Whatzit?

Jeff · December 20, 2015, 08:22:41 PM

Mooseherder · December 20, 2015, 08:31:42 PM

Looks like a backup bell dinger from an ole truck?

POSTON WIDEHEAD · December 20, 2015, 08:38:20 PM

Quote from: Mooseherder on December 20, 2015, 08:31:42 PM
Looks like a backup bell dinger from an ole truck?

yep

thecfarm · December 20, 2015, 08:45:33 PM

I was going to guess something that goes onto a sleigh.

Jeff · December 20, 2015, 08:46:08 PM

Nope.

isawlogs · December 20, 2015, 09:03:48 PM

curlin' thingy

Hilltop366 · December 20, 2015, 09:05:25 PM

It is a cover for a rotary actuator with a shaft going through it with a arm on it that turned something.

Jeff · December 20, 2015, 09:20:45 PM

That is exactly wrong I think. :D

Jeff · December 20, 2015, 09:24:52 PM

beenthere · December 20, 2015, 09:28:32 PM

:D

The zit's out of focus.. ;D

To me, a relief valve.. maybe for a pressure cooker.. albeit never seen one quite like it.

isawlogs · December 20, 2015, 10:27:18 PM

a bell...door bell

kensfarm · December 20, 2015, 10:29:49 PM

That is... really something. Is that edge sharpened.. Apple peeler phone bell?

Jeff · December 20, 2015, 10:31:27 PM

Not a door bell.

LeeB · December 20, 2015, 11:18:52 PM

Bell off an old crank phone.

Left Coast Chris · December 20, 2015, 11:30:28 PM

Can't figure why it is so scarred up but there is a fairly delicate electrical feature on the bottom......

School buzzer or bell to release classes.....

Jeff · December 20, 2015, 11:46:10 PM

Not electrical. Purely mechanical.

justallan1 · December 20, 2015, 11:48:49 PM

That there's one of them new osha approved pressure relief valves that go on a shine still. The guvment had to do something about all them shiners testing to much of their product and passing out.

Jeff · December 21, 2015, 12:04:51 AM

Would it help if I said that the strip held on with the screws is bimetal?

sandhills · December 21, 2015, 12:07:10 AM

Would it possibly be the bell from an old firehouse ???

Jeff · December 21, 2015, 12:09:50 AM

Not exactly.

Jeff · December 21, 2015, 12:11:34 AM

beenthere · December 21, 2015, 12:16:47 AM

Fire Alarm Bell
Touched off by heat, reacting with metallic strip.

Wind up to operate and throw out the red flag when it needs more winding. Quite an antique you have there.

Chuck White · December 21, 2015, 08:00:32 AM

Gas station dinger!

When a customer wants gas and pulls up to the pump, runs over the air hose and activates the bell!

Jeff · December 21, 2015, 08:33:37 AM

Beenthere is exactly right. There is a fellow that hauls an old trailer with a toppered pickup full of old odds and ends and sets up a couple tables in the parking lot across from the state park in town. Even in winter. He was there yesterday. He knew what it was, but he said it didn't really work anymore. Just a few dings if you pulled on the switch and shook the bell. Well, I figured this was a simple repair with one small tool, so I gave him the 10 bucks he was asking for it because I found it extremely cool.

I was right. Just a few drops of Bluecreeper and it now works perfectly!