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Racer X 69 · 07-20-2019, 07:58 AM

Next up:

Besides what may be obvious, be specific about where.

Unregistered User · 08-22-2019, 11:29 AM

I give up. Perhaps a rotating shoe waxing brush? Interior of a carwash?

Anyway, here's another object to ponder:

Racer X 69 · 08-23-2019, 03:43 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

Next up:

Besides what may be obvious, be specific about where.

Originally posted by dlh

I give up. Perhaps a rotating shoe waxing brush? Interior of a carwash?

It is a magnet, inside the banjo (center) housing of a heavy truck drive axle, covered in metal slivers soaked in polluted 90wt gear lube. The truck had two drive axles, and both differentials failed about a mile or two apart from each other. I had the wonderful job of tearing it apart, cleaning everything, rebuilding the differentials, replacing the wheel end bearings and races, and putting it all back together.

Racer X 69 · 08-23-2019, 03:45 PM

Originally posted by dlh

Anyway, here's another object to ponder:

A shower head and the ring the curtain hangs from.

Unregistered User · 10-25-2019, 03:25 AM

alright, then, how 'bout this one? the thing at the end of the tube?

Racer X 69 · 10-25-2019, 05:49 AM

Originally posted by dlh

alright, then, how 'bout this one? the thing at the end of the tube?

A PVC vent cap.

Unregistered User · 10-25-2019, 08:00 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

A PVC vent cap.

Boy, you're good! The houses in our neighborhood are all on septic systems. Sometimes, depending on barometric pressure and temperature, sewer gas comes up from the tanks through the houses' vent pipes, and settles near the ground where it smells the place up. This vent cap is designed for indoor use where venting to the outdoors isn't an option. It's got a valve in it that lets air into the system, but won't let it go back out. I stuck these on my vents to eliminate the smell.

**ramseybuckeye** · 12-22-2019, 06:33 PM

Originally posted by dlh

Ok, no identification of the mystery kitchen tool. I still don't know what it is.
But try this one on for size - hint - a newspaperman from the 1930's ought to recognize it.

Paper folder and cutter

**Geodude** · 12-24-2019, 10:32 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by dlh

Close, but no cigar. Anyone else care to guess?

Some kind of a crimping tool?

**BigDave** · 12-24-2019, 11:34 AM - **1 Like**

Nut cracker, I would say. It could hold and split a walnut nicely!

Racer X 69 · 12-24-2019, 02:28 PM

Originally posted by dlh

Good guesses, all. But here's the real thing: it's a hot-lead linotype machine. The local newspaper bought it new, but now it sets on the sidewalk as a sort of museum-in-the-street display. Historical artifact of a bygone civilization.

I was going to say a printer of some kind, but hot lead linotype? So was it used to make the plates they printed the paper from?

**ashurbanipal** · 12-26-2019, 08:54 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by dlh

Ok, no identification of the mystery kitchen tool. I still don't know what it is.
But try this one on for size - hint - a newspaperman from the 1930's ought to recognize it.

Is that a linotype? Hard to tell from this angle, I've never really paid much attention to what they look like from the side. Assuming that's correct, I've never seen one this colorful--my experience was with ones in varying shades of ink tones.

edit: I see that is a linotype. I've got a slug from one here on my desk, but no pictures of it. This is the functional one I got it from though:

**Kerrowdown** · 12-27-2019, 05:50 AM - **2 Likes**

Late yesterday afternoon...

A sympathetically "aged" iPhone 11 Pro Max image.

Racer X 69 · 12-27-2019, 07:12 AM

Originally posted by Kerrowdown

Late yesterday afternoon...

A sympathetically "aged" iPhone 11 Pro Max image.

Wait.

Don't tell me.

I know what this is.

It is the elixir of Scotland!

Oh yeah.

Having some right now.

Cheers mate!

**Kerrowdown** · 12-27-2019, 07:54 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

Wait.

Don't tell me.

I know what this is.

It is the elixir of Scotland!

Oh yeah.

Having some right now.

Cheers mate!

Enjoy.

12-26-2019, 08:54 PM - 1 Like	#57
ashurbanipal Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 515	Originally posted by dlh Ok, no identification of the mystery kitchen tool. I still don't know what it is. But try this one on for size - hint - a newspaperman from the 1930's ought to recognize it. Is that a linotype? Hard to tell from this angle, I've never really paid much attention to what they look like from the side. Assuming that's correct, I've never seen one this colorful--my experience was with ones in varying shades of ink tones. edit: I see that is a linotype. I've got a slug from one here on my desk, but no pictures of it. This is the functional one I got it from though: Last edited by ashurbanipal; 12-26-2019 at 09:00 PM. Reason: added additional info

12-27-2019, 05:50 AM - 2 Likes	#58
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,867	The Answer Is Happiness Late yesterday afternoon... A sympathetically "aged" iPhone 11 Pro Max image.

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07-20-2019, 07:58 AM	#46
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,078	Next up: Besides what may be obvious, be specific about where.

08-22-2019, 11:29 AM	#47
Unregistered User Guest	I give up. Perhaps a rotating shoe waxing brush? Interior of a carwash? Anyway, here's another object to ponder:

08-23-2019, 03:43 PM - 1 Like	#48
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,078	Originally posted by Racer X 69 Next up: Besides what may be obvious, be specific about where. Originally posted by dlh I give up. Perhaps a rotating shoe waxing brush? Interior of a carwash? It is a magnet, inside the banjo (center) housing of a heavy truck drive axle, covered in metal slivers soaked in polluted 90wt gear lube. The truck had two drive axles, and both differentials failed about a mile or two apart from each other. I had the wonderful job of tearing it apart, cleaning everything, rebuilding the differentials, replacing the wheel end bearings and races, and putting it all back together.

08-23-2019, 03:45 PM	#49
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,078	Originally posted by dlh Anyway, here's another object to ponder: A shower head and the ring the curtain hangs from.

10-25-2019, 03:25 AM	#50
Unregistered User Guest	alright, then, how 'bout this one? the thing at the end of the tube?

10-25-2019, 05:49 AM	#51
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,078	Originally posted by dlh alright, then, how 'bout this one? the thing at the end of the tube? A PVC vent cap.

10-25-2019, 08:00 AM - 1 Like	#52
Unregistered User Guest	Originally posted by Racer X 69 A PVC vent cap. Boy, you're good! The houses in our neighborhood are all on septic systems. Sometimes, depending on barometric pressure and temperature, sewer gas comes up from the tanks through the houses' vent pipes, and settles near the ground where it smells the place up. This vent cap is designed for indoor use where venting to the outdoors isn't an option. It's got a valve in it that lets air into the system, but won't let it go back out. I stuck these on my vents to eliminate the smell.

12-22-2019, 06:33 PM	#53
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,296	Originally posted by dlh Ok, no identification of the mystery kitchen tool. I still don't know what it is. But try this one on for size - hint - a newspaperman from the 1930's ought to recognize it. Paper folder and cutter

12-24-2019, 10:32 AM - 1 Like	#54
Geodude Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Off to another adventure Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,417	Originally posted by dlh Close, but no cigar. Anyone else care to guess? Some kind of a crimping tool?

12-24-2019, 11:34 AM - 1 Like	#55
BigDave Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Hudson Valley, NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,626	Nut cracker, I would say. It could hold and split a walnut nicely!

12-24-2019, 02:28 PM	#56
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,078	Originally posted by dlh Good guesses, all. But here's the real thing: it's a hot-lead linotype machine. The local newspaper bought it new, but now it sets on the sidewalk as a sort of museum-in-the-street display. Historical artifact of a bygone civilization. I was going to say a printer of some kind, but hot lead linotype? So was it used to make the plates they printed the paper from?

12-27-2019, 07:12 AM	#59
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,078	Originally posted by Kerrowdown Late yesterday afternoon... A sympathetically "aged" iPhone 11 Pro Max image. Wait. Don't tell me. I know what this is. It is the elixir of Scotland! Oh yeah. Having some right now. Cheers mate!

12-27-2019, 07:54 AM - 1 Like	#60
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,867	Originally posted by Racer X 69 Wait. Don't tell me. I know what this is. It is the elixir of Scotland! Oh yeah. Having some right now. Cheers mate! Enjoy.

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