Game: Guess the mystery object !

[Hemlock_Mike]

Wasn't there a candle holder for ships which kept the candle upright in high seas?
HMike

 

[Coherent Light]

automatic grease pump..as in keeping a lathe lubed.

 

[Benm]

Back to pc ..... Benm wins again ..... it's called "mammuth", here (don't ask me why, i never discovered this ), and it's a connection block for 2 wires (seen from bottom).

Thats an interesting name for it... In dutch its name translate to a 'crownstone', i suppose from when they were still ceramic.

I see there are some going one, but here is one whenever things run dry:

 

[millirad]

@Mike : that's a Hastings vacuum gauge tube. I used to work with those.

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

Grease cups from old lathes didn't look like that.
Is it a modern day stool pusher? :shhh:
Some old cannon projectiles looked similar but there is no size reference.
HMike

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

millrad --- CORRECT -- It's a Teledyne - Hastings DV-23 Vacuum gauge tube.
Right on.

HMike

 

[millirad]

@Benm: is it a lamp switch?

Here's one that someone might know...............

 

[Coherent Light]

old telephone switching module

 

[Prototype]

Here's one that someone might know...............

Set of tumblers from a large safe?

 

[millirad]

No, not a telephone switching module.

Not tumblers from a safe.

Hint: it is an Austrian made device.

 

[millirad]

Another clue: it's mechanical, not electrical.

 

[Coherent Light]

type writer letters

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

A gang drilling module although those threaded things at the bottom remain weird.

HMike

 

[millirad]

No not typewriter letters and not a gang drilling unit.

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

which way does energy transfer through those little black threaded things?
HM

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

A failed control rod device for a Nuke in Japan.!!
HM