Game: Guess the mystery object !

[ped]

I think it's a kind of mod electronic cigarette,

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Bang on

 

[BShanahan14rulz]

Are those yours, ped?

I'm pondering finding a tank mod for my SB, google "aga-t+" with quotes.

 

[Fracker]

Oops.. Already guessed

 

[BShanahan14rulz]

Somebody post up!

 

[douro20]

These pliers were once a common item in a CE's toolbox; the objective here is to tell me their exact purpose:

IMG_20130223_185328 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

[ARG]

These pliers were once a common item in a CE's toolbox; the objective here is to tell me their exact purpose:

IMG_20130223_185328 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Crimper? Stripper?

 

[douro20]

Not even close.
I'll give you a hint: they were made for IBM, and they were used to repair a once common office item.

 

[DJZ]

These pliers were once a common item in a CE's toolbox; the objective here is to tell me their exact purpose:

IMG_20130223_185328 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The funny thing is, as a CE I haven't a clue what that is. My guess would be either some kind of tool for the Selectric or maybe for an old check sorter.

 

[douro20]

Ok, I guess most people in here aren't old enough to have seen one of these. I found them a few years ago and it took me a while to figure out what they were.

IMG_20130223_185328 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

They are typebar pliers, which were used to straighten out typebars on pre-Selectric IBM typewriters. These pliers were necessary because the soft metal type could be damaged if anything else was used.

Anyone else have anything to post?

 

[DJZ]

Sweet! I figured it'd have to be something before my time.

I'll throw this one up real quick. This has a very specific name:

 

[ARG]

Is it glass? An ink well?

 

[phoenix77]

Is it a glass insulation post?

 

[DJZ]

I might have made this one a bit too vague. I'm not sure what the original glass vile was used for, but it was heated up with a torch and warped as you can see in the pic to make a "torture tube". It's a type of lumia effect.

Ideally the effect is mounted to a slow moving hankscraft motor and the effect is very smooth. I put together this quick video, the tortube is mounted to a hankscraft motor but I'm just holding the motor with my hand so it's not as smooth, but you get the idea.

Torture tube lumia laser effect - YouTube

 

[Dr_Evil]

I wonder where you got that from.

 

[DJZ]

I wonder where you got that from.

These are available from Displaser on PL. It's a great effect. Somewhere there's a video of me putting one of these in front of 2 or 3 watts from a Coherent ION at SELEM. I split the beam with a prism so that the red/yellow/green/blue beams were hitting the torture tube in different places, which looked awesome on the wall!

 

[Dr_Evil]

These are available from Displaser on PL. It's a great effect. Somewhere there's a video of me putting one of these in front of 2 or 3 watts from a Coherent ION at SELEM. I split the beam with a prism so that the red/yellow/green/blue beams were hitting the torture tube in different places, which looked awesome on the wall!

I got mine at SELEM.