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EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
10/21/19 4:48 p.m.

Blinker fluid dipsticks!

chandler
chandler PowerDork
10/21/19 5:14 p.m.

They are just fidget spinners guys.

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
10/21/19 5:15 p.m.

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

 

Robbie
Robbie MegaDork
10/21/19 5:52 p.m.
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.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
10/31/19 8:06 p.m.

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

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
11/1/19 9:23 a.m.

In reply to EastCoastMojo :

Hey!  That's my thing! laugh

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.

Stampie
Stampie GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
11/1/19 9:55 a.m.

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

That'd make nice walk art. 

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
11/1/19 11:06 a.m.

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



 

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt PowerDork
11/1/19 11:51 a.m.
EastCoastMojo said:

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

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

iceracer
iceracer UltimaDork
11/1/19 6:34 p.m.

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

Stampie
Stampie GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
11/8/19 6:00 a.m.
EastCoastMojo said:

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

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

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
11/9/19 7:58 p.m.

Don't dodge the problem, here.

What are the things you linked!?

Torkel
Torkel Reader
11/11/19 1:34 a.m.

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. 

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
11/11/19 5:34 a.m.

I’m convinced. It’s a hoax. 

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

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
11/11/19 6:45 p.m.

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

Dusterbd13-michael
Dusterbd13-michael MegaDork
1/3/20 3:29 p.m.

New years bump!

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
1/4/20 11:30 p.m.

These things irritate me.

 

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/5/20 10:53 a.m.

We shall call these the Irritating Pegged Rods of Confusion laugh

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/20/20 9:10 a.m.

Still no closer to an answer...

Greg Smith
Greg Smith Dork
3/20/20 10:40 a.m.
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?

 

ShawnG
ShawnG UltimaDork
3/20/20 10:45 a.m.

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.

JmfnB
JmfnB GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/20/20 11:52 a.m.
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?

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
3/20/20 1:28 p.m.

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

Ian F
Ian F MegaDork
3/20/20 1:45 p.m.

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.

Floating Doc
Floating Doc GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
3/20/20 2:02 p.m.
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!

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