What is this????
Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:52 pm
Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:30 pm
a birth control device or a cigar cutter??
Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:35 pm
thought i'd nip a smart mouthed reply in the bud... if it was a birth control device.... it's not my size, it's to big compared to the quarter!! 
Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:14 pm
A helmet for Gumby??
Mudge the intellectual
Mudge the intellectual
Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:58 pm
I can't believe y'all don't know what it is, it's a thing-a-ma-bobber to go on a whatch-a-callit.
Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:02 pm
um...flux capacitator?
what is it
Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:10 pm
Some kind of mini heater?Looks like some kind of insulator with heat coils.
Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:31 pm
a quarter?
But seriously, looks sort of like a locking button switch, probably like from a control panel. Just a guess.
But seriously, looks sort of like a locking button switch, probably like from a control panel. Just a guess.
Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:28 am
Not sure, but it reminds me of a housing for an early voltage protection
devise. They were made from non-conducting material.
The hole in the side would be where the actual carbon block or
coil protection screwed in. The unit would be plugged into a panel or frame of
some sort that the circuit would pass through. If voltage exceeded a
certain level this would fail and protect the circuit and equipment.
Think of this as a fuse holder. For the younger crowd, a surge protector.
Or, it could be, as Craig said, a thing-a-ma-bobber to go on a whatch-a-callit
Bill
Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:45 am
Kind of reminds me of the voltage regulator on my '66 Dodge!? 
Or maybe some sort of hydraulic valve.............................or not.
Or maybe some sort of hydraulic valve.............................or not.
Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:59 am
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What is this???
It looks like suspiciously like a coin of some type to me, I dont fully recognise the white thing-abob next to the coin so I cannot judge how big this coin is, but it clearly seems to have the words "United States of America" and "Quarter Dollar" written on the coin so I would guess it may be a US 25 cent piece?, I would have thought someone from the States should be able to identify it, and being from Australia I cannot provide any further identification.
As to the white thing being used to size the coin, that is clearly and instantly recognisable as a thing-a-ma-bobber to go on a whatch-a-callit, as already confirmed by earlier posts, and similar looking devices are used for similar purposes downu nder as well.
(and yes it does look like some type of small jug heater coil or element)
smiles
Mark Pilkington
What is this???
It looks like suspiciously like a coin of some type to me, I dont fully recognise the white thing-abob next to the coin so I cannot judge how big this coin is, but it clearly seems to have the words "United States of America" and "Quarter Dollar" written on the coin so I would guess it may be a US 25 cent piece?, I would have thought someone from the States should be able to identify it, and being from Australia I cannot provide any further identification.
As to the white thing being used to size the coin, that is clearly and instantly recognisable as a thing-a-ma-bobber to go on a whatch-a-callit, as already confirmed by earlier posts, and similar looking devices are used for similar purposes downu nder as well.
(and yes it does look like some type of small jug heater coil or element)
smiles
Mark Pilkington
Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:16 am
Thats easy, no question about it. Its a Do-DaD>
Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:23 am
"This" is a pronoun. 
what is it
Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:18 am
Thats easy, A ching-a-derra
Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:35 am
It looks like part of some early proximity/contact switch for door warning.