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Identify the mystery object..!

Pssst
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Found this item. Looks like some kind of prism based surveying/spotting type optical instrument??

Anyone got any clues as to what it is and what it does?

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  • CHR15
    CHR15 Posts: 5,193 Forumite
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    It's a periscope from a minature submarine :)
  • swiftnick
    swiftnick Posts: 199 Forumite
    CHR15 wrote: »
    It's a periscope from a minature submarine :)


    Think you'll find it's actually a chuck condensing valve from a minature submarine :wink:
  • Pssst
    Pssst Posts: 4,803 Forumite
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    Its only about 5 inches long...the object i mean.!
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Its a victorian chip making machine
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • Rikki
    Rikki Posts: 21,625 Forumite
    Pssst wrote: »
    Its only about 5 inches long...the object i mean.!

    It might only be 5" long but its sure as hell stretched the mse screen. :eek: :rotfl:
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  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    It's some sort of thing for doing stuff.

    Yep, I think that's exactly what it is.
  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    Its the missing part from a James Bond film doomsday device..once the villain knows you have it he'll be toasting you over the coals of the nearest volcano...
    ...you have been warned!


    edit..
    ...just noticed the string...were you trying to hide that feature to make its true purpose less obvious?

    I think it's a masochistic witch's tampon, uncomfortable shape for the pain, crystal for the magic
    :)
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  • hazelmere1
    hazelmere1 Posts: 95 Forumite
    Its one of the feet off a posh settee
  • totalsolutions
    totalsolutions Posts: 3,110 Forumite
    its a galvanometer for use in an UV plotter.
  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    totalsolutions wrote: »
    its a galvanometer for use in an UV plotter.

    I disagree; it's a UV plotter for use in a galvanometer.
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