HEADER

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Still Unknown Object is, well, still unknown.... Some more info though for those still playing...

 

 

It took be awhile to search back to where I first found it. It was a facebook post that showed

up on my time-line the other day. Anyway, here is a screen shot of what appears to be the original 

post

  Posted by Dan Barrett.

According to Dan's page he is in the UK so now one can assume that his Granda lived in the UK so the manufacturer most likely is across the pond.... 

It also appears to be mechanical and non electric. Those are probably not stepper motors but the teeth are used for adjustment.

to the Dull Men's Club

There are 6700 comments so far. Nothing definite.  


Enjoy the rabbit hole if you like... I'm not done yet as well.




 




Here is a screenshot from the comment section at the Dull Men's Club

this appears similar...





 and NO, it's not one of these :





Have fun!!


22 comments:

  1. All said with a straight face to boot. Brilliant!

    ReplyDelete
  2. This man explaining the details of the Rockwell Retro Encabulator reminds me of Dr. Anthony Fauci describing the intricacies of the Covid virus. In other words, if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Of course its not, that's a Retro Encabulator the precursor to the Hyper Encabulator silly.

    ReplyDelete
  4. My latest take...hinted by the Mr. Hart's picture and description. Did a search, never saw any images resembling it (30's-60's), but found this:

    https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_dloliwnT1yQmR1czhxc0hXNFU/edit?resourcekey=0-8wxb3C2hdKDfsprqejhlQg

    Page 10 has a diagram that shows these components in schematic form.

    So am guessing it must be a Dual Cylinder Pneumatic PID of some nature...looks perfectly new, like a first gen model (no labels, etc.), maybe a prototype. The frame cross rails suggest it mounts into something, the threaded "ports" suggest pneumatic lines.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I work on some older Fisher pneumatic PID valve positioners and I think that you may be correct. Also, I despise screwing with them

      Delete
    2. pneumatic governor for something that circles, swings, or arcs is my guess. Appears to mount horizontally.

      Delete
    3. pneumatic governor for something that circles, swings, or arcs is my guess. Appears to mount horizontally.

      Delete
  5. My 2 cents (and there used to be a "cents" button)-i seem to remember seeing one of these a the optometrist (no pun intended, of course). Scarecrow

    ReplyDelete
  6. Just by what few pics there are, I'm thinking that it's a mechanism for proportioning mechanically scaling up/down for a machinist.

    ReplyDelete
  7. It might be an EPCM-PSI Turnaround. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gCk9yBBOUo&t=9s

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I'm somehow thinking of motorboats.

      Delete
    2. I watched the whole video three times, and I still don't know what that is. Maybe I need to watch it again.

      Delete
  8. It is a machine to exercise your knee after a replacement.....Cant think of the name......

    ReplyDelete
  9. Pretty sure that was used by the Instrument Shop during the F-101 or T-33 days. Possibly F-4 days?

    ReplyDelete
  10. It's for setting the angle of the dangle of a tally wacker . In 3 dimensions.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It also monitors the heat of the meat.

      Delete
  11. Vending Machine innards, like cans of pop type machine.

    ReplyDelete
  12. I've seen this before. unlike memes, I do not save this type of info on my computer. My biological memory system is not what it used to be. Sad.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Automatic case taper.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Just about any old instrument technician who worked on things like Foxboro controllers probably could identify. Problem is, most of 'em are dead by now.

    ReplyDelete
  15. It's an egg timer powered by the weight of the egg. When it runs down, you throw the egg away and replace it with a fresh one.

    ReplyDelete

Leave us a comment if you like...