Is this a bike thing? What is it?
11-18-23, 03:52 AM
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I think the short bits move a little, more like rotate. Not much though.
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11-18-23, 01:20 PM
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Here's a pic of a replacement part (and wow they are expensive these days!)
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11-18-23, 08:01 PM
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It's a bow for playing the steel violin in a heavy metal band.
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11-18-23, 08:49 PM
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There was both a retro encabulator and a turbo encabulator.
There's a web site that goes over the history of the whole encabulator family of gadgets. I think it was a CNET article?? It has links to a number of videos, and I recommend checking it out.
After a career as an engineer and having worked in the defense industry (both as a supplier and a customer), the whole encabulator thing really speaks to me.
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11-20-23, 06:41 PM
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This seemed like the best guest to me as well . . . until I spent 20 min looking at parking brake schematics! Back to where we started, Is this a bike thing? What is it? I am joining the encabulator camp.
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11-21-23, 12:40 AM
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This is a tool used at the zoo to trim the nails of badgers. Veternarians use the same tool to trim the nails of Australian Shepherds, which are quite like a badger but slightly larger.
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11-21-23, 10:48 AM
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11-21-23, 01:31 PM
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'Uber-Huffy'? Sounds like the name of my next build!
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11-21-23, 02:19 PM
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Unscrew the little bolts and see if it comes apart - being certain to take a coupe pictures if it does.
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11-21-23, 03:49 PM
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not a full pull, but enough if there was movement….
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11-21-23, 05:23 PM
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Inner door latch of a TARDIS.
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I'm pretty sure it is the actuator for the ejector system in a MIG-21 pilot seat. It are only a single use item and should be discarded, as it will fail upon a second use with unexpected ejection occurring randomly during flight. Smiles, MH
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11-21-23, 06:00 PM
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Take a picture of it using the Google Lens app. I've had luck with that finding answers to "whut the heck is that thing?" questions I've had.
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11-22-23, 03:34 PM
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Robvolz, I DARE you to build an entire bike around that part! Actually, you need to get the entire bike, and keep that as a spare part.
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11-22-23, 03:57 PM
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Well done, thank you for the closure haha.
For those interested:
https://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2012...reak-bike.html
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11-22-23, 04:04 PM
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It’s really a bike part??
yowzers.
should have it bronzed
i can’t wait to get back and see if the rest is there
tell me about the cable??
yowzers.
should have it bronzed
i can’t wait to get back and see if the rest is there
tell me about the cable??
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