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What is this cylindrical metal thing found with machinist tools? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you everyone for your responses. I think I'm going to agree with the posts that this is a cylindrical square. And most likely shop made. The four holes may have had a obscure use specific to the shop.

What is this cylindrical metal thing found with machinist tools? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The thought did cross my mind early on.

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What is this cylindrical metal thing found with machinist tools? (lemmy.world)
 

I recently bought a few machinist chests full of tools and other goodies. I'm not a machinist myself, but I'm familiar with a lot of the tools associated with the trade. This piece is a smooth solid steel cylinder with four equal spaced holes bored completely through it. It measures approximately 5.5" long and 2.25" diameter. Weighs almost 4-1/2 lbs. The end has stamped "Feb. 48 Eddie Champ." The other end is identical minus the engraving.

I suspect it might be a cylindrical square, but I've not seen examples quite like this. It came with a plastic sleeve.

I have encountered some negativity on Lemmy recently, so I just wanted to start a laid back thread to see what are people's plans for the week-end in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

On Saturday, I'll be attending a retirement dinner for my mom. It'll be the first time she'll get to try authentic Indian food. Then on Sunday I'd like to get my metal detector out with my new coil that I got for Christmas. Hopefully the ground won't be too frozen.

Current and Former (Fast) Food Service Workers - How do you handle requests like “All the fries you can give me”? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Many years ago when I worked at Burger King, we had a regular customer who would order a cheeseburger with extra extra extra onion. She was a very sweet older lady, so we always obliged. We piled two inches of onions on those burgers, easily enough for 8 normal burgers. It was weird to all of us, but she absolutely loved them.

Holiday Giveaway - Steam Codes! - Giveaway Ended in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Elden Ring. I've been meaning to try it out. My friends have been hounding me to play it, but I've not had a chance to play any Souls Like games so I've been hesitant to purchase. Whether I'm a winner or not, thank you for the generous giveaway! Happy Holidays!

Looking for lemmy.world alternative. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had the same problem with not being able to see comments, even in my own thread. I found that the issue was with the language I selected in my settings. I was told to select 'Undetermined' but I think this only let me see other undetermined posts and not those who have theirs set to English. So I clicked the big 'X' next to them in settings (deselecting any language) and now I see everyone's comments. Hope that helps.

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Small aluminum container (imgur.com)
 

I found this small aluminum item in a tool box. It's 1.5" diameter. The two pieces screw together. I thought it was a little stash container, but the larger piece has a nub inside which would fill the void on the smaller piece when screwed together. Is this some tool? Or maybe a little machinist project.