Okay Investigators, ~ UN-IDENTIFIED BRONZE OBJECT
Ht: 10 3/4"
Wide: 5 7/8
Deep: 3"
Wall on sides: 3/4 to 7/8 thick
Wall of ellipse section: 9/16ths thick
Weighs 12 lbs?
front: teleport.com
teleport.com
top: teleport.com
engraving: teleport.com
I can' remember where I got this, but location gave no clues to its use.
It looks like someone was practicing with an engraver, because it's a list of names and capital letters, some repeated. I think they just picked a handy pc to practice on and the two are un-related.
But Croc points some sims to a printing process.
This is very heavy for bronze, which is used mostly in my experience as a wear surface for bearings and shafts and stuff. But it doesn't show use or machining for much of anything.
Total, total mystery so far.
I might guess a piece of a warship, or locomotive, but still can't guess a function. I worked on a steam locomotive (The Bicentennial one) and remember no such part, but that doesn't mean anything.
Also, might have been a half-machined reject-part, that never saw its final configuration.
I know I could go to a machine shop and get clues or an answer, but....
This one really tweaks me. |
