medical / hospital setting...

No radiation involved here...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on March 24, 2016, 04:34:41 PM
catheters?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 24, 2016, 04:55:27 PM
 :icon_lol: hehehe

no not catheters but the tubing does have fluid in it when it's put into this machine
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 25, 2016, 12:55:22 AM
Does the tube contain organic or inorganic material?  :icon_eek:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on March 25, 2016, 08:45:06 AM
is it some kind of dialysis machine? :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 25, 2016, 09:21:08 AM
Blood analysis machine!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 25, 2016, 12:07:58 PM
Blood IS the fluid in the tube most of the time yes! But this machine does no testing... all it does is something TO the tube so it can be tested...

Omg you guys are so close this has been super fun  :D
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 25, 2016, 02:09:49 PM
Pinch/push/pierce/cleans/rolls/dries?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 25, 2016, 02:59:24 PM
This machine does pinch tubing!! and does something else to it at the same time.

Ok there should be enough info now to put all this together, enter it into google and come up with the name of this device !
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 25, 2016, 03:10:27 PM
Autotransfusion machine.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on March 25, 2016, 03:53:00 PM
Quote from: Hupjai on March 25, 2016, 03:10:27 PM
Autotransfusion machine.

I'm leaning towards that too. . .
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 25, 2016, 04:12:00 PM
No it's not that !

Remember, this thing has one function... to physically do something to a strip of tubing.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 25, 2016, 04:13:36 PM
Does it pinch and seal it? Heat up the blud/fluid?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 25, 2016, 05:42:12 PM
YES it does pinch and seal the tube! It's called a Hematron or simply a Tube Sealer. It makes segments in the tubing so testing can be done on a sample of the blood from the main bag.
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FwPdR2QA.jpg&hash=04d3d4b41efe1d8711b407b4d6c723ba847aac3f)

Ok Hupjai it's your turn to find an item to post up !!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 25, 2016, 06:47:18 PM
Shoot I JUST got home from work! Plenty to play with there...
I'll look around!  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on March 25, 2016, 10:37:37 PM
... works in a blood lab... looks like Samantha. .. you not a vampire are ya Miss Wolf?! Lol ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 30, 2016, 09:45:16 AM
OKAY! Just got to work and I thought the best way to start the day was a little fun..... and not work.

Take a look. :3

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FQkUTN5Il.jpg&hash=f3bc7aa676477e2ac14c3388df64c9622ba3f062)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on March 30, 2016, 12:14:33 PM
looks like a flywheel or a prop-shaft connector. . .
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 30, 2016, 01:49:03 PM
Sorry, not flywheel or shaft thingy. Has to do wit motion though!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 30, 2016, 01:49:28 PM
@ Janx... omg no LOL but I DO like my steaks and burgers rare  ;)

@Hupjai... ok let's see, is it an automotive/airplane/train/boat part ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 30, 2016, 02:23:17 PM
It is not from any of those vehicles but those vehicles all have a form of this component.  :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on March 30, 2016, 06:02:35 PM
Reminds me of a clutch mechanism on a mower. . .
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 30, 2016, 08:15:48 PM
Not a clutch.  I fear I'll kill this game.   :bowdown:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 30, 2016, 08:17:02 PM
My bad, not found on boats.  :nono:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 30, 2016, 08:38:05 PM
Naw you won't kill it... if it goes too long and everybody gives up then I think you get to go again and pick another item? I can't remember but I think that's how it goes.  :thumb:

Now ah.. hmm... does it spin? Or is any of it mobile/movable?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 30, 2016, 10:50:54 PM
Oh, sweet.

The top portion will spin.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 31, 2016, 08:07:50 AM
Is it a fan blade holder?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 31, 2016, 08:45:00 AM
It is not but good guess. The black "fins" spin.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on March 31, 2016, 03:48:13 PM
I'm guessing it is a pump for water/coolant
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 31, 2016, 04:41:27 PM
Hydrolic but not those fuilds.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on March 31, 2016, 06:55:30 PM
Maybe a turn signal fluid pump?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 31, 2016, 08:31:58 PM
No idea what that is....  :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on March 31, 2016, 09:14:00 PM
lol blinker fluid  :icon_lol:

Does it pump oil?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on March 31, 2016, 10:01:43 PM
Is not a pump.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 01, 2016, 12:36:52 AM
Inside a transmission?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 01, 2016, 01:02:42 AM
Not a transmission.  The component is free to be seen without disassembly.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on April 01, 2016, 01:11:49 AM
Viscous fan ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 01, 2016, 02:50:45 AM
Not a fan.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 01, 2016, 04:35:44 AM
PTO impeller housing?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 01, 2016, 09:51:50 AM
Is not Paid Time Off Impeller housing.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on April 01, 2016, 10:06:21 AM
there's an impeller for that? LOL!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on April 01, 2016, 06:14:33 PM
Wheel hub ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 01, 2016, 07:53:41 PM
Not a hub.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on April 02, 2016, 01:17:43 AM
Can we see the other side
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 02, 2016, 02:03:28 AM
Yeah! On Monday! It's the same, just the flat side with mounting holes.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on April 02, 2016, 04:22:37 AM
I don't know, a radiator?  A spinning radiator?  Wth is this thing??
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on April 02, 2016, 04:50:21 AM
It's the thing that generates the spark in a small engine.  I want to say stator but I think I have the wrong name? It spins a magnet past a coil to make a pulse / voltage ?

If that's not it I give up.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 02, 2016, 10:14:29 AM
The spinning fins are heat sinks.

This is not an electrical component.  It's hydraulic.

EDIT: Could be pneumatic, I'll check Monday. .... but I have a feeling it's pneumatic.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 04, 2016, 12:44:07 PM
PNEUMATIC!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on April 04, 2016, 02:48:15 PM
Is it a spinning pneumatic heat sink?   8)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 04, 2016, 02:51:18 PM
Hahaha It's pneumatic component with a heat sink. The heat sink portion spins.

So you're almost there. Would be kinda cool if there was a rotary heat sink. haha
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on April 04, 2016, 03:50:41 PM
Part of a compressor.  Vauge but that's all I got
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 04, 2016, 04:40:40 PM
Not part of a compressor!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 04, 2016, 08:12:09 PM
Fly wheel?

Vacuum impeller?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 04, 2016, 08:37:07 PM
Good guesses.
Doesn't store energy.  Doesn't function to move air/fluids.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on April 05, 2016, 01:45:32 AM
Condenser of sorts ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 05, 2016, 09:44:38 AM
OH! Good guess. Not close but I like the way you're approaching it!  :laugh:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on April 06, 2016, 10:27:56 AM
torque converter? :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 06, 2016, 01:03:01 PM
You are just saying things.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: marcusk on April 06, 2016, 03:07:59 PM
Saying things is all we have left.  I vote you spill the beans on this one and throw up another item.  It's obviously a falanghi from a wombolebone. But no one actually knows what that is. 

M
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 06, 2016, 03:37:10 PM
Quote from: marcusk on April 06, 2016, 03:07:59 PM
Saying things is all we have left.  I vote you spill the beans on this one and throw up another item.  It's obviously a falanghi from a wombolebone. But no one actually knows what that is. 

M

*GASP* How did you know?!?! hehe

How many votes should it take?

This game will only get harder.  :whisper:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on April 06, 2016, 07:29:49 PM
so its a smoke-shifting assembly? :confused: LOL! :icon_lol:

I give up on it. I'd like to know what it is. But anyways. . .
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 06, 2016, 08:30:51 PM
Brake drum.period, thatsmwhat is.period. don't make me come over there.
Probably a front brake.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 06, 2016, 09:12:14 PM
Quote from: pliskin on April 06, 2016, 08:30:51 PM
Brake drum.period, thatsmwhat is.period. don't make me come over there.
Probably a front brake.

I like your attitude!
It is a brake! Not a front brake but do you really want to keep guessing?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 07, 2016, 04:36:31 AM
.......      ..........
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on April 07, 2016, 08:37:53 AM
Pneumatic tension control brake and/or clutch

https://www.cbtcompany.com/CatSearch/1770/Pneumatic-Tension-Control-Brakes

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 07, 2016, 03:19:43 PM
Still trying?!?!? :D

I thought that "pneumatic brake" would be sufficient.

We can keep going...... no, not for tension.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on April 07, 2016, 03:54:30 PM
Hey man, not to be a bad sport or anything... But what kind of answer are you expecting?  Is there a brand name for this thing or do you want us to figure out what machine this gets attached to.  Maybe what products the machine makes or perhaps what type of component the brake is attached to?

It's just... If this is a pneumatic brake and that has been said... Is this one solved?

Sorry, just hoping for clarification :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 07, 2016, 06:54:47 PM
Put your air brakes on bro O0 especially when you fly. Riddle me this. :icon_question:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 07, 2016, 06:57:20 PM
Don't make me come over there >:(
Rick Flare for POTUS :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 07, 2016, 10:10:04 PM
Thanks for asking for clarification!

I was only looking for "brake" so I think pliskin is up!

It's  a pneumatic shafts brake. It belonged to a 30 year old industrial paper laminator that I'm working on modernizing at my internship. I'll update this post with a photo when I get a chance for those that would be interested!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on April 20, 2016, 06:52:56 PM
bumpity bump... can we haz a new picture ?  :kiss3:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 21, 2016, 10:37:17 AM
OK here you go. This one is about 6 inches long but they can vary in size. What is it?
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd167%2Fironhse%2F84888.jpg&hash=dc0af1beeef23e4619e7435ade8ea112bb02d44b) (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ironhse/media/84888.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 21, 2016, 11:26:37 AM
Shed skin from a reptile. Snake, perhaps?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Shepa on April 21, 2016, 11:41:49 AM
Some sort of dried algae?

;D

Sent from my toilet seat using HTC FartPhone

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 21, 2016, 11:56:29 AM
Not a skin/reptilian or algae.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 21, 2016, 01:17:36 PM
Is it some sort of preserved carcass? Is it biological at all or is it inorganic?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 21, 2016, 01:22:44 PM
It is biological but not preserved.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: TheGreenWeenie on April 21, 2016, 07:24:27 PM
a tentacle off like a man o war or something? definitely looks nautical.. but i really have no clue.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on April 21, 2016, 10:16:01 PM
Is it food ? (Sorry, I'm hungry and it's reminding me of freeze-dried bananas like in trail mix LOL)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 22, 2016, 07:20:53 AM
Not a tentacle or dried food but it Greenweenie is on the right track. It is "nautical" in nature.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 22, 2016, 08:23:26 AM
Some type of coral?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: TheGreenWeenie on April 22, 2016, 09:30:09 AM
Quote from: Watcher on April 22, 2016, 08:23:26 AM
Some type of coral?

Ohhh good guess. I cheated just now to figure it out though. If no one gets it by tomorrow I'm putting what i found
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 22, 2016, 06:33:03 PM
Oh man, how did I miss that this game is still going?!
I thought it died out long ago.
Oh well.

Ok...those are Conch egg casings!
Mostly unhatched, by the look of them.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: TheGreenWeenie on April 22, 2016, 06:55:49 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on April 22, 2016, 06:33:03 PM
Oh man, how did I miss that this game is still going?!
I thought it died out long ago.
Oh well.

Ok...those are Conch egg casings!
Mostly unhatched, by the look of them.

There's no way you knew that off the top. Are you some sort of sea wizard?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 22, 2016, 07:12:28 PM
Bingo :thumb: conch whelk egg casing. You're up Elmo.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 22, 2016, 07:27:15 PM
 :woohoo: I'm back, baby!

Ok, give this one a gander....earplug for scale only, unrelated to the function of the item.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gh5sf5l26gdb6tj/thingy.jpg?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/gh5sf5l26gdb6tj/thingy.jpg?dl=0)

edit: if anyone can show me how to get that link to display inline, I'd love to know.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: TheGreenWeenie on April 22, 2016, 08:12:24 PM
some part of a lock?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 22, 2016, 08:21:47 PM
Pressure release/safety valve?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 22, 2016, 08:30:32 PM
Negative to both of those. Good guesses, though.  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 22, 2016, 08:38:19 PM
Poppet valve.  Pneumatic.  Like for a paintball gun?  Mounts in a tube, screw sets it in place.

Or possibly a pressure regulator.



I went ahead and downloaded then hosted the image myself.  Here y'all go.

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F923%2FdFQbNZ.jpg&hash=5c74e1142ffdf47079ffa986248f6247f02a0b2e) (https://imageshack.com/i/pndFQbNZj)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on April 22, 2016, 09:45:42 PM
Eeeeew... ear doo doo.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 23, 2016, 06:42:20 AM
Thanks for hosting Watcher. What's up with the image posting on this site anyway? It's been broken forever!

Nope, not a valve or any sort of pneumatic (or hydraulic) anything.

@Hupjai: That's just lint from the environment, this particular earplug has never been used. The silicone material just grabs everything.  :flipoff:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 23, 2016, 06:21:57 PM
Is there a bearing in it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 23, 2016, 06:51:00 PM
Now now, those aren't the kind of questions you can ask.... lol
That being said, you're SO close.
There's not a bearing IN it, per se...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 23, 2016, 06:53:16 PM
Hard drive actuator arm bearing/piviot axis

If I'm right I'll pass to whoever calls next.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 23, 2016, 08:12:17 PM
*Ding Ding Ding* Spot on!
Methinks you've seen one of those before...  :up:

Ok, someone take it away...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 24, 2016, 05:24:52 PM
Damn, it's so obvious now...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 24, 2016, 07:44:55 PM
That's the trouble with these things, once you hear what they are, it's usually a 'duh' moment.
I think you can take it if you want, pliskin said to pass it on to whoever has something to post.
You were awfully close when you asked about the bearing.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on April 24, 2016, 09:15:45 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51FE652pp0L._SX342_.jpg&hash=349b0e6fd3a82b20b2a519cf2b5c7c3a5b7cc0c2)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on April 25, 2016, 03:13:46 AM
Looks like a thermal fuse
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: pliskin on April 25, 2016, 08:53:44 AM
Quote from: krsa2000 on April 25, 2016, 03:13:46 AM
Looks like a thermal fuse

Seeing that I just put one on cloths dryer a few months ago I would say you are right.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 25, 2016, 08:59:11 AM
Wow, that was quick!  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on April 25, 2016, 11:27:07 AM
Sheesh that was fast.   :laugh:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on April 25, 2016, 11:25:42 PM
I guess it's my turn... I don't have anything interesting and/or obscure at home, so I'll post a pic when I'm at work later.

Sent from my SM-P900 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 26, 2016, 12:25:11 AM
Oh... thermal fuse... oh well. .. me thinking it was a SlotCar track hoverboard was way off then! ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 26, 2016, 07:42:28 AM
Waay off, but MUCH cooler.  :D

Man, I miss slot cars. We had fun modding them to go faster, have better traction, etc...
I remember my dad telling me how they had slot car drag racing back in the 50's and 60's.
He said the cars would sometimes catch on fire from the motors being run so hard they overheated in the 1-2 secs of run time. Sounds awesome. lol
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on April 26, 2016, 09:00:59 AM
Here's my entry...

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160426%2F903a121ff016ff7c8283a5d6f04705c5.jpg&hash=aea3ca92eb26a7549466f2c31a0a7d243cab7057)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 26, 2016, 09:09:55 AM
Oh man, that looks so familiar....
Some sort of bore cleaning jag?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 26, 2016, 11:46:09 AM
It's a spinning top. Put a string in the indent around the waist and pull.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on April 26, 2016, 11:47:10 AM
It would be interesting to see what happens when you try to spin a mesh top. :)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on April 26, 2016, 01:03:14 PM
Keep guessing guys...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: TheGreenWeenie on April 26, 2016, 01:19:32 PM
Some type of coffee frother bit?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 26, 2016, 01:24:59 PM
Reckon it's something to do with cleaning or sharpening blades of some kind?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on April 26, 2016, 02:35:52 PM
No correct answers yet.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: TheGreenWeenie on April 26, 2016, 05:22:34 PM
Does it spin at all?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on April 26, 2016, 09:26:41 PM
My best guess would have been a bore brush of some kind, but it's already been guessed.

Brass end seems like a threaded mandrel...


Hmm, wouldn't be a mantle for a lantern, would it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: krsa2000 on April 26, 2016, 10:36:28 PM
It doesn't spin.
It's not a brush.

I'll throw you guys a bone:
It's a medical device and this example is 6mm in diameter.

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on April 27, 2016, 04:10:50 AM
Oh no! ... not a VD reamer?! ;)
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on April 27, 2016, 04:26:36 AM
Haha! Luckily not!

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on April 27, 2016, 07:32:22 AM
It was maybe a bit unfair to use this item seeing it is a pretty specific bit of medical equipment.

Does anyone want have another crack at it?
I'll give you a hint in what direction to google.

It is used in endovascular interventions.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Daeouse on April 27, 2016, 07:58:14 AM
Quote from: krsa2000 on April 27, 2016, 07:32:22 AM
It was maybe a bit unfair to use this item seeing it is a pretty specific bit of medical equipment.

Does anyone want have another crack at it?
I'll give you a hint in what direction to google.

It is used in endovascular interventions.

Its used to clean arteries or expand them for surgeries, right?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: krsa2000 on April 27, 2016, 10:08:55 AM
Close enough... It is used in the arteries, but not to clean or open them.
It is a vascular plug and is used for the opposite and to close larger arteries.
The sizes range from 4mm to >16mm.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on April 27, 2016, 11:50:12 AM
Quote from: krsa2000 on April 27, 2016, 10:08:55 AM
Close enough... It is used in the arteries, but not to clean or open them.
It is a vascular plug and is used for the opposite and to close larger arteries.
The sizes range from 4mm to >16mm.

The moment you endovasular, I thought that's what it might be.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on April 30, 2016, 10:46:53 AM
While Daeouse is contemplating which object to post, here's another item:
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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: lucas on April 30, 2016, 02:09:50 PM
Too big for my little phone screen


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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on April 30, 2016, 04:08:52 PM
Radiation badge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: TheGreenWeenie on April 30, 2016, 04:24:45 PM
retractable RFID badge with clip?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Iarn on April 30, 2016, 07:14:05 PM
A surprised cyclops? ... I honestly haven't a clue.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on April 30, 2016, 08:10:28 PM
That's a bullshif detector?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 01, 2016, 01:44:33 AM
Daeouse is once again the winner!
It's a radiation badge specific to x-ray/gamma rays.

@pliskin, bullsh!t detectors are purple ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 01, 2016, 10:21:53 AM
Quote from: krsa2000 on May 01, 2016, 01:44:33 AM
Daeouse is once again the winner!
It's a radiation badge specific to x-ray/gamma rays.

@pliskin, bullsh!t detectors are purple ;)

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!! My useless knowledge came in handy!!!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 03, 2016, 08:21:58 PM
Oh man, I keep getting dropped from the notification list! :(
Not that I knew what either of the last 2 items were, but still.... lol
Okay, Daeouse, hit us with something good.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 09:22:40 AM
Quote from: Elmojo on May 03, 2016, 08:21:58 PM
Okay, Daeouse, hit us with something good.

I've got a good one!

(https://scontent.ftpa1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/13183047_1308909075789081_2041973739_n.jpg?oh=d724d5cea8a6532400ad01ac2a6179fd&oe=572C4840)

I wish you all the best of luck! :cool:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 04, 2016, 09:35:57 AM
I think I know what it is, but I'll let others guess first! ;)

Sent you a pm Daeouse with my guess...

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 10:08:45 AM
Looks like the trigger bar from a revolver.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 10:10:25 AM
Quote from: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 10:08:45 AM
Looks like the trigger bar from a revolver.

close! but no.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 10:20:32 AM
So, it's a trigger?  :whisper:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 10:34:53 AM
Quote from: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 10:20:32 AM
So, it's a trigger?  :whisper:

no, but it is for a gun. . . :wink:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 10:59:18 AM
For a gun or part of a gun?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 10:59:59 AM
Quote from: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 10:59:18 AM
For a gun or part of a gun?

part of one. . .  :wink:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 11:00:35 AM
Quote from: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 10:59:59 AM
Quote from: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 10:59:18 AM
For a gun or part of a gun?

part of one. . .  :wink:

I know nothing about guns... new hobby?  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 11:05:48 AM
Quote from: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 11:00:35 AM
Quote from: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 10:59:59 AM
Quote from: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 10:59:18 AM
For a gun or part of a gun?

part of one. . .  :wink:

I know nothing about guns... new hobby?  :2guns:

A good one to get into with training, safety, and good sense. It can have a great many benefits.  :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 11:13:38 AM
Sorry, misspoke...not trigger bar, hammer strut, right?
Sometimes I get my part names mixed up.  :icon_rolleyes:
Never seen one with a beveled end like that, kinda threw me.
I'm used to them being either rounded or squared.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 11:31:12 AM
Quote from: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 11:13:38 AM
Sorry, misspoke...not trigger bar, hammer strut, right?
Sometimes I get my part names mixed up.  :icon_rolleyes:
Never seen one with a beveled end like that, kinda threw me.
I'm used to them being either rounded or squared.

Just googled "hammer strut", damn.... that was quick.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 11:31:49 AM
Quote from: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 11:05:48 AM
Quote from: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 11:00:35 AM
Quote from: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 10:59:59 AM
Quote from: Hupjai on May 04, 2016, 10:59:18 AM
For a gun or part of a gun?

part of one. . .  :wink:

I know nothing about guns... new hobby?  :2guns:


A good one to get into with training, safety, and good sense. It can have a great many benefits.  :thumb:

Sounds like what I'd say about motorcycles.  :cheers:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 12:36:58 PM
So did I get it?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 04, 2016, 01:36:59 PM
No... I did! :p

But, you may claim the public honour! ;)

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 01:39:17 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 12:36:58 PM
So did I get it?

its not a trigger. But it is part of a gun. What is it exactly? :)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 01:39:30 PM
You did? I didn't see your guess, sorry.
By all means, take it! I don't have anything good to post anyway.
If you have something, go for it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 01:40:36 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 01:39:30 PM
You did? I didn't see your guess, sorry.
By all means, take it! I don't have anything good to post anyway.
If you have something, go for it.

You're so close! Don't give up!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 01:40:55 PM
Quote from: Daeouse on Today at 04:39:17 PM (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=62455.msg847252#msg847252)<blockquote>Quote from: Elmojo on Today at 03:36:58 PM (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=62455.msg847246#msg847246)<blockquote>So did I get it?
</blockquote>
its not a trigger. But it is part of a gun. What is it exactly? :)

It's a hammer strut. Keep up man! lol
</blockquote>
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 04, 2016, 01:41:25 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 01:39:30 PM
You did? I didn't see your guess, sorry.
By all means, take it! I don't have anything good to post anyway.
If you have something, go for it.
I didn't guess openly, I sent Daeouse a pm with my answer.
I wanted to see what the others came up with ;)

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 01:42:07 PM
Hang on, are you saying it's NOT a hammer strut, Daeouse?
Now I'm really confused...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 01:43:57 PM
I misread. You are correct! Hammer-strut is correct!

(https://scontent.ftpa1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t35.0-12/13128610_1308911062455549_1093258023_o.jpg?oh=f32e91c2b64bce4aeb75a1a326088745&oe=572CC7DB)

A thousand apologies, well done! :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 02:30:12 PM
Yay me!
So, was Krsa right in his PM guess?
Either way, I don't have anything good to post right now, since I'm at work and won't be back home for a while.
If anyone else has something to share, please do.
I'd rather the game kept going...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 04, 2016, 02:58:37 PM
Quote from: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 02:30:12 PM
Yay me!
So, was Krsa right in his PM guess?

Yep. Guessed it right off the bat! :cool:

You guys got it quickly! Some of the pics remain unguessed for ages, so well done you two! :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 04, 2016, 04:32:34 PM
Cool.
Ok Krsa2000, you got it then, post up a good one!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 04, 2016, 05:09:01 PM
Damn!  As an avid 1911 owner, I saw that and knew it immediately!  Too bad I was late on the draw.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 04, 2016, 10:22:04 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160505%2Fdcc3c971937f0565c01ff30755bb5b55.jpg&hash=174504a08fe8482ee0dda693593365de5fe21fa5)(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160505%2F7ace2a7e5920b38e69bcc6a7aba1eeaa.jpg&hash=5b4f279d20d3e828ea70d72c853d03f5ddc4c42e)
Let's give this one a try...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 05, 2016, 05:18:30 AM
QuoteDamn!  As an avid 1911 owner, I saw that and knew it immediately!  Too bad I was late on the draw.

@Watcher: Pun intended?  :icon_lol:
@Krsa: That looks like some sort of piezo clicker igniter. Am I on the right track?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 05, 2016, 05:23:58 AM
Mosquito/insect/itchy bite 'clicker' ... makes tiny voltage to numb the nerves... a kind of piezo I think...

I just wanted to expand on and zero in on the items purpose
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 05, 2016, 05:26:45 AM
Do those exist? That's a pretty great idea if it works!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 05, 2016, 09:50:58 AM
Yeah they exist, go to your nearest camping/hiking boutique store. . They usually have them...   or sometimes in those home shopping catalogs
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 05, 2016, 09:55:21 AM
Huh, pretty cool.
So, Krsa, is Janx right? Is that what it is?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 05, 2016, 11:24:05 AM
Nope...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 05, 2016, 01:16:15 PM
Cigar hole-punch?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 05, 2016, 09:39:55 PM
Incorrect...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 06, 2016, 06:43:40 AM
Life-straw? For water filtration?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 06, 2016, 07:31:26 AM
That's not it either
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: TheGreenWeenie on May 06, 2016, 08:40:25 AM
Quote from: krsa2000 on May 06, 2016, 07:31:26 AM
That's not it either

Window punch? the ones that spike the glass so it can be broken own easily?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 06, 2016, 08:41:01 AM
Nope!

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on May 06, 2016, 09:03:11 AM
Izzit a jet ski key?   :icon_eek:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 06, 2016, 09:23:39 AM
Nope...

Hint: It's a (simple) medical aid/tool

Next hint after 3 more guesses ;)

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Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: TheGreenWeenie on May 06, 2016, 09:59:50 AM
Quote from: krsa2000 on May 06, 2016, 09:23:39 AM
Nope...

Hint: It's a (simple) medical aid/tool

Next hint after 3 more guesses ;)

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Finger pricker?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 06, 2016, 10:10:36 AM
You're close... But not quite there.
It is used by people who would need a finger pricker though.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 06, 2016, 11:38:45 AM
the flange is throwing me off, or else I'd say its an insulin holder or something. . .
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 06, 2016, 11:58:41 AM
It's not a holder, but it does have something to do with insulin. You're starting to get the "point"... ;)

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Elmojo on May 06, 2016, 02:34:11 PM
A pricker for blood glucose sampling?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 06, 2016, 02:37:24 PM
TheGreenWeenie thought so too... but no

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on May 06, 2016, 03:14:14 PM
Based solely on the hints:

A thing that punches a hole in the top of insulin bottles.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 06, 2016, 11:03:19 PM
Breaks or bends the hypodermic tips so they 'safer' ?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 06, 2016, 11:07:52 PM
You're close Janx
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 06, 2016, 11:09:07 PM
I'll give you guys the brand name, this may aid your google search.

NOVO NORDISK
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 06, 2016, 11:15:13 PM
Recognise the name, they make a lot of stuff though! ...

the lanyard puzzles me a bit, first I thought the device was depress red button, but now I think use lanyard to pull back red button for a strike hit..

My Ex years ago was diabetic, just trying to remember all the gear?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 07, 2016, 06:57:40 AM
Come on people! We're almost there!!!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 08, 2016, 06:38:30 AM
I'll help you lot out of your misery...
It's a tool to remove the needles from the insulin pen.
Older people and advanced diabetics have less sensation and strength in their fingers, making it sometimes difficult to safely remove the needles.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 08, 2016, 01:55:22 PM
I'd have never guessed that. LOL!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 08, 2016, 02:50:02 PM
Janx was the closest, so I'll pass the torch on to him....
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 08, 2016, 11:18:46 PM
Got an item, need to get home and upload phone pics to p/bucket..

Y'all have the luxury of 3 pics to see later!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 09, 2016, 12:58:41 AM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fimage_zpsrbm30rjn.jpeg&hash=8ded2a7f79a7a4efade1f684c25da773e5cf21af) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/image_zpsrbm30rjn.jpeg.html)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fimage_zpsrif1vhww.jpeg&hash=ec2dfd30e5d2b745ce11fe77b217d8ede9f4b8c3) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/image_zpsrif1vhww.jpeg.html)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fimage_zpsqgb4ixnc.jpeg&hash=026bf837b42081bbe51930f7620d24a588deefb4) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/image_zpsqgb4ixnc.jpeg.html)

Bastard bloody mongrel fiddly touchscreen!!! This just took me 10 mins!!

Ok people... Have at it!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 09, 2016, 02:01:49 AM
I see 2 terminals (most probably a + & -), a needle gauge and a (turn)handle.

I'm going to guess that this a type of hand generator/dynamo.

I can't say what it is used for exactly.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 09, 2016, 02:07:57 AM
Errrr ... Yeah that's what I thought initially.... It is that kinda ... But it's also not that!

I'm still trying to understand how/why it works ... An old guy told me what it was
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 09, 2016, 03:43:56 AM
I had a quick look through my electrical engineering books from yonks ago.
I'm going to have another go...

It could be an old insulation resistance tester, I do miss a third connection for the guard terminal though.
(Maybe the older types didn't have these?)

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Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on May 09, 2016, 10:02:51 AM
Yes it didn't have a third terminal ..you are correct!!

I thought Dynamo then hoped it was a dynamite exploder thingy...can't think of the name..

Any how's... Off you go! ... Get your mystery pics on!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 09, 2016, 10:05:29 AM
Dynamite detonator was going to be my guess too before I dusted off my books...
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 09, 2016, 10:06:27 AM
I happen to be at work at the mo...
I'll see if I can find something cool!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 09, 2016, 01:02:46 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160509%2F32a778155c281421e4fce7188b6d9100.jpg&hash=6c09dd359073ff4d4cc74d8e54141c7745ba0805)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Daeouse on May 10, 2016, 07:44:53 AM
depth gauge?
Tread gauge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on May 10, 2016, 09:25:25 AM
 :icon_eek:

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 10, 2016, 11:50:08 AM
As you should be used to by now (for my items), it's a medical device... 😉
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 10, 2016, 01:41:39 PM
Brain liquidising probe for the doctorz of the zombie apocalypse?  Lol! ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 10, 2016, 09:51:08 PM
Haha! They are a bit bigger than this...  ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 11, 2016, 09:59:17 AM
Biopsy needle

I just like to guess the items in the game. Whoever calls it first can take my place and post up something. I've run out of things to post.
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 13, 2016, 04:00:09 AM
Correct pliskin.
As already mentioned, first come --> first served
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 13, 2016, 05:12:30 AM
C'mon Plisky... make an effort! ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: lucas on May 13, 2016, 09:09:41 AM
Uh how long is that needle?!?!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 13, 2016, 09:41:45 AM
15cm (6")
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on May 13, 2016, 09:42:43 AM
He tells the ladies it's 10"
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: krsa2000 on May 13, 2016, 11:29:18 AM
Which man doesn't?  ;)
That's why women can't parallel park
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Daeouse on May 13, 2016, 01:15:23 PM
Quote from: krsa2000 on May 13, 2016, 09:41:45 AM
15cm (6")

That's not a needle then, its a darn poniard!  :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on May 13, 2016, 01:47:52 PM
Good job on knowing what a poniard even is Sir! :thumb:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 13, 2016, 07:58:30 PM
You gonna need a bigger boat. Get me the big harpoon!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 17, 2016, 11:43:35 PM
Hey I'm a girl and I can parallel park!!! Even though I never really have to...

Where are we on the game? I kinda lost track  :confused:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 19, 2016, 04:41:15 AM
Plisky won but he's no fun and said someone run ....with it!

So if you have something Ms Wolf then put it up! :thumb:

... and parallel parking.... nothing to do with male or female!... I look at it as. ... if you can then keep driving.... if you can't get it best out of 3 then back on the bus you mass transit throwback! ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Janx101 on June 27, 2016, 10:06:01 PM
Sigh.... Drag this out of the darkness again...

I have for you all.... A Janx Special! ..... Meaning I don't actually know what this is! ... I need help identifying it! ... Mate bought an old Toyota Hilux twincab ute/pickup .. This was in behind the seats with the jack and little toolbag thingy...

I have seen these things before ... In "old timers" garages etc.. When I used to do deceased estate clean ups and sorts for dump/auction/charity ...

Never knew what the heck they were for though!

Anyone??

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad244%2FJanx101%2Fimage_zpsasuy2zrm.jpeg&hash=f9e24b8fd3f817050cc68974ef7a4bf2ac601ecb) (http://s940.photobucket.com/user/Janx101/media/image_zpsasuy2zrm.jpeg.html)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 28, 2016, 05:10:49 AM
ooooo good goin' Janx! woooot a new pic  :D

I have no idea what that is... maybe another pic of it from a different angle? plz?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 28, 2016, 09:43:17 AM
I'll try for another pic, the thing is at mates house... it won't help too much though....the flat bar is just that .. the round rod is C shaped with the opening facing upwards in this pic..

I'll ask him for a perspective pic tho, this arvo, he is an hour away so I can't just drop in on my way past
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: jdoorn14 on June 28, 2016, 10:43:06 AM
Maybe a squeegee bracket? Though I'd expect if it was in someone's car, there would be a rubber squeegee blade installed in it. But at least that would make a bit of sense...at least in my mind.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 28, 2016, 10:46:27 AM
I'm thinking... damn I bet my pap would know... maybe even my dad. He opened his garage in 1972 and to this day I've never seen anything like this down at his shop.

jdoorn yeah I kinda thought that too...!! Need a size reference in the pic cuz I thought it would hafta be a HUGE squeegee blade LOL... but yeah I mean it was in the truck so...  :dunno_black:

I thought it was c-shaped... just wanted to be sure! But what is on the top? Looks like it would maybe attach to something else... man this is probably something that when we find out, it'll be like OMG DUHHHHHH or WHAT A GREAT IDEA lmao  :laugh:
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on June 28, 2016, 07:24:37 PM
Its way too industrial for a squeegee. ..

I'll see if he can take an end pic of the attach looking bit also
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on November 12, 2016, 12:40:53 PM
Let's get this goin' again!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on January 04, 2017, 02:34:08 PM
So what was it Janx? Or do you have more pics or clues for us? Pretty pleaseeee lol
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on January 14, 2017, 04:08:31 PM
Never did identify that thingummy!
I don't have any pics ready right now... Anyone got something? .. If not ill keep an eye out over next couple days.  :thumb:

I'm a Professional Truck Driver.. Get me out of the "circus" i work at!

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on January 18, 2017, 02:14:49 AM
Could that thing be some sort of small sign holder?
Aaron
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Janx101 on January 18, 2017, 12:09:47 PM
Its possible Yama.. Maybe a small reflective warning sign for breakdowns.  But the car it was in has no such sign as equipment!?

I'm a Professional Truck Driver.. Get me out of the "circus" i work at!

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 05, 2017, 05:49:23 PM
Anybody want to get this started up again? :confused:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 05, 2017, 07:09:20 PM
Yes!

You start.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 05, 2017, 07:25:47 PM
Haha ok, let's give it a try!

Blue marker at the bottom of the pic for size reference.

(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18951305_10155450575303278_4951203299544239616_n.jpg?oh=116ea333e96a2b0912d9efb914339710&oe=599D34BD)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 05, 2017, 09:28:57 PM
Centrifuge?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 05, 2017, 11:00:53 PM
YES haha I didn't want to make it too hard cuz I want the game to keep going... but what is this specific centrifuge for?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: qcbaker on June 06, 2017, 05:14:08 AM
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on June 05, 2017, 11:00:53 PM
YES haha I didn't want to make it too hard cuz I want the game to keep going... but what is this specific centrifuge for?

Separation of red blood cells and plasma?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 06, 2017, 11:00:09 AM
That's what any centrifuge does, you are totally right qc :) but what I'm hoping to get is what exactly goes into this one? A hint is having the marker in the pic to show the size.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 06, 2017, 03:18:15 PM
Test tubes?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 06, 2017, 03:31:54 PM
YES! That's it! It's a Tube Centrifuge. Your turn Watcher!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 06, 2017, 08:54:41 PM
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F922%2FjWvD5m.jpg&hash=099a13af862359c9ccf4b856e1dbd204e988a312) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmjWvD5mj)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rscottlow on June 07, 2017, 04:24:11 AM
It's a bullet!  :2guns:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 07, 2017, 06:38:00 AM
Alright, rscott, you're up!
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: rscottlow on June 07, 2017, 07:42:08 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170607/46e75edd436b31326597bdc02ee026d5.jpg)


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 07, 2017, 08:43:01 AM
Candy dish
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rscottlow on June 07, 2017, 09:09:16 AM
Quote from: Watcher on June 07, 2017, 08:43:01 AM
Candy dish

Nope.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 07, 2017, 09:15:44 AM
Is it something you bake with?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rscottlow on June 07, 2017, 09:43:12 AM
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on June 07, 2017, 09:15:44 AM
Is it something you bake with?

Yes, you're on the right track! It's used for something very specific. Any idea what that might be?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: qcbaker on June 07, 2017, 10:20:34 AM
Quote from: rscottlow on June 07, 2017, 09:43:12 AM
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on June 07, 2017, 09:15:44 AM
Is it something you bake with?

Yes, you're on the right track! It's used for something very specific. Any idea what that might be?

Its a form used to make tortilla bowls!

Might be a bit until I can post my own pic though, since I'm at work.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rscottlow on June 07, 2017, 11:47:43 AM
Quote from: qcbaker on June 07, 2017, 10:20:34 AM
Quote from: rscottlow on June 07, 2017, 09:43:12 AM
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on June 07, 2017, 09:15:44 AM
Is it something you bake with?

Yes, you're on the right track! It's used for something very specific. Any idea what that might be?

Its a form used to make tortilla bowls!

Might be a bit until I can post my own pic though, since I'm at work.

Precisely! Honestly, they don't work all that well. I got them in a white elephant gift exchange several years ago, and have used them maybe twice. I love a good taco salad, but I want one of those delicious fried tortilla bowls they use at the mexican restaurants...
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 07, 2017, 01:14:54 PM
Ahh I was gonna guess that too! But hadda get ready and go to work lol... and mmmm taco salads <3 <3 <3
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: qcbaker on June 07, 2017, 02:00:52 PM
Quote from: rscottlow on June 07, 2017, 11:47:43 AM
Precisely! Honestly, they don't work all that well. I got them in a white elephant gift exchange several years ago, and have used them maybe twice. I love a good taco salad, but I want one of those delicious fried tortilla bowls they use at the mexican restaurants...

PROTIP: Spray both sides of the tortilla all over with cooking spray before baking it. It gets closer to the fried texture at the restaurants. Though, truly nothing beats a deep fryer lol.

Here's a tough one:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F30mtk5d.jpg&hash=e134e81b19cca2d4b192a588c9f8d4806fa51313)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Ffedoaf.jpg&hash=60152192d9e1132524f42eacdbe8130bc7a1af00)
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2v2ziuh.jpg&hash=23b8fa9244b5cdfb851487e7ea3e9ab23b087448)

If nobody gets it, I'll post some hints.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rscottlow on June 08, 2017, 04:58:37 AM
Good tip! I'll give that a try. I have no clue what that thing is...

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 08, 2017, 10:40:20 AM
Is it a holder or a mount for something? This IS a good one!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on June 08, 2017, 11:15:14 AM
iPhone Telescope Adapter for iAstrophotography!
Carson Optical Universal Optics Adapter HD
i cheated with googling,... :oops:

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rscottlow on June 08, 2017, 11:28:40 AM
Quote from: ShowBizWolf on June 08, 2017, 10:40:20 AM
Is it a holder or a mount for something? This IS a good one!

I was going to say some sort of television mount, but it's too small for that.

Quote from: cbrfxr67 on June 08, 2017, 11:15:14 AM
iPhone Telescope Adapter for iAstrophotography!
Carson Optical Universal Optics Adapter HD
i cheated with googling,... :oops:

Cheater!  :flipoff:
That's really cool though! What do you use yours for QC?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: sodacitymoto on June 08, 2017, 11:50:45 AM
oo oo! I'm joining in this  8)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: qcbaker on June 08, 2017, 11:56:23 AM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on June 08, 2017, 11:15:14 AM
iPhone Telescope Adapter for iAstrophotography!
Carson Optical Universal Optics Adapter HD
i cheated with googling,... :oops:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpointmetotheplane.boardingarea.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F04%2FSHAME.jpg&hash=6ed827b14b810a1d37592f65aede76fa7b547167)

But yes, that's exactly what it is lol.

Quote from: ShowBizWolf on June 08, 2017, 10:40:20 AM
Is it a holder or a mount for something? This IS a good one!

You were on the right track, Showbiz.

Quote from: rscottlow on June 08, 2017, 11:28:40 AM
That's really cool though! What do you use yours for QC?

It's actually not mine, its my girlfriend's. She studies developmental biology/genetics. So, she uses it in the lab whenever she needs to look at something under the microscope.

Okay, so what are the rules regarding cheating here. Does cbrfxr get to post the next one, or does Showbiz since she got the closest without cheating?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 08, 2017, 11:57:43 AM
I don't think there were any specific rules regarding "cheating".  Usually it's pretty hard to do.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: sodacitymoto on June 08, 2017, 11:59:24 AM
Quote from: Watcher on June 08, 2017, 11:57:43 AM
I don't think there were any specific rules regarding "cheating".  Usually it's pretty hard to do.

Yeah I'd call it "resourceful" ;)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on June 08, 2017, 12:03:10 PM
And I wouldn't say I got it cuz it was just a guess to narrow it down a bit haha... I can't say I'd have ever ended up with cbr's kind of specifics lol!!!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: qcbaker on June 08, 2017, 12:09:32 PM
:dunno_black: Alrighty then. Cbr, you're up!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rscottlow on June 08, 2017, 12:30:03 PM
Quote from: qcbaker on June 08, 2017, 11:56:23 AM
It's actually not mine, its my girlfriend's. She studies developmental biology/genetics. So, she uses it in the lab whenever she needs to look at something under the microscope.

Pretty cool. I was hoping for something astronomy-related. I've always been fascinated by what's out there...

Quote from: Watcher on June 08, 2017, 11:57:43 AM
I don't think there were any specific rules regarding "cheating".  Usually it's pretty hard to do.

Yep, I had considered trying to look online, but didn't even know what to use for my search query.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on June 09, 2017, 06:28:35 AM
ok lemme find something interesting,.... :laugh:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on June 09, 2017, 07:12:03 AM
sorry for gigantic pics - this shouldnt be too hard

(https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18954775_10213351071354549_7080492482534743195_o.jpg?oh=92ed691f8e96e3132ac9c5b52cdf5cb9&oe=59A41031)

(https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18891835_10213351071034541_1566360770089298255_o.jpg?oh=4041eb948503e0bdc4a430e3493dc310&oe=59ACBFDF)

(https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/19023278_10213351070954539_9075121699936347729_o.jpg?oh=fd04cbdd898bb96db52504a78b8e30cb&oe=59DEF329)

(https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18921697_10213351069954514_8495353447302897815_n.jpg?oh=7a788a5e5f97dd63120a3b7ab3c9175f&oe=59A6E5A3)

(https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18922810_10213351070914538_7590975384345236538_o.jpg?oh=62904ceed4ec400df0647f034c8c9d0b&oe=59DE4395)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: sodacitymoto on June 09, 2017, 10:06:03 AM
Quotethis shouldnt be too hard

Great now I feel stupid.   :icon_rolleyes:

Is it some kind of filter? It looks like that's a sock on top  :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: rscottlow on June 09, 2017, 10:13:42 AM
Quote from: sodacitymoto on June 09, 2017, 10:06:03 AM
Quotethis shouldnt be too hard

Great now I feel stupid.   :icon_rolleyes:

Is it some kind of filter? It looks like that's a sock on top  :icon_lol:

Same. It looks like something for dust collection, though. Like you'd see attached to a saw to collect the sawdust...but the opening is to attach some sort of hose...for compressed air? Sorry, that's all I've got.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: sodacitymoto on June 09, 2017, 10:18:32 AM
It DEFINITELY looks like it came off of a Ford tractor, though.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 09, 2017, 12:38:23 PM
Looks to me like a remedial or home made airbrush.

Or something used to purge an air compressor, but why it would be bagged makes no sense to me.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on June 09, 2017, 01:24:49 PM
hee hee
It uses air.  Not off Ford tractor but that's really funny :)

"sock on top"
:D

Hint is that you use silica with it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: sodacitymoto on June 09, 2017, 01:34:38 PM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on June 09, 2017, 01:24:49 PM
hee hee
It uses air.  Not off Ford tractor but that's really funny :)

"sock on top"
:D

Hint is that you use silica with it.

OH IT'S A HIGH PRESSURE AIR SANDER
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: sodacitymoto on June 09, 2017, 01:36:28 PM
sand blaster* whoops sorry
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on June 10, 2017, 05:58:59 AM
Hmmm sort of but for what? It has a specific purpose
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on June 12, 2017, 06:55:28 AM
It uses air and silica to clean something on your bike that is essential to the fuel, spark, air combo.   :icon_question:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on June 14, 2017, 02:39:02 PM
nobody?  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 14, 2017, 10:04:03 PM
I don't see any usefulness in something like that.  I mean, new plugs are like $5/ea (except maybe iridium), but you could always use a small wire-brush to clean the contacts.

I say SodaCityMoto got it.  He said sand-blaster.  That's essentially what it is.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on June 15, 2017, 06:42:53 AM
Sounds good to me,...SodaCityMoto you're up

and Watcher,...
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Freactiongif.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FGIF%2F2015%2F02%2FLogic-Logical-Makes-Sense-Spock-Star-Trek-GIF.gif&hash=fe98b9ace0aa2de1f5c0677665865810fc3584e9)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 04, 2018, 11:16:13 PM
Figured I'd take the liberty of starting this up again, if anyone wants to play.

This one should be easy.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/924/n0lBrj.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pon0lBrjj)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 05, 2018, 10:02:07 AM
chain alignment tool?  :icon_razz:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 05, 2018, 03:16:52 PM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on March 05, 2018, 10:02:07 AM
chain alignment tool?  :icon_razz:

:cheers:


What do you have?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 06, 2018, 02:16:36 PM
how about this one watcher??  :laugh:

(https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28661107_10215773410431512_1695359501676314624_n.jpg?oh=5988820d061e16ada652323e0f8cf50c&oe=5B486EF4)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 06, 2018, 08:36:56 PM
Socket holder for a tool-drawer.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 07, 2018, 07:39:54 AM
(https://media.giphy.com/media/GA2FNpP1kAQNi/giphy.gif)

winner!  ok that was too easy for you watcher,...what's next,... :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 07, 2018, 11:55:30 AM
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/923/y1ZOvg.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pny1ZOvgj)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 07, 2018, 12:41:38 PM
Chopsticks?
or
Your knitting needles?

I've also seen similar tools used to set broken noses. 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 07, 2018, 01:27:59 PM
Chopsticks, but they're steel.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 07, 2018, 02:59:42 PM
Crap! I wasn't expecting to get it. I'm going to pass to whoever wants a go at it because I'm going to be offline for a day or so. No reason to hold up the fun.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 07, 2018, 03:00:23 PM
I'm up for it,...lemme go find something!  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 07, 2018, 03:21:03 PM
How bout this one watcher? (https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motohouston.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fwave.gif&hash=71a095963a9ee94bff759a68919c96be37df1546)

(https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28872061_10215783569045471_5422252875256430592_n.jpg?oh=dc2e7aba2f07837cc7c68fccfdd87a8a&oe=5B0ACE71)

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motohouston.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Ftopsecret.gif&hash=2bb13425a68986aa2b8e8a1f694917efeaa3ab63)

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 07, 2018, 08:39:15 PM
It's shaped like it'd be a spanner, but with no "handle" for any leverage to turn it...

As of right now I'm drawing a blank, but maybe I can come up with something if someone doesn't beat me to it.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 09, 2018, 08:36:19 AM
(https://media.tenor.co/images/048cc35b45c1545328f41a03d0177ffa/raw) heehee
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on March 09, 2018, 01:57:51 PM
Some kind of electric motor armature or transformer core?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 09, 2018, 03:43:48 PM
NOooo,..
(https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28685121_10215783568925468_9057311013300338688_n.jpg?oh=39defa0e76af6d154155aba886ab5995&oe=5B3530BA)
hint,...ford's are infamous for this,...well in mechanical repair field
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 09, 2018, 04:21:12 PM
Looks like one of the Space Invaders...


Looks a little big to be, but is it some kind of gasket or seal?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 12, 2018, 07:11:02 AM
something to do with,..
(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.likecool.com%2FGear%2FPic%2FGif%2520Clock%2FGif-Clock.gif&hash=be6c1a8f3a2f912c61be79c6d2b104ca1b04b086)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 15, 2018, 08:42:55 AM
 :confused:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 27, 2018, 08:25:56 AM
stumped watcher
(https://media.giphy.com/media/S24vAZeES2INy/giphy.gif)
Yes!  Winning!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on March 27, 2018, 08:28:07 PM
 :dunno_black:


Moar hints plz!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on March 28, 2018, 06:34:20 AM
camshaft!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on April 03, 2018, 12:11:18 PM
(https://media.giphy.com/media/tpwwhv1BLd31e/giphy.gif)
?
Title: Re: The &quot;What Is This?&quot; game
Post by: Sodemuk on April 04, 2018, 12:57:57 PM
Camshaft timing 'lock'

Sendt fra min HUAWEI VNS-L31 med Tapatalk

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on April 04, 2018, 01:10:40 PM
finally!
(https://media.giphy.com/media/l44Q6Etd5kdSGttXa/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on April 04, 2018, 01:13:32 PM
(https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29789914_10216046862387640_7202575882336111656_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=c0e09ef17fee2a8905f8cd582559a0ec&oe=5B6AC958)

Ok Sodemuk I hope you have something good cause it's not easy to stump watcher!  You're up mate!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on April 11, 2018, 08:12:57 AM
I guess sodemuk too busy to play.  Anybody else got something? :technical:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on October 20, 2021, 08:45:34 AM
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/923/ONmoi8.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnONmoi8j)

:dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on October 20, 2021, 09:38:38 AM
Some sort of small center punch?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on October 21, 2021, 10:58:42 AM
auto center punch?  Guy at the mayhew booth at the iteg show was all about how you could use the other end as a hinge bolt punch,...  Just pull the end and pow, there you go.  :hithead:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on October 22, 2021, 10:50:03 AM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on October 21, 2021, 10:58:42 AM
auto center punch?  Guy at the mayhew booth at the iteg show was all about how you could use the other end as a hinge bolt punch,...  Just pull the end and pow, there you go.  :hithead:

I'll call this a winner.

It's a kinetic "entry tool".  Spring in the middle, hold one end against the thing you want to strike, draw the other end back.
The long end can be used to drive out door hinge pins or the pointed end as a glass breaker.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on October 25, 2021, 07:05:58 AM
woo hooo winning,..now if someone would just win the picture game and get it moving again :icon_razz:

Awwright lemme see what I can find,...
(https://media1.tenor.com/images/10a79f1e93950373ba27ead69df2251c/tenor.gif?itemid=6105555)

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on October 29, 2021, 02:13:44 PM
(https://i.ibb.co/gzgFHXT/PART-1635541784298-IMG-20211029-160648.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/Jqbt8dL/PART-1635541802941-IMG-20211029-160701.jpg)

:icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on October 29, 2021, 03:03:20 PM
Thats a weird one. Looks like colored leather scraps.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on October 30, 2021, 10:26:06 AM
Quote from: Bluesmudge on October 29, 2021, 03:03:20 PM
Thats a weird one. Looks like colored leather scraps.

I agree.

The green looks somewhat reminiscent of magnetic viewing film, but the shape/curliness does not.


Since I can't just repeat Bluesmudge's answer, I'll expand upon it.  They're natural/skin chamois.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 05, 2021, 07:14:44 AM
Sorry,....,... annnnd nope,....  :hithead:

Watcher I figured you'd get this easy,..

Hint,... you'd use one for a maintenance procedure,...

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 11, 2021, 01:57:53 PM
>bump<
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 12, 2021, 07:29:39 AM
Looks like a flexible funnel.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 12, 2021, 01:08:25 PM
mikeg!
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/2sXf9PbHcEdE1x059I/giphy.gif)

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.hiconsumption.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F01%2FPIG-Form-A-Funnel-0.jpg&f=1&nofb=1)

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fformafunnel.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F05%2Ftruck-tractor2.png&f=1&nofb=1)

https://formafunnel.com/

Ok what do you have for us mikeg?

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 12, 2021, 01:32:37 PM
Boom!!  :woohoo:

I'll have to take a look in my toolbox this weekend to see what obscure item I might find.  Lot's of quick people in this forum...gotta make it challenging.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 13, 2021, 10:05:29 AM
Ok, found something.

(https://i.postimg.cc/3RP6npLf/20211113-101848.jpg)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 16, 2021, 12:47:40 PM
(https://media.tenor.com/images/cf36d9a127a5212acaaf5a03328eb1d4/tenor.gif)
anyone?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 17, 2021, 06:05:15 AM
hmmmm, looks like I broke the game. :hithead:

Hint: This makes cooling system repairs a bit easier on some vehicles.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 17, 2021, 07:37:38 AM
We sell tons of these at work, was hoping somebody else would get it :icon_razz:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on November 17, 2021, 10:58:52 AM
 :dunno_black:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mr72 on November 17, 2021, 11:30:59 AM
With the aid of Google, I vote that it's flexible hose clamp pliers.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 17, 2021, 12:20:36 PM
(https://gifimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/yes-gif-imgur-10.gif)
:icon_razz:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 17, 2021, 04:14:54 PM
 Mr.72, spot on!    :bowdown:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: ShowBizWolf on November 18, 2021, 03:50:35 AM
I've been following along but up until very recently, my only internet access has been at work... and the work computers don't show me the pictures :technical: :icon_rolleyes:

I'm really glad the game is still moving along... at any pace !!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mr72 on November 18, 2021, 04:53:14 AM
Quote from: mikeg on November 17, 2021, 04:14:54 PM
Mr.72, spot on!

so am I supposed to find something of my own to post now? Let me look around...


Ok, this should be quick.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/42Ie707CrIjFTcqJNBSzImTZD2S37nGyhPR8Q97Y1mzDe1IeTwzSRYqvkqII762KijUN5DkAyyVfaBlPNVnJ1Cbb9eorxhE2_Qa_DmP1gTJruZGpg3H32ON3TgBBk_tRe4jZP8Sq7OmXDul4YCVFJC-9koF5-0nR7DvKqXjc80jBeSMQ5D7TrI7Uhwgf7uB06VjI9heXbt6n6xDKWx77BqjV2EZSxdjyc1yN3Q97YQ1uZP5xudKrdI3VVGlCi9T9TC-ZLVHaMWTHqumbit5SE3O84eZ3NV1nsYzf6gNLEsBg4oibDq_S9uOPrpTP98xWGydoL024ifwxXkI7wOX4YUT48GTwmN9RfLScS6qZHSVyMQVPtGYbOkOJD-MkL4WLGtEYeFFikzhrPy-5i9_neG0PsBi3Nuk0KTFnJjcUC4VR5rkTccGLyx4NDgWjvaAlFlfrWiHjcnvSSUE4MbnGMANxiGgSao2REPpW_EA8uVFh74Dzg-3m2g5QSNY7Yot1OwTyCCJTFPuHi7TsOv4JR1JoLmwocNw2_45vTsp3leRDRoCGX9uKH3QS-VlX8-CZtQGoGz2fMjREmy8ik4mhBqtbJu9iwLxLPeoKfI6Y0ixmQtAvmQaSrtAvqkgJixPSfKlfWw7FjEsEp-1addYQVVWl_1AJDzNC-g5CrSYdY5D6E7gJPh29LFUBUcbsrHTtUVxSoHsixVi8NhYbadWDtfGl=w1201-h902-no?authuser=0)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 18, 2021, 05:53:36 AM
(https://gifimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/thinking-hard-gif-3.gif)

Holder for sharpening a knife?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mr72 on November 18, 2021, 06:30:00 AM
Quote from: mikeg on November 18, 2021, 05:53:36 AM
(https://gifimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/thinking-hard-gif-3.gif)

Holder for sharpening a knife?


OK ... just so it's not TOO quick, I kinda hope you can be a little more specific? there's a name for this particular tool.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 18, 2021, 09:34:59 AM
mr72 i can't see it,...?  can you repost pic?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mr72 on November 18, 2021, 09:55:51 AM
The picture is on google photos. As you know, this forum has no way to directly attach a photo.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 18, 2021, 03:48:12 PM
I had to Google it, since I've never really known what it's really called. Lansky lists it as a "multi-angle knife clamp".

Fingers crossed.......
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mr72 on November 19, 2021, 05:10:28 AM
You win! But I find lansky's description odd. I would call it a rod guide clamp.

I should have found something harder.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 19, 2021, 06:23:45 AM
It was harder than it seemed.  I wasn't positive at all that my initial answer was correct.  I did have to do some Google-Fu.

Guess it's my turn again....hmmmm.  How about this?

(https://i.postimg.cc/HsnnbVZM/20211119-081106.jpg)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 19, 2021, 07:38:26 AM
(https://i.ibb.co/KKry0Vk/R-b073fd37234e40f18b9f77ec38319031.jpg)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 19, 2021, 11:18:18 AM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on November 19, 2021, 07:38:26 AM
(https://i.ibb.co/KKry0Vk/R-b073fd37234e40f18b9f77ec38319031.jpg)

First thing I found here at work.  Looks like it is living up to the thread title.   :icon_lol:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 22, 2021, 06:09:26 AM
Guess I should add a hint.  It's used in a PC.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on November 22, 2021, 10:53:44 AM
I was thinking the plate on the rear of a pc?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on November 22, 2021, 01:06:26 PM
Hard Drive tray?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 22, 2021, 01:08:54 PM
Now that I think of it, I should probably have put something next to it for scale.  :hithead:

The dimensions are 4.75" X 4" x .5".  It is used to adapt a smaller item to fit where it's larger (and most times slower) counterpart is installed. 
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on November 22, 2021, 01:10:16 PM
Quote from: Bluesmudge on November 22, 2021, 01:06:26 PM
Hard Drive tray?

You got it!!

To be specific, it is a SSD adapter.

You answered right as I was posting more detail.

Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on November 24, 2021, 12:32:15 PM
Cool! My second timing winning one of these in like 10 years.
Ok, what is......THIS:

(https://gstwins.com/gsboard/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftechlaggard.com%2Fphotos%2Fwhatisthis.jpg&hash=2415c1840d21f54eea6a94d365cc2542317cdee7)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: sledge on November 28, 2021, 10:00:02 AM
Guessing its a tool for locking a clutch basket or a splined shaft/hub or a timing pulley

Looks like the toothed insert is removable so maybe it comes as a kit that will fit several different spline profiles or diameters?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on November 29, 2021, 08:32:33 AM
Quote from: sledge on November 28, 2021, 10:00:02 AM
Guessing its a tool for locking a clutch basket

You got it!

Specifically it's for holding the clutch basket on a Suzuki GS1000 but like you said the spline part can be swapped out for other tooth profiles. Good work.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on December 01, 2021, 06:43:03 PM
Quote from: mikeg on November 19, 2021, 06:23:45 AM
Guess it's my turn again....hmmmm.  How about this?

Quote from: mikeg on November 22, 2021, 01:10:16 PM
Quote from: Bluesmudge on November 22, 2021, 01:06:26 PM
Hard Drive tray?
You got it!!

I keep coming in and out of this forum these days.  Too bad, I recognized this basically instantly.

I'm glad to see this game is getting some participation, it was quite interesting back in the day.
Just waiting on sledge now.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 04, 2023, 06:39:06 PM
Thought maybe I'd pick up the torch here.

Any takers?

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/922/fH2flY.jpg)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: cbrfxr67 on May 08, 2023, 11:16:31 AM
Some kind of clutch tool maybe?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 14, 2023, 11:39:28 PM
Quote from: cbrfxr67 on May 08, 2023, 11:16:31 AMSome kind of clutch tool maybe?

It IS a tool, but it's NOT for a clutch...  :icon_razz:
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on May 17, 2023, 05:26:33 AM
Upper receiver rod for an AR
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 18, 2023, 12:32:44 AM
Quote from: mikeg on May 17, 2023, 05:26:33 AMUpper receiver rod for an AR

Chicken dinner!
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on May 23, 2023, 01:01:58 PM
Nice!!

How about this one

(https://i.postimg.cc/1t829LDv/guess.png)
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on May 25, 2023, 01:49:15 PM
Hmm...  Some kind of hydraulic feed control?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on May 30, 2023, 01:22:45 PM
Its some sort of train locomotive control like the brakes, throttle, or steam pressure thingy.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on June 05, 2023, 07:56:41 AM
Quote from: Watcher on May 25, 2023, 01:49:15 PMHmm...  Some kind of hydraulic feed control?

You're on the right track.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 05, 2023, 09:01:47 AM
Quote from: mikeg on June 05, 2023, 07:56:41 AMYou're on the right track.

For a screw machine?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 07, 2023, 06:21:25 AM
Air Powered Piston Oil Pump
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: mikeg on June 08, 2023, 04:32:15 AM
Quote from: pliskin on June 07, 2023, 06:21:25 AMAir Powered Piston Oil Pump

I'd say that's close enough for a win! It is a manual oil pump for a 1920s Flat tank motorcycle.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 09, 2023, 11:34:29 AM
Nice! Now what's this old thing?
KIMG399655.jpg
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 15, 2023, 04:34:13 PM
An oil burning lamp, but I've never seen one with that tall of a burner.

Possibly a small camp stove?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Bluesmudge on June 15, 2023, 04:47:50 PM
Watcher beat be to it. I was going to a say it looks like a grandfather to the Coleman/GI camp stoves that run on gasoline/kerosene
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 20, 2023, 06:21:00 AM
Quote from: Watcher on June 15, 2023, 04:34:13 PMAn oil burning lamp, but I've never seen one with that tall of a burner.

Possibly a small camp stove?

Close but not close enough. It not lantern or stove but it is a tool of trade.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on June 27, 2023, 01:28:09 AM
For melting metal for casting?

Like, some kind of crucible burner?
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: pliskin on June 27, 2023, 05:52:32 AM
Quote from: Watcher on June 27, 2023, 01:28:09 AMFor melting metal for casting?

Like, some kind of crucible burner?
BINGO! It's called a plumbers smelter used for melting lead or other soft metals.
Title: Re: The "What Is This?" game
Post by: Watcher on July 16, 2023, 10:05:34 PM
Quote from: pliskin on June 27, 2023, 05:52:32 AMBINGO! It's called a plumbers smelter used for melting lead or other soft metals.

Ok, sweet.  I'll try to have something new in the next day or two.