✅ SOLVED Test your skills on this one! Spent years trying to ID this.

[musclecar]

I found this in Alaska about 10 years ago, and have never been able to ID it. It is an aluminum piece, about 3 inches square. It has 15 teeth and is numbered 1-15. There is a stop preventing it from spinning freely. The back has two tabs that may have been used to mount it. ANY GUESSES?

Thanks,

MC

PS The quarter used for size was found yesterday! 1935S Yeah!

 

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[laralucine]

ugh, oh I don't know - I give up, but think it's something with a chaindrive (like a bike chain fits over the teeth). Too many results and random bike-building sites to go through, but anyone think this might be the right path?

 

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[DCMatt]

I have to agree that it was NOT used as a mechanical part. I was thinking some type of counter or ciphering device. But wouldn't it have ZERO on it to be used for counting or keeping tabs?

Of course, if it's Canadian, it's metric. So the scale would really be 32 to 60 (double the number and add 30 for conversion, right?) :P

DCMatt

 

[Monty]

It's part of the gear shifting mechanism for a 15 speed cross country racing bicycle. No doubt about it.......that it is a guess. Monty

 

[mercinarie]

your kidding right, from a bike, i dont think so.

 

[relic lover]

There is no way this is a mechanical part. It is almost defiantly a counter. Most likely for shooting game birds (same use as the one in my pic.) Maybe mounted to a shotshell bag you wear on your belt. You could turn it by feel and it stops you at 15. You read it after the shoot to know how many birds you had to find. Hand turned counters were defiantly used by bird hunters as per my example.

 

[Montana Jim]

This one is going to keep me up tonight... it is SO darned familiar! I feel I've seen this before... somewhere... it has to be something simple.

Does this stupid picture I made jog anyone's memory

 

[AOSDC]

Its to tell the milkman how much milk you want. Big family!

I believe your right. Back in the 50's and 60's they used metal baskets,thus the 2 tabs to hang the dial on metal basket. Remember milk didn't come in 1 gallon bottles back then. I believe quarts, so 15 quarts would be 2 3/4 gallons of milk.

 

[Monty]

No, I'm really serious about the bicycle guess. All the parts on a racing bike are light weight aluminum or titanium. After all I am around .04% accurate on my guesses. Monty

 

[DEMON]

did beer come in 15 teens lol

 

[jeff of pa]

I think it mounts this way. for the pointer

 

[DEMON]

it is a very intertesing piece how about the sorrounding where it was found ??

 

[Marc]

How sure are you Jeff?

I have never adjusted brakes on a car with anything that looked like that.

To my eye, it was mounted vertically as shown - and to my mind it is a mechanical counter for something. Having been found in Alaska, Aviation or Fishing seem likely candidates.

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p.s, Doesn't it just count to 14?

 

[DEMON]

sorry I adjusted brakes from 54 to 2006 wedge to caliper nothing seams close in that respect

 

[DEMON]

the star wheels are app. 3/4 inch dia and hardened

 

[jeff of pa]

It's only a Guess.
I remember there was a Hole I stuck a Screwdriver in &
would push the gear spikes up or down,
depending on what I wanted to do. . definately not exactly like that.
but I still think it's an Adjuster of some type.

See the Slot up py the 15 ?
That appears to be a spring Lock of some type.
which needs to be released to turn the Wheel.

and maby to lock it on each number.

or maby prevent the wheel from going full circle past the Pointer.


and I believe this was turned by hand with your fingers.
up where the 15 is now.

 

[jeff of pa]

OK, I finally Got it.

It's a CB Radio Channel Adjuster.

 

[Ant]

It’s definitely not a drum brake adjusting spool.

I think it goes more towards a tally counting machine. A finger looks like it was used to turn the tally pointer to the next number. Those tabs are typical of something being mounted to sheet metal. Back in the day tabs like that where placed into slots on the mounting surface and then bent over to secure the item. Tabs like where also used for a hinge pin like someone suggested.

You can see a brake adjusting spool in the picture below, they need to be duty like someone already said. Tool tool used to adjust a brake drum spools is call a
brakespoon but we all use a screwdriver for some reason. Mybe because the brakespoon is always hiding somewhere, lol .

Just my two cents.

HH

 

[jeff of pa]

No this is where I would put the Screwdricer against to Adjust.

Was just a bad Example I guess to make my point :P

 

[Ant]

Not a bad example. I knew what you meant, that's the brake adjusting spool, they don't have a counter or meter.

It was mounted on something and a finger was used to advance the number. Just my guess.

 

[jeff of pa]

Not a bad example. I knew what you meant, that's the brake adjusting spool, they don't have a counter or meter.

It was mounted on something and a finger was used to advance the number. Just my guess.

Mine also ant