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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    as i'm away from my secret lair and unable to take pics of the precious things of the shop, i pass you the talking pillow
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,088
    Ta very muchly.

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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    an olde battery?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,088
    sungod wrote:
    an olde battery?

    Yep, an olde lead acid battery designed for a radio.

    Over to you again!
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    i added the words wibble wibble wibble to distract you, don't think it'll work for long though

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  • diplodicus
    diplodicus Posts: 721
    Is it part of a gun?
  • andcp
    andcp Posts: 644
    'Flintlock' mechanism?
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    no

    no
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,088
    Some sort of stamping mechanism?
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Latch?
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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,965
    diplodicus wrote:
    Is it part of a gun?

    Don't know about apart of a gun, it looks like all of a gun to me, the sort that was placed somewhere to get poachers.


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  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,505
    Is the hexagonal flange (is "flange" the right word??) to the left significant? Does it slot into a hexagonal aperture?
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  • phippss
    phippss Posts: 96
    to set the angle of handsaw blades while sharpening?
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    no etc.
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  • tyred&weary
    tyred&weary Posts: 243
    Apart from being metal and having an extra bit, it reminds me of a plane (woodworking).
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    nope

    clue: it goes bang
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,088
    It goes bang and it's not part of a gun or a trigger mechanism?!
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    yep :)
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,088
    Detonating mechanism for an explosive?? (long shot)
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    hmm, that is not the definition of the object, detonation is simply the means to an end

    it's the end that you need to figure out - for instance, an internal combustion engine engine detonates an explosive, but were it pictured here i'd be looking for the answer "engine" not "detonator"
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,088
    Does it involve an electric current?
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    all mechanical
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,088
    Part of a canon but not a trigger even though effectively, that is what it is?
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Does it light a fuse?
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    it's not part of a cannon, nor is it a fuse lighter

    there are no other parts to it and it is not a subassembly of a bigger thing, it is used as-is (ok, you do need to add the stuff that it detonates)
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  • natrix
    natrix Posts: 1,111
    My earlier post seems to have been deleted. Capt Slog got it correct with:

    Don't know about apart of a gun, it looks like all of a gun to me, the sort that was placed somewhere to get poachers.

    It is indeed an anti-poacher alarm gun. Sun god has been out in the sun too long..... :roll:
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    according to the source of the original pic it is not an anti-poacher alarm
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  • natrix
    natrix Posts: 1,111
    If you google anti poacher alarm gun then you get that exact image (without the wibble wibble bit)
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,128
    i refer m'learned cake stopper to my previous reply

    afaik poacher alarm guns usually have a string attached, this doesn't, also they have to be stuck in the ground or heavy enough to avoid being dragged, can't see how this would be right for the job

    if you do not believe me, you can click this link to see what it is according to the people who sold it - but then you can't claim to have won :)

    https://www.earlytech.com/earlytech/item?id=203
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  • natrix
    natrix Posts: 1,111
    I'm not claiming to have won, imho Capt Slog won when he said it was a gun. :D

    Whether it is an anti-burglar alarm gun or an anti-poacher alarm gun is all a bit pedantic :roll:
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