Game: Guess the mystery object !

[anselm]

Nope. It's originally made from clay, but you can get steel ones as well
because clay cracks easily. Also, this technology is about 100 years old.

 

[ped]

I have no idea haha...thas a good one!

 

[Tonga]

I have this on another forum i frequent and its very popular.

Rules :

> Dont make it so obscure that no one has a chance of getting it.

> Doesnt have to be laser related.

> Winner posts a new mystery object.

And thats it!

I'll kick off..

Clue:- its NOTHING to do with air.


Go!

Is that a tool for smoothing caulking compounds or a sander/file?

 

[BudK]

Abrasive applicator for grinding lenses/mirrors ?

 

[phoenix77]

Is it a light diffuser ?

 

[anselm]

Tonga: you're too late, that one was a veterinarian puss sucker.
BudK: No
Phoenix77: I guess you could say it's a kind of diffuser, but not so much of the light itself...
But you're getting pretty warm there.

If you've ever had a light like this, you'd recognize the part immediately, but looks like
I am alone here in this kind of geekery. Let me know if you want more hints.

 

[ped]

ok....for what application would this be used? photography? toy? professional?

I really dont know haha

 

[phoenix77]

Fog diffuser from a fog machine ?

 

[anselm]

It's part of a lamp.
Something like this attaches to it.

 

[ped]

Nope, thats got me beat.

 

[goninanbl00d]

It's part of a lamp.
Something like this attaches to it.

So it's a burner for a gas lamp?

Those are mantles. They attach to a burner and they glow to give off light.

 

[BudK]

Air vent for the aforementioned gas lamp ? It almost looks too well finished for the burner orifice itself .

 

[anselm]

Hooray!:wave:
It's from a Petromax pressure petroleum lamp, but I guess coleman and tilleys have a similar
part. Very bright those lamps are.

Your turn, goninanbl00d.

 

[ped]

Ok while were waiting for gonin...i'll post this nice easy one

Go!

 

[anselm]

-raspberry?
-virus?

 

[ped]

Nope.

I know it looks computer generated or enhanced, its a photo of an actual "thing"