Doublythumbs

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What is this cylindrical metal thing found with machinist tools? in c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
[–] Doublythumbs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank you everyone for your responses. I think I'm going to agree with the posts that this is a cylindrical square. And most likely shop made. The four holes may have had a obscure use specific to the shop.

What is this cylindrical metal thing found with machinist tools? in c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
[–] Doublythumbs@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

The thought did cross my mind early on.

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What is this cylindrical metal thing found with machinist tools? (lemmy.world)
 

I recently bought a few machinist chests full of tools and other goodies. I'm not a machinist myself, but I'm familiar with a lot of the tools associated with the trade. This piece is a smooth solid steel cylinder with four equal spaced holes bored completely through it. It measures approximately 5.5" long and 2.25" diameter. Weighs almost 4-1/2 lbs. The end has stamped "Feb. 48 Eddie Champ." The other end is identical minus the engraving.

I suspect it might be a cylindrical square, but I've not seen examples quite like this. It came with a plastic sleeve.

Looking for lemmy.world alternative. in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] Doublythumbs@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had the same problem with not being able to see comments, even in my own thread. I found that the issue was with the language I selected in my settings. I was told to select 'Undetermined' but I think this only let me see other undetermined posts and not those who have theirs set to English. So I clicked the big 'X' next to them in settings (deselecting any language) and now I see everyone's comments. Hope that helps.

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Small aluminum container (imgur.com)
 

I found this small aluminum item in a tool box. It's 1.5" diameter. The two pieces screw together. I thought it was a little stash container, but the larger piece has a nub inside which would fill the void on the smaller piece when screwed together. Is this some tool? Or maybe a little machinist project.