Can you tell what it is yet?

[BradG]

Something I've been working on over the past couple of weeks

it's about half complete, so the picture is missing pieces.

Anyone like to take a guess? if no one gets it il post some other teaser pictures as i progress with it.

 

[Kenny Durrant]

Looks like someone sitting in a recliner or couch holding a gadget. I don't know what the gadget is.

 

[wood-of-1kind]

a pen stand

 

[BradG]

Nope, not a pen stand :wink: That would be one way to disqualify myself lol

 

[Turned Around]

Gavel?

 

[BradG]

Ah! so that's what they're called. not mini hammers then No, not one of those.

 

[Chuck Key]

Steam engine?

 

[BradG]

Nope, good guess, but not an engine.

Here's another piece to it :tongue:

 

[Sylvanite]

Fire piston?

 

[Brooks803]

Cannon?

 

[Brian G]

Second pic gave it away. It's a belly button lint puller.

 

[jyreene]

Oil lamp.

 

[BradG]

We should do this more often :biggrin: giving me great ideas of things to make.. Fire piston sounds good, but no cigar on this occasion :wink:

Cannon! ... not enough meat around the middle to handle the pressure unfortunately but love the idea. I wonder what the law is on those.

il add some more to it tonight to see if that gives anyone an idea :wink:

 

[BradG]

Oil lamp.

Not quite :wink: but I can see your logic

 

[jyreene]

Oil lamp.

Not quite :wink: but I can see your logic

It was the cotton...but I couldn't figure out how you would attach the glass.

 

[bobleibo]

It COULD have been a great entry into the http://www.penturners.org/forum/f299/ball-point-pen-contest-133488/ but you blew it by posting this picture. Now you'll have to come up with something else to get into the contest~

 

[BradG]

bit too heavy for a ballpoint pen

 

[Katya]

Is the long piece hollow? To fit a lens or light, maybe?

 

[skiprat]

The last person to use the phrase 'Can you tell what it is yet' is in prison, probably for the rest of his life!!:wink:

Will it be an oil lamp or something similar?

 

[walshjp17]

A fuzzy logic kaleidoscope or a cloud data extraction tool?

 

[skiprat]

I reckon you are holding it upside down and it hangs down from the round wooden 'base'
Is it a light fitting?

 

[BradG]

The last person to use the phrase 'Can you tell what it is yet' is in prison, probably for the rest of his life!!:wink:

Will it be an oil lamp or something similar?

Good God didn't think of that. Childhood ruined but at least I never applied for jim'll fix it.

No not an oil lamp, but something similar

Yes the column is hollow

Not a kaleidoscope either :biggrin:

 

[jyreene]

Custom Bunsen burner?

 

[pianomanpj]

I know what it is! It's to be used for....ummm..... "tobacco" products!

 

[Curly]

Oh you Brits and your fancy tea leaf strainers.

 

[BradG]

Couple of pics from this evening closest we've had so far is oil lamp :biggrin:

 

[skiprat]

Pen stand?
May be the pic, but I can't figure why the 'axle' seems to be off center to the tube thingy.

C'mon, put us out of our misery........:biggrin:

Candle stick?

 

[jyreene]

Miniature rocket

 

[Dale Lynch]

A flashlight?

 

[PenPal]

A Hookah connector.

Peter.

 

[BradG]

Pen stand?
May be the pic, but I can't figure why the 'axle' seems to be off center to the tube thingy.

C'mon, put us out of our misery........:biggrin:

Candle stick?

The axle is off centre to to make it heavier on one side that'll box your head! you are correct in saying axle though.. so it pivots freely.


I agree it does look like a rocket... And I must admit I did hold it up horizontally and briefly fly it around my shop making zoom zoom noises. But no, not a rocket or a flashlight.

 

[stonepecker]

Are you designing the next 'Torch' for the next Olympics?

 

[BradG]

Ok, before it drives people around the bend :biggrin:

I have based the design around the midland spark gap Cigar lighter which was made back in 1910-1920.

The shaft tilts forward once the side arm is pressed, brushing the rim against a contact on it's way past, creating a spark, which ignites the fuel soaked cotton wool which is packed within the tube

I spotted one on one of these storage hunter tv shows and thought it was pretty neat. here's my take on it

 

[D.Oliver]

Amazon.com: Zippo Brushed Chrome Pocket Lighter: Sports & Outdoors

Just saying......:biggrin::tongue:

 

[BradG]

I like table top ones

 

[skiprat]

Aaah...just what you need with a house full of chemicals...:tongue:

 

[BradG]

lol not too much flammable with the exception of paint thinners :tongue:

 

[magpens]

Cool ! . I like it !! . Does the flame extinguish when the side arm is released and the tube goes back to vertical ?

 

[BradG]

It does Mal, there's an overhead piece i still need to machine

 

[jyreene]

See...oil lamp. I just translated it from Brit to American.