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Whatzit?

Postby healey36 » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:50 am

In the spirit of The Dirt, we haven't had one of these in a long while...what is it?

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Hopefully I don't muck this up, lol. Prize to the first one that guesses...

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Re: Whatzit?

Postby aterry11 » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:16 pm

Eyelet bearing insert for a zamak cast truck sideframe.
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby up148 » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:26 pm

Black Hole. :lol:
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby Roy » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:28 pm

I agree, it looks like an oilite bearing mounted in a locomotive frame.
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby healey36 » Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:20 pm

Hmmm...good guesses but not quite. Here's another look:

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Remember, these are not necessarily railroad-related. One of Dirt's started with the head-end of the rein-rail on a horse-drawn sleigh.

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Re: Whatzit?

Postby J. S. Bach » Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:29 pm

Kind of looks like a smokebox front with a hole for a headlight.
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:15 pm

For no rational reason I want to say it's the business end of some sort of cannon :?
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby E7 » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:44 pm

The BUSINESS end of a pistol. BANG!

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PS: even though I am likely incorrect anyhow, I had NOT seen Rufus' response when I answered!
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby healey36 » Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:23 pm

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:For no rational reason I want to say it's the business end of some sort of cannon :?


Mmmm, hmmm...maybe...
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby robert. » Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:36 pm

Is it from one of those little ships you build? One of the penny size ones you post photos of.
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby healey36 » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:07 pm

Nope...don’t have a camera that good. Next clue in the AM...
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby healey36 » Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:53 am

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Re: Whatzit?

Postby sleepmac » Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:07 am

Maybe the hammer on a revolver?

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Re: Whatzit?

Postby healey36 » Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:23 pm

Nope, but heading in a good direction...
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:25 pm

The mechanism that lets a cement-mixer mix?
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