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Pls help ID this part
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Pls help ID this part

Pls help ID this part

(OP)
Hi all,
Was hoping you could help ID a part, or guess it's design intent to help me choose the right sort of category to search at least.



Please ignore the spring and possibly the bolts - but seeing it as a 2 hole mount, cast iron piece with the word "up" on the side, what would you guess its purpose is? Here is a sketch of what it most likely is without any add-ons:




I might guess it has a dedicated mounting direction due to the 'up' and meant to resist primarily lateral forces. Couldn't think of a lot of applications for that though, and the purpose of the reinforced ring around the top threw me as well.

Thanks for any and all help.

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What is the equipment it is on? A picture of the entire device would be helpful.

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Looks like it is installed upside-down, whatever it is.

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(OP)
I'm afraid it's been repurposed in these images, we can't use the part's surroundings to help ID it. I'm assuming the flange coming off the support tabs would have had a mounting hole in the first place, unless somehow this keyed and twisted into another part.

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Maybe the "UP" is not an orientation mark, but a manufacturers' mark, you know, "Unidentifiable Products" or something.

Regards,

Mike

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I'd guess it's part of an old gas street light.

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Side valve muffler bearing.

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The drain cock on a tank. The tank is upside-down.

STF

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(OP)
dgallup, can you elaborate a bit on your thought process? If you've seen a similar piece I'd love to know more.

Not seeing anything similar in gas street lamps but it's a big category too - are you thinking this would be a piece that mounts inside the lamp or holds the lamp to a wall?

Sparweb, any guess as to what type of tank?


I would estimate the opening on this part between 5/8ths and 1 inch diameter.

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It looks like a bushing of some sort. I might be used to guide a shaft that has something mounted on it that is larger than the shaft. Something like this could be used on a lever operated water pump.

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My guess is an ornamental rail post anchor (ignoring the spring as noted). If spring is part of it, probably a fancy vibration isolator.

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How big is it? What does the inside look like?

Shaft seal packing gland?

Bearing housing?

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I'm sorry Logan74k, a muffler bearing is a mythical part. I thought everyone knew that. I don't see how anyone could identify it from the fuzzy photos and complete lack of context.

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Is it fair to ask, "If you don't know what it is, how do you know it's been re-purposed?"

Regards,

Mike

RE: Pls help ID this part

(OP)
dgallup, there's a lot a lot of people don't know, which is why I posted it here. The more eyes the better I thought, especially ones that can make educated guesses based on the design.

I realize it's a long shot but possible somebody has either seen one or seen one very similar, or at least can guess at the application which would help in identification. The guesses so far have been inspiring if anything. I did see a lot of similarities in the bases of old water pumps, but nothing that explained the wider lip around the top.

SnTMan, the images are screencaps from Mad Max: Fury Road - a group of us over on the RPF are trying to replicate the bird bobble head, and this is its base. For our purpose it could be drawn in CAD or any 3d program and built/machined from scratch, but some people are just bonkers for accuracy... some of you might know what thats like in a real world context! It would be best to find a real one and replicate that.

As far as the inside, you know what I know. As I mentioned I would estimate the opening between 5/8ths and 1 inch, and I wouldn't consider the outside of the flanges to be possibly more than 4 inches.

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If we only had a reverse Google Images :)

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Since it's from a 'Mad Max' film that could explain why the 'UP' label is suggesting that it's upside-down. After all, have you ever looked at a map showing where OZ is relative to the civilized world thumbsup2

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Well, I'm not exactly sending people to space with this endeavor... but there are a group of people that it's important to...

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If we only had a reverse Google Images :)

I didn't notice a [Scarcasim] tag in that post.

But for those who don't know, there actually IS a reverse Google Images search.

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MintJulep, I had no idea....

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Yup, LPS for that. Unfortunately, Google doesn't seem to find anything that looks the part winky smile, aside from ceiling roses and possibly torchiere supports.

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My. God.

I like your style ashleyz! No fluff, to the point, mic drop.



That's the thing. Thank you so much for your help, everyone!

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Of course!

The claws have been cut off flush with the mating face and a stud and nut added obscuring the "MINS" - leaving "UP". Amazing how two little changes could make ID so much more difficult.

Well done ashleyz!

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