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Title: Need help identifying object
Post by: austin12395 on May 13, 2014, 04:35:48 pm

I don't know anything about this object other than it was owned by a plumber, but it could be totally unrelated to plumbing any info would be appreciated thanks.

Title: Re: Need help identifying object
Post by: mart on May 13, 2014, 08:00:33 pm

It is steel isn`t it ?? Heavy ?? Size approx. ??  Does not look like any plumbing tool I have seen and I have seen and used a lot of them !!

Title: Re: Need help identifying object
Post by: KC on May 13, 2014, 10:58:45 pm

What country are you located in?

Title: Re: Need help identifying object
Post by: cogar on May 14, 2014, 07:55:35 am

It looks to me like it is molded plastic.

And those are not "screw" threads ..... but are "compression" threads ...... like for putting a rubber hose or a plastic sleeve on.

Title: Re: Need help identifying object
Post by: joemg311 on May 14, 2014, 08:52:11 am

If it is plastic, perhaps it is not a finished product but something that is a step or two away on the production line from being several hose fittings...

Title: Re: Need help identifying object
Post by: mart on May 14, 2014, 09:13:02 am

But I see no hole/opening other than the center one and the projections seem to be all the same size !!

Title: Re: Need help identifying object
Post by: austin12395 on May 14, 2014, 02:49:15 pm

This object is molded plastic. It weighs just over 2 pounds. it is about 5 inches in height and width.

Title: Re: Need help identifying object
Post by: mart on May 14, 2014, 02:55:32 pm

Quote from: joemg311 on May 14, 2014, 08:52:11 am

If it is plastic, perhaps it is not a finished product but something that is a step or two away on the production line from being several hose fittings...

You may be right or something similar anyway !!

Title: Re: Need help identifying object
Post by: greenacres on May 14, 2014, 06:28:37 pm

My grandfather had a manufacturer company. He had a machine we called the octopus.  Hoses connected to a center piece. Air would then pump through and  create pressure like a vice. I wonder if it was meant to be used like that?

Title: Re: Need help identifying object
Post by: cogar on May 15, 2014, 05:57:24 am

If you look close at the projection @ bottom center of the photo you can see the "injection" mold marks that run across the flat center portion and up across the thread area. Those "marks" are also visible on a couple of the other projections.

"HA", ..... maybe it is a connector "joint" for a Jungle Jim "Climbing" Playground toy. ;D ;D

Title: Re: Need help identifying object
Post by: john on May 15, 2014, 07:29:04 am

is it threaded or is it for a push fit pipe could be a multi direction coupler for pipe work you would cut the ends off to which direction you wanted hole in the middle could be to insert a bar to hold when tightening just a guess though from a construction manager

Title: Re: Need help identifying object
Post by: mart on May 15, 2014, 08:12:42 am

All the ridges on the projections look even so I would assume a push fit !!