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this is most likely for a camera (some something with a camera mount), when i see that screw on platform. The handle is pretty peculiar. Seems like one part of it can rotate to the side?
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Yes the mount looks like it is for a camera BUT...
1) the picture was taken outdoors
2) on a wooden deck
3) the plunger lifts that little doohickey next to the thread (your camera angle was wisely chosen...)
4) it is not for your butt
So my guess........ it is used for application of liquid.
Either stain for a deck or liquid fertilizer for the lawn.
Or poison for the bugs or neighbors
1) the picture was taken outdoors
2) on a wooden deck
3) the plunger lifts that little doohickey next to the thread (your camera angle was wisely chosen...)

4) it is not for your butt
So my guess........ it is used for application of liquid.
Either stain for a deck or liquid fertilizer for the lawn.
Or poison for the bugs or neighbors
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Excellent analysis by everyone! Answer Saturday evening (US mountain TZ, UTC -7).
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As most everyone wrote, I also think it's a tripod for the camera. The side of the grip close to the user SPLITS into two and ROTATES 120 and -120 degree around the axis, likely forming two legs. That's why each leg has a square pad to place on the ground. When the legs are folded as shown in the photo, the user can hold the grip and point it like a gun-microphone or take a selfie.
There doesn't seem to be any ability to extend the neck, but the user can adjust the angle by loosening the 2D joint using the red button.
There doesn't seem to be any ability to extend the neck, but the user can adjust the angle by loosening the 2D joint using the red button.
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dont tell the answer... just give clues what is right and such.Finis wrote: 21 Mar 2024, 20:02 Excellent analysis by everyone! Answer Saturday evening (US mountain TZ, UTC -7).
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The eagle eyed observers found all the clues.bitkar wrote: 22 Mar 2024, 19:59 dont tell the answer... just give clues what is right and such.
Excellent analysis by everyone!
Yep it is a combination pistol grip and tripod for cameras. There is a red button on each side. Press them together to move the tripod legs and camera mount. Release to lock. I tried the pistol grip to smooth tracking of hang gliders. So far some better, some worse. Small portable tripod can be good.
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I recommend target-tracking cameras or target-tracking drones.Finis wrote: 25 Mar 2024, 00:04 ... smooth tracking of hang gliders. ...

What is it? (not for hang gliders).
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@borgcone is that a new what is it?
I think it is a camera mount for smoothly moving the camera. Guessing white box has batteries, electric motor, and wifi or something to be controlled by a phone. Seems that the rotating movement would not be the one wanted though. Movies like moving time lapse need automated truck or dolly.
I think it is a camera mount for smoothly moving the camera. Guessing white box has batteries, electric motor, and wifi or something to be controlled by a phone. Seems that the rotating movement would not be the one wanted though. Movies like moving time lapse need automated truck or dolly.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Sorry for being ambiguous. It's a new "what is it?".Finis wrote: 30 Mar 2024, 15:39 @borgcone is that a new what is it?

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Well I see multiple bubble levels so my guess would be a laser for construction.
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The Steinie sees all. His wisdom is boundless. He ... wait this isn't the fan club thread. The levels. Hmm didn't consider them. The round level would need to point upward to work. That shows the orientation of the item when in use. The round one would make the long level unnecessary. So there must be a useful configuration of the item where the round level is not functional.
Size of the item? The mount does look like a camera mount and the item is not built to handle heavy weight or strong forces. I think it is a few inches across.
Size of the item? The mount does look like a camera mount and the item is not built to handle heavy weight or strong forces. I think it is a few inches across.
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Yes, this is not that big. The size of the white box is approximately W60 x H97 x T35mm. The black part and white box are products manufactured and sold by separate company. Before taking this photo, I removed some auxiliary (but necessary to make it work) parts from each (black part and whit box).
Edited to add some clues.
- Considering the possibility that I would use the black part alone, I got a type with bubble tube levels, but when I combine it with the white box, the levels are not necessary at all.
- The black part has two screw holes for handle. (They loosen/fasten the rotation of two joints.)
- Observe the white box carefully.
Edited to add some clues.

- Considering the possibility that I would use the black part alone, I got a type with bubble tube levels, but when I combine it with the white box, the levels are not necessary at all.
- The black part has two screw holes for handle. (They loosen/fasten the rotation of two joints.)
- Observe the white box carefully.
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If there is no further progress, I'll show the right answer on Friday or Saturday. 

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Busy with work. I think the black part is a camera mount because the screw and textured pad are common for camera mounts. I still think the white part is motorized to move the camera. If separate then I'll guess the black part goes on a tripod. With the white part and some unseen parts I'll guess it is for photos or videos of the night sky by moving to counter the apparent movement of stars.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Finis's is the correct answer.
Yeah, as you have guessed, this is a set of a small equatorial mount (white part, loadable weight 2kg) and a alt-azimuth mounting (black one).
The white box has a small hole that goes through it from front to back. It's a lensless low accuracy scope. For use in the northern hemisphere, the user positions it so that the North Star (accurately a little bit closer to the Big Dipper / the Plough) is visible through the hole, so that the rotation axis of the white box is parallel to the Earth's axis. For the purpose, another (normal) alt-azimuth mounting is required on the top of a tripod. A similar-sized controller with battery box is connected to the white box via a PS2 connector (backside in the photo), and it has two switches for speed (24h and 12h) and reverse-rotation.
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Next "What is it?" please.
Yeah, as you have guessed, this is a set of a small equatorial mount (white part, loadable weight 2kg) and a alt-azimuth mounting (black one).
The white box has a small hole that goes through it from front to back. It's a lensless low accuracy scope. For use in the northern hemisphere, the user positions it so that the North Star (accurately a little bit closer to the Big Dipper / the Plough) is visible through the hole, so that the rotation axis of the white box is parallel to the Earth's axis. For the purpose, another (normal) alt-azimuth mounting is required on the top of a tripod. A similar-sized controller with battery box is connected to the white box via a PS2 connector (backside in the photo), and it has two switches for speed (24h and 12h) and reverse-rotation.
Edited to add photo:
Manufacturer (Japanese page).Finis wrote: 20 Apr 2024, 03:08 @Borgcone I'd like to see a picture of the assembled photo gadget.
Next "What is it?" please.
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@Borgcone I'd like to see a picture of the assembled photo gadget.
EDIT: New photos.
What's this?
I blurred the 'end' on the third picture because a patent number is there.
EDIT: New photos.
What's this?
I blurred the 'end' on the third picture because a patent number is there.
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iam not big on that particular thing, but i know what that is :D i will let others guess. I will tell if no one knows.
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The functions and roles of each part (especially the silvered small pin) are clear, but I can't tell what it is as a whole.
My answer is; A braider for wire or rope (palm, hemp, or again knitting).
My answer is; A braider for wire or rope (palm, hemp, or again knitting).
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New photos added. The answer will be revealed Saturday or Sunday.
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Bitkar was right. Borgcone, that is a convincing answer. It does look capable of being a braider or similar.
It is a speed loader for revolvers.
https://youtu.be/NJoHJg720no?si=QGUwUJGnbFjQhBcY&t=73
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=speed+loader+ ... &ia=images
Who has a new What Is It?
It is a speed loader for revolvers.
https://youtu.be/NJoHJg720no?si=QGUwUJGnbFjQhBcY&t=73
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=speed+loader+ ... &ia=images
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iam running out of weird things around me. I have some gun related, but i dont think ppl know those things and have a chance really. Maybe you would know, Finis.
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@bitkar Yeah. Could find things on the web.
Steinie, Spacekdet, borgcone, who else is here?
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What is it?
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lol, i have no idea, iam out :D but it seems kind of familiar... no idea tho.
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ok, i will try some thing.. maybe europians will have it easy, maybe even across the pond... but:
(who knows, let others guess) I took out macro lens for my phone, so sorry for the dirt on on it :D its not really visible by naked eye.
(who knows, let others guess) I took out macro lens for my phone, so sorry for the dirt on on it :D its not really visible by naked eye.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Well I just got back from donating a gallbladder...I felt like a rock star.
The gang was rolling and I had the Stones.
The first impression is a switch of some sort but not electrical.
The gang was rolling and I had the Stones.
The first impression is a switch of some sort but not electrical.
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@trueBlue This part is obviously a city skyline with a colorful sunset sky. The two half-round items are probably subway tunnels and the construction below that looks like a UFO base.
@Steinie Whose gallbladder did you donate?
@Bitkar At first I thought it was an electrical plug. But there is no wire and one photo shows it is hollow. "4" and probably "twenty" are visible. From the dirt and the strong depth of field I think it is small. I'll guess it is a tool for turning something. The prongs go in holes and the tab provides leverage to turn.@Steinie Whose gallbladder did you donate?
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The side with TWENTY is probably the front, because it's not cool to use it while looking at the hollow side.
Of note is the single hole (near "E") on the plastic body. It's almost penetrating, so I think it's probably meant to be broken with "a wood screw or an iron nail" to fix to a wall etc. That means the three pins may be for hooking something light weight, but I have no idea beyond that.
(It's similar to a tool used by people with hemiplegia to stab vegetables to a chopping board when cooking, but these pins aren't that sharp and robust.)
Of note is the single hole (near "E") on the plastic body. It's almost penetrating, so I think it's probably meant to be broken with "a wood screw or an iron nail" to fix to a wall etc. That means the three pins may be for hooking something light weight, but I have no idea beyond that.
(It's similar to a tool used by people with hemiplegia to stab vegetables to a chopping board when cooking, but these pins aren't that sharp and robust.)
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all guesses make a lot of sense... turning tool sounds very logical, i like it.
Borgcone was right! This little thing is something like a nail. When you dont have a proper drill, you use this. This thing is made to be just hammered into a concrete slab wall (those three nails are pretty hard), so you can hang something on that or such. If you need to hang something heavier, you use one more (and a bit longer) hard nail at an angle to secure that and make it stronger (thats the extra hole prepared to be punched thru). And it can hold TWENTY kilograms :)
Good job everyone!
Borgcone was right! This little thing is something like a nail. When you dont have a proper drill, you use this. This thing is made to be just hammered into a concrete slab wall (those three nails are pretty hard), so you can hang something on that or such. If you need to hang something heavier, you use one more (and a bit longer) hard nail at an angle to secure that and make it stronger (thats the extra hole prepared to be punched thru). And it can hold TWENTY kilograms :)
Good job everyone!
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Until today, I thought Finis had posted to the wrong room. It took me over 2 weeks before I realized the picture is an enlarged one.Finis wrote: 06 May 2024, 01:38 @trueBlue This part is obviously a city skyline with a colorful sunset sky. The two half-round items are probably subway tunnels and the construction below that looks like a UFO base.


I posted another image with the same theme to "Game Development": Game scene prop

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@Borgcone Ha ha ha!
I hoped someone else would do a what is it but here is one. Flat part is foam. The main part is metal painted or coated with black stuff.
I hoped someone else would do a what is it but here is one. Flat part is foam. The main part is metal painted or coated with black stuff.
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well... a D shackle obviously... but for what. Is it made for a pickup truck or something?
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What is puzzling to me is that the inner part of the foam remain (though it should have no chance to be used).
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It is a tie down for my pick up.
@Bitkar - correct.
@Borgcone - Plus 100 points for TS! Your analysis of how to use it is perfect.
@Spacekdet, @Steinie - Missing artist meme needed.
I got 4 of them for my truck. It has lower ones but upper ones would work well for me. Tried not to get Chinese but US made = $40+ vs. $12.@Bitkar - correct.
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@Spacekdet, @Steinie - Missing artist meme needed.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
oh ... i did it! I won! :D I will be looking for some more wierd stuff around
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I have one if you want Bitkar
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bring it on!
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Parts are cut away to make it more difficult...

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icecream roll :D
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- Earplug - lying around on the side of a road for years.
- Mop handle end - lying unnoticed in the corner of a rundown bar.
- Fly fishing rod end - dropped by an angler in a river and washed up to the river's mouth.
- Spacer to make the number of cigars appear larger.
- Cushion that prevents old telephone receivers from cracking if dropped.
- Mop handle end - lying unnoticed in the corner of a rundown bar.
- Fly fishing rod end - dropped by an angler in a river and washed up to the river's mouth.
- Spacer to make the number of cigars appear larger.
- Cushion that prevents old telephone receivers from cracking if dropped.

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Looks like a Pool Noddle, for staying afloat
Guessing, it is Bob Steinie's Pool Noddle
Guessing, it is Bob Steinie's Pool Noddle
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It looks like Twinkie material. But there's writing. Hmmm
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
It looks like it's made of rubbery foam or fluffy bread. My guess is a grip on tool.
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Bitkar: You are 50% right but the other half is 50% wrong.
Borgcone: All funny
but all WRONG!
trueBlue: Wrong! Stop talking about my noodle!
Finis: SOOOO close you can taste it!

Borgcone: All funny


trueBlue: Wrong! Stop talking about my noodle!

Finis: SOOOO close you can taste it!

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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Since this amazing entry challenge has calmed down I will post the answer. Please be kind to the participant (me)
no torches, mob gatherings, obscene phone calls at night, lit bags of dog poop at my front door.
Enjoy!
Bitkar, show me how it's done. Tag your it! 
no torches, mob gatherings, obscene phone calls at night, lit bags of dog poop at my front door.
Enjoy!


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What about obscene phone calls in the day? Look, either way I owe someone a "favuh" so that mob gathering is happening ... uh ... oh not that mob. Since I don't know how to light the torch I wouldn't have much luck lighting the poop bag.
My guesses would have continued on the line of tool handles.
My guesses would have continued on the line of tool handles.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
what an invention!
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
This would be great for corn on the cob!
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
its an adapter ?
I had one of those on a ringflash ! They normaly have threads !
The Fishtail goes into the reflector and the back onto a camera ie... !
the come in all shapes ...sizes ....threaded nonthreaded..... etc ! With bayonet or without !
Looks like the one used from the filter company that made the Ambishade.... !
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view ... ajaxserp=0
https://aut.grandado.com/products/neue- ... oup%20%231
ie like this one..
https://www.fotokoch.at/Kipon-Adapter-L ... ruzifohi66
I had one of those on a ringflash ! They normaly have threads !
The Fishtail goes into the reflector and the back onto a camera ie... !
the come in all shapes ...sizes ....threaded nonthreaded..... etc ! With bayonet or without !
Looks like the one used from the filter company that made the Ambishade.... !
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view ... ajaxserp=0
https://aut.grandado.com/products/neue- ... oup%20%231
ie like this one..
https://www.fotokoch.at/Kipon-Adapter-L ... ruzifohi66
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
nice try, but nope :)
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
I think they are grommets or this ring from weights:
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
I think they are grommets for the hole in a desk for running computer cables to monitor and keyboard.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Finis is a little closer, but not there yet. Good direction tho.
FH: nope, that would just make a hole only a bit smaller, they are shaped better usually.
FH: nope, that would just make a hole only a bit smaller, they are shaped better usually.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Well I have them on an umbrella stand.
Step 1
Umbrella pole is inserted into this thingmajig.
Step 2
You tighten a threaded bolt through the umbrella stand and into the poll.
You now have a secure umbrella against the wind.
Step 3
Get folding chair and beer...
My answer: It is a Thingmajig!
Step 1
Umbrella pole is inserted into this thingmajig.
Step 2
You tighten a threaded bolt through the umbrella stand and into the poll.
You now have a secure umbrella against the wind.
Step 3
Get folding chair and beer...

My answer: It is a Thingmajig!
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Two guesses:
A drain pipe gasket
A kayak paddle drip ring.
A drain pipe gasket
A kayak paddle drip ring.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
nope... its not a gasket... its job is NOT to seal or protect from a leak.
Not even the kayak thingy :)
Not even the kayak thingy :)
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
I'll guess these go between sections of tent poles, maybe fishing poles, some kind of segmented rod.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
nah... it has to do something with a car (is my hint to move things a bit further as rings are maybe to general thing)
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
A car. Maybe they are fittings behind control knobs, like radio, AC, or heater, or manual window cranks.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
they are 73 mm (2.87 inch) in outter diameter
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
About the size of radiator hoses but for what function? If metal then maybe part of exhaust system. Wheel bearing parts?
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
it can be made of aluminium too... you are closer with the "wheel bearing", but its not it. The diameter inner and outter can differ a bit. There are more diameters sold. Usually you have to choose the correct one for you.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Hmm, can be aluminum so they also can be other than aluminum. The photo looks like plastic. Not steel or iron probably means they aren't part of high force mechanical action but the hint like a wheel bearing implies there is some movement. The bevels probably are to make assembly easy. If so then they could work without bevels but likely hard to put together. Varying inner and outer diameter.
I think they hold one round thing inside of another. The parts telescope or rotate but not often and not with great force or high temperatures. What would that be? Hmm.
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I think they hold one round thing inside of another. The parts telescope or rotate but not often and not with great force or high temperatures. What would that be? Hmm.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Finis got it right! Congratulations...
Anyone wants to have a try? or should I tell you the right answer?
Anyone wants to have a try? or should I tell you the right answer?
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
I just got back from vacation and thought they were hand cranks for car windows however that was a guess from Finis.
They certainly look like wheel bearing seals. (inner or outer) Inner or Outer...Inner or Outer.......
There are four of them....hmmmmm (are they inner or outer....inner or outer. Sounds like someone's navel!
Cup holders for a Clown Car?
Ok I give up!
They certainly look like wheel bearing seals. (inner or outer) Inner or Outer...Inner or Outer.......
There are four of them....hmmmmm (are they inner or outer....inner or outer. Sounds like someone's navel!
Cup holders for a Clown Car?
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
its hub centering rings... filling the space between the wheel hubs and aftermarket wheels with a bigger hub/center hole.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
This one is "what was it"?
Now this is a water trough where cattle can drink water. What was it before being converted to this use?
. More clues. Now it is part of a water system consisting of a rain field that directs rain water into a pipe connected to a tank piped to the trough. The system is no longer maintained or functioning.
Now this is a water trough where cattle can drink water. What was it before being converted to this use?
. More clues. Now it is part of a water system consisting of a rain field that directs rain water into a pipe connected to a tank piped to the trough. The system is no longer maintained or functioning.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
I was amazed no one tried to guess this one. (including me!)
It looks like it was a test bomb or housing for a bomb dropped in the dessert.
Do I win anything?

It looks like it was a test bomb or housing for a bomb dropped in the dessert.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Not sure if there's a winner. Partially because I don't know exactly what this was for. In the past it was not uncommon for ranchers to get surplus/used containers from White Sands Missile Range. I see them in remote places when hiking. This one is near the hang glider launch.They were often water troughs but some were storage or other. Some labels say they contained missiles, rockets, rocket motors but labels are often missing, unreadable, or just part numbers.
The container may have "class A explosive" and "Rock"-something painted on it. The container may be this but it has an FSN number and this is an NSN.
https://www.iso-group.com/NSN/8140-00-973-1596
Both correct:
- it is a container
- it probably contained weapon related things
- it is of a military nature
Both incorrect:
- it was not dropped
Someone post a new what is it.
The container may have "class A explosive" and "Rock"-something painted on it. The container may be this but it has an FSN number and this is an NSN.
https://www.iso-group.com/NSN/8140-00-973-1596
Both correct:
- it is a container
- it probably contained weapon related things
- it is of a military nature
Both incorrect:
- it was not dropped
Someone post a new what is it.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
What is it?
Answer the material and situation. It may be easy for those who have seen it before.
Answer the material and situation. It may be easy for those who have seen it before.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
not really high res.... looks like a painted wall to me :D
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
The material looks like carpet, stucco, or concrete.
The situation: If concrete then it is a mural probably chalk. If stucco then it is a fresco. If carpet then it is a mosaic.
There are lines that could be the edges of concrete slabs or pieces of carpet.
I think it is chalk artwork on concrete.
The situation: If concrete then it is a mural probably chalk. If stucco then it is a fresco. If carpet then it is a mosaic.
There are lines that could be the edges of concrete slabs or pieces of carpet.
I think it is chalk artwork on concrete.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
I didn't use chalk, concrete, stucco, fresco, carpet, and wall.
Hints: This took me about 10 minutes to create. It's difficult to recreate something almost identical. Cropped but not retouched the photo. The focus is imperfect because the camera is not suited to the situation.
The correct answer will be revealed around Jan 5. Have a happy new year!

Hints: This took me about 10 minutes to create. It's difficult to recreate something almost identical. Cropped but not retouched the photo. The focus is imperfect because the camera is not suited to the situation.
The correct answer will be revealed around Jan 5. Have a happy new year!
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Could be paper but if a mosaic it would take more that 10 minutes.
I think it is plastic or some translucent material folded and overlaid. Different colors of material interact to make more colors.
I think it is plastic or some translucent material folded and overlaid. Different colors of material interact to make more colors.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Last hints.
- When colored translucent/semi-transparent sheets are simply overlaid, it is not possible to create R, G, B from colors other than R, G, B, and the overlapped areas will not become brighter.
- When colored light rays are projected onto paper or other material and overlaid, R, G, B cannot be created on the overlapping areas and they will not become darker.
- The image was not drawn with a computer graphics tool. It's taken by my ordinary camera.
- When colored translucent/semi-transparent sheets are simply overlaid, it is not possible to create R, G, B from colors other than R, G, B, and the overlapped areas will not become brighter.
- When colored light rays are projected onto paper or other material and overlaid, R, G, B cannot be created on the overlapping areas and they will not become darker.
- The image was not drawn with a computer graphics tool. It's taken by my ordinary camera.
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Re: Steinie's U3DA Game "What is it?"
Finis's answer is partly correct.
The correct answer: 2 - 5 layers of almost transparent cellophane tape between two polarizing plates, and observe by shining white light through them.
(No colored materials are used, and it is the result of white light being split into separate color.)
I used a tool used to observe thin rock slices, but you can try this if you have two polarizing glasses. As shown in the figure, align the axes of one of the lens, place a transparent sheet of uneven thickness between them, and look at it toward white light. The color changes if you change the angle of the glasses or the angle of the sheet.
The photo shows two candy wrappers stacked on top of each other. The wrinkles cause them to appear iridescent. A thickness about the same as cellophane tape is just right for the experiment; plastic food-wrap (about 0.01 or 0.02 mm) is too thin to color it.
Related pages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_section
Or search the net:
rock composition polarized
cross-polarized light
Next "What is it" question please.
The correct answer: 2 - 5 layers of almost transparent cellophane tape between two polarizing plates, and observe by shining white light through them.
(No colored materials are used, and it is the result of white light being split into separate color.)
I used a tool used to observe thin rock slices, but you can try this if you have two polarizing glasses. As shown in the figure, align the axes of one of the lens, place a transparent sheet of uneven thickness between them, and look at it toward white light. The color changes if you change the angle of the glasses or the angle of the sheet.
The photo shows two candy wrappers stacked on top of each other. The wrinkles cause them to appear iridescent. A thickness about the same as cellophane tape is just right for the experiment; plastic food-wrap (about 0.01 or 0.02 mm) is too thin to color it.
Related pages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_section
Or search the net:
rock composition polarized
cross-polarized light
Next "What is it" question please.

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science! very nice
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This is for people who don't already know. If you know please let others guess. And no searching the web. Guess from the photos and context.
This is the Pentagon. Headquarters of the US Department of Defense. There have been at least three different structures in the center. Legend states that the USSR had two nuclear missiles aimed specifically at them. Many Pentagon employees visit the structure.
What is the structure in the center?
This is the Pentagon. Headquarters of the US Department of Defense. There have been at least three different structures in the center. Legend states that the USSR had two nuclear missiles aimed specifically at them. Many Pentagon employees visit the structure.
What is the structure in the center?
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