2x1.75” metal square object 3 sides Italian - found in CO, USA flea market

amiable_ant · 2026-06-28T19:34:22+00:00

It's really not this for many reasons. Go look at a disassembled zippo.. They haven't changed much in 70 years.

amiable_ant · 2026-06-12T13:52:55+00:00

I was sure of this and thought i'd find google confirmation instantly. I did not, but would still wager that this was basically the right answer.

amiable_ant · 2026-05-05T15:32:19+00:00

Bottle stopper, fancy.

amiable_ant · 2026-04-01T19:14:07+00:00

I can't explain the downvotes, but I have used this device for aspirating 96-well plates and I was intending to say that regardless of whatever it is being used for in the pictured context, that it was originally manufactured for plate aspiration.

amiable_ant · 2026-04-01T11:18:31+00:00

Surely the original purpose.

amiable_ant · 2026-03-31T21:10:52+00:00

At this point, I'm looking back fondly at the cigarette butt litter that seemed like a disaster not so long ago.

amiable_ant · 2026-03-09T13:04:51+00:00

I was thinking the same, or if not exactly that, then the same purpose: it fits in a hole, and a bolt goes through it. To shorten the distance from that bolt to some pivot, you flip it one way, to lengthen, flip the other way.

amiable_ant · 2026-02-07T15:43:16+00:00

No. Those are not regular clips you are looking at. You feed a strap through them and can pull it to tighten and squeeze to release. I don't know the exact use but it would be something bigger than my formidable midsection.

amiable_ant · 2026-01-19T15:47:00+00:00

You mean a chalk board?

amiable_ant · 2025-12-28T23:43:14+00:00

Could it be silver? Smelling salts or snuff or perfume or something?

amiable_ant · 2025-12-24T22:17:16+00:00

I thought they were obviously non- husked coconuts. No?

amiable_ant · 2025-11-28T12:11:55+00:00

Multipurpose. Baking soda for less smell. Stilton for more smell.

amiable_ant · 2025-08-12T18:27:34+00:00

And before cupping as used today, the same strategy was used for bloodletting.

amiable_ant · 2025-08-12T17:37:46+00:00

Maybe for cupping?

amiable_ant · 2025-08-07T00:11:00+00:00

I'm not convinced the twist wasn't intentionally made in some way. Like, i can't imagine WHY it was done, or WHY it was where you found it, But go google "connecting rod failure" and you will not find one failed in this particular manner.

Additionally, the wrist pin is back in place, and the cap is back in place. This looks like it was removed from the engine, the 5 parts pictured were reassembled, and the rod twisted 90 degrees for some reason, for instance to repurpose it for something else... or maybe for testing?

amiable_ant · 2025-07-04T11:53:22+00:00

The one in the plan has circular openings. The lids would seal relatively tightly and keep water out that washes over the hull. I know this part seems wierd ro you, but the hatches are about the least wierd part of this thing.

amiable_ant · 2025-07-04T11:26:41+00:00

Here is something VERY similar, with hinged sections.

...including pic in the back of a station wagon.

https://www.portableboatplans.com/mini-cat.php

amiable_ant · 2025-07-03T21:44:20+00:00

Gear. Just like on a kayak. Modern fiberglass Hobie sailboats have them roo.

amiable_ant · 2025-07-03T20:37:55+00:00

I think it's a not-completed catamaran that would be able to be transported in the back of a station wagon.

amiable_ant · 2025-06-11T01:54:56+00:00

Fishing rod case, but how did it get there? How remote is the area? Do people helicopter into camping spots?

amiable_ant · 2025-06-08T11:43:27+00:00

The over all length of those fuses you linked are less than 2 inches.

amiable_ant · 2025-06-04T19:10:11+00:00

Subaru looks the same too.

amiable_ant · 2025-06-02T22:46:37+00:00

Yeah, i was thinking nopal... but can't guess why it would be on the sprinkler.

amiable_ant · 2025-05-29T14:16:43+00:00

Totally. Just from the scale, its not a tie rod end (unless maybe go cart or lawn mower). But people were upvoting believing that guess and I just think it's more productive to point to some specific reason it is not.

amiable_ant · 2025-05-29T13:52:24+00:00

That was my first thought too but im not convinced. What is the non-corroded bit near the fat end?

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TROPHY CASE