What are these?

Blinker fluid dipsticks!

They are just fidget spinners guys.

Wait, I got it. These are why no biturbos run. 

Mndsm said:

Wait, I got it. These are why no biturbos run. 

 

Every true Maserati mechanic makes their own as their first project as an apprentice.

Did we ever figure out what this thing is? Maybe they're related 

In reply to EastCoastMojo :

Hey!  That's my thing!

I think I threw it out/sold as scrap.  I also think I know where I can get like a hundred more just like it.

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

That'd make nice walk art. 

I'm really surprised the truth behind the original picture hasn't come out, yet.

EastCoastMojo said:

Did we ever figure out what this thing is? Maybe they're related 

That's almost certainly a heat sink, probably for a LED spotlight.

With all those holes it is part of an assembly.     what assembly I have no idea.   Cooling might be involved

EastCoastMojo said:

Did we ever figure out what this thing is? Maybe they're related 

As seen on TV the grill surface from the Ninja Foodi Grill.

Don't dodge the problem, here.

What are the things you linked!?

My mom is an author, writing historical (as in historically correct) novels. She knows a small army of seriously knowledgeable and nerdy historians and she used that network to look up the pins/pegs with balls. 

Nobody knew. Best guess are still that they are tool for ropes and rigging for boats, but nobody is actually sure. 

I’m convinced. It’s a hoax. 

Bravo to the creator for having succeeded at one of the best ruses ever. 

If it is a hoax, we need PROOF it is a hoax.

New years bump!

These things irritate me.

We shall call these the Irritating Pegged Rods of Confusion

Still no closer to an answer...

Stampie said:

Someone brought these to a librarian and wanted to know what they are. The librarians are stumped as am I. Time starts now!

I'm going to look at this another way, from function - I think the "top end" of each is set so it can be rotated by something else - the wood/bamboo one has a slot, the others are square (except the top, with hex) heads. still not sure about the 3rd one down - clearly the 3rd from top and the bottom right would have less strength. 

All of them look like a string (or yarn?) could be wrapped around either "handle" and most have a point below the "handles" where something could be wrapped or slide around. 

---edit:

the top one is still a square drive. The 2 silver ones in the bottom seem to be round, but may have an internal connection or be threaded?

Tom Waits once cut a hole in the side of a dumpster and ran piano strings across the hole to see what it would sound like.

I bet those are the tuning pegs.

ShawnG said:

Tom Waits once cut a hole in the side of a dumpster and ran piano strings across the hole to see what it would sound like.

I bet those are the tuning pegs.

Dumpster tuning pegs?

This thread bothers my buddy. He's not even on here, and not knowing disturbs him.

When the world re-opens, I'll try to get to the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA.  If anyplace has these on display with a description of their purpose, that place will.

Ian F said:

When the world re-opens, I'll try to get to the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA.  If anyplace has these on display with a description of their purpose, that place will.

I must survive this pandemic so that I learn the answer!