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Title: What is this thing ?
Post by: oldmanjoe on August 11, 2022, 01:19:59 AM
Any body have a idea what this is , or does  ?
Strange chunk of steel !!   ::)  ::)
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Wompus Cat on August 11, 2022, 02:13:21 AM
I am going out on a limb here but judging from the obvious attempts at drilling ,turning ,and gouging  I would classify it as a

BOO BOO !
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Shellbelly on August 11, 2022, 03:30:15 AM
Beats me, but it must've been important.  I'd call it a bushing that somebody seriously felt it had to be messed with.  Looks like it was pressed in and spun out.  Part of a failed chuck or collet, maybe?

I bet it was a noise maker and somebody had to find out why.
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: JasonGotaProblem on August 11, 2022, 04:01:15 AM
It looks like a part I've seen in the bottom of an upright washing machine.
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Keta on August 11, 2022, 04:11:34 AM
Scrap
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: foakes on August 11, 2022, 04:31:45 AM
It is a do-dingus for a thermathrockle.
 
Best, Fred
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: JasonGotaProblem on August 11, 2022, 04:50:39 AM
Also, these days it looks like a $78 surprise. If you're lucky.
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Brewcrafter on August 11, 2022, 07:06:00 AM
Given that the groves around the part in question are not concentric, and there is a random hole though it; I am just going to use an FAA term and attribute it to "Catastrophic Failure". - john
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Wompus Cat on August 11, 2022, 09:51:56 AM
I THINK I see it in the bottom of this container.
(https://alantani.com/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=94422;image)
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: mhc on August 11, 2022, 10:25:59 AM
'Joe made' coil spring mandrel?

Mike
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: oldmanjoe on August 11, 2022, 05:36:46 PM
 https://alantani.com/smileys/default/cheesy.gif
 Interesting   "Scrap "  "Joe made " Found in the bottom of this container ,"Looks like a catastrophic
 failure"     Possible made with the tool on top of container , was a noise maker .

    I did find it in the bottom of the washing machine , because i forgot to remove it from my pants pocket , after my wife did a load of laundry .     
 
 For the time being , i`ll call it Do dingus because that is probably the only way someone would pay 78 dollars for it
  It does not make springs , but a possibility 
            So what is it IMG_1027.jpg
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Shellbelly on August 11, 2022, 05:43:05 PM
Quote from: oldmanjoe on August 11, 2022, 05:36:46 PMI did find it in the bottom of the washing machine , because i forgot to remove it from my pants pocket ,

Noise maker!  Told ya!  It goes in the junk drawer.
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Midway Tommy on August 11, 2022, 07:05:56 PM
Well, if was in my pocket and later found in the bottom of the washing machine it would, under no uncertain circumstances, be a "wife p!$$er offer"!  :-[  ::)
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: JasonGotaProblem on August 11, 2022, 07:29:19 PM
Ok so drill bit goes thru the center hole to spin the assembly, so the screwdriver (that's just a flathead right? Or is it some type of file) can be used to either score something? Either that or a stuck bearing loosener.

After seeing joes unorthodox uses for tools, I've learned to think outside the box if I'm trying to guess what he's up to.
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Alan Matsuno on August 11, 2022, 07:51:30 PM
Practice, with a new lathe?

I have a 5 gal bucket of oak from learning how to use a: table saw, planer, joiner, and router .

Billet of steel, run through the lathe.
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Shellbelly on August 11, 2022, 10:30:13 PM
Quote from: Alan Matsuno on August 11, 2022, 07:51:30 PMhave a 5 gal bucket of oak from learning how to use a: table saw, planer, joiner, and router .

You need a bigger bucket.
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: oldmanjoe on August 11, 2022, 11:19:47 PM
Quote from: Alan Matsuno on August 11, 2022, 07:51:30 PMI have a 55 gal bucket of oak from learning how to use a: table saw, planer, joiner, and router .
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          Fixed it for you , Now you have a proper size bucket .
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: philaroman on August 12, 2022, 02:33:44 AM
it's a prototype...  for a piece of junk
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: oldmanjoe on August 12, 2022, 03:09:25 AM
 :o Yep it`s Supermoon alert: The last supermoon of the year rises tonight!
   
 So i hits it with a hammer and this happened
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Maxed Out on August 12, 2022, 05:39:14 AM
 It's a press for making miniature doughnuts. I like sprinkles on mine please
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: oldmanjoe on August 12, 2022, 11:27:41 AM
  I like mine "glazed "
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: thrasher on August 12, 2022, 12:39:31 PM
Thought it looks like half of a grommet press
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Midway Tommy on August 12, 2022, 07:13:58 PM
So, the "reel" question is, how well does it work? Does it give a nice clean cut all around on both edges or do you have to do some touchup work after the smack?
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: oldmanjoe on August 12, 2022, 11:52:47 PM
  The real answer  ....  it was piece of scrap all thread rod that i tried to fit this die  to make some oc drag washers .   It worked , but i wished i had a little more od diameter stock to make it a little stronger for the outside wall . .     It was a experiment , now i can refine the prototype .
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: JoseCuervo on August 13, 2022, 01:42:52 AM
Whatever it is is, I would bet you cannot buy it, by only having a picture of it.

You will know you have seen it before.

You will know that you have one.

You will, eventually, realize you will never find it.

You should write down the name of the part, and its' part number and save it where you could find it when needed.

Having said that, I would want to just throw it away, but I know I would regret it and that and I will need it in the future, so I will just put it in a safe place.

ETA: OMJ, trolling can be construed as a crime.  ::)  :o  :d



Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Maxed Out on August 13, 2022, 04:34:42 AM
 I told you all it was for punching out mini doughnuts....you guys never listen to me lol :d
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: Glos on August 30, 2022, 03:26:16 PM
Military test, from up to 12 km above.
Title: Re: What is this thing ?
Post by: oldmanjoe on August 30, 2022, 11:15:23 PM
I did make another size cutter and i did blow out a outside ring section on the first cutter .   
   I tried to fit it in the scrap piece of all thread .