✅ 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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[Goodyguy]

To end this talk about a cold control, do you see any way that that rivet could have attached to or broken off from a shaft?

If it cannot attach to a shaft and is too flimsy and close to the surface to connect to another gear or chain then it cannot be from a fridge. If it wont stay on the number, I dont think it could be a counter. What is it?

Maybe it stayed on the number when the rivet was tighter.

Does not appear to have had a shaft as you can see by the close up picture of the bottom of the rivet.

I took it to a heating and air conditioning shop shortly after I took possession and no one there had any idea what it was. I will take it to a refrigeration company next and get a second opinion because there were so many suggestions about it perhaps being a thermostat control.

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

Speed control for a vibrating bed. siegfried schlagrule

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Speed control for a vibrating bed. siegfried schlagrule

Good guess, but we cannot see how it could be a control for anything because there is no way to connect to anything. It definitely cannot connect to an electrical control shaft. It is only a rivet in the center.

 

[Montana Jim]

I have just discovered "post rage".

How do I ignore this one stupid endless topic?

Someone, please come kill me.

Is the only way to remove all my own posts to make the insanity stop?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Im just tagging along hoping someone will recognize it because Im out of ideas. If you remove your posts, you will not be notified when it is finally solved.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

coin counter for childs toy

It may be a childs toy with two counters and the first one to reach 15 is the winner!

 

[Sir Digs-A-Lot]

It's a volume control for a guitar amplifier except this attains the level of "5 louder", or 15

 

[Michelle]

Thats why I think it must have been spring loaded...making the numbers go back after each turn

I dont see how a spring could attach or how that would help stay on the number, Michelle. What would be the purpose of making the numbers go back after each turn? Are you thinking like an old dial telephone?

Cy, I was thinking it was spring loaded to NOT go back but to turn another sprocket/cog/wheel that did SOMETHING....sort of like a parking meter...insert coin turn with finger and number pops up for minutes


Got it...DUMMY KNOB!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEW...Sorry alot of pressure here!

 

[Michelle]

I have just discovered "post rage".

How do I ignore this one stupid endless topic?

Someone, please come kill me.

Is the only way to remove all my own posts to make the insanity stop?

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS THING BEFORE??WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

 

[Michelle]

penny or dime vending machine dial.....hmmmm 40's or 50's

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Thats why I think it must have been spring loaded...making the numbers go back after each turn

I dont see how a spring could attach or how that would help stay on the number, Michelle. What would be the purpose of making the numbers go back after each turn? Are you thinking like an old dial telephone?

Cy, I was thinking it was spring loaded to NOT go back but to turn another sprocket/cog/wheel that did SOMETHING....sort of like a parking meter...insert coin turn with finger and number pops up for minutes


Got it...DUMMY KNOB!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEW...Sorry alot of pressure here!

Ah OK good idea but I just think this thing is too cheap and flimsy to have turned another gear. As someone stated, its not even a gear, its a sprocket, with no room for a chain.

 

[Michelle]

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Im leaning toward a simple incubator counter with no electrical connection.

 

[Copperhead]

Im leaning toward a simple incubator counter with no electrical connection.

What he said...

As I haven’t read most of the posts…Just throwing out some observations… Apologies if they have already been mentioned…

As noted…it is a piece of crap…and not built to survive any serious, continuous use…. Due to it’s construction and seemingly inability to be anchored securely to be "driven"…I’d lean more toward a manual operation…I doubt this thing was turning much…probably a more set and forget use…

The numbers and their position on the dial are conflicting…Say that it would be covered by another part that contained a viewing window…if so…the number 15 would never be seen due to its relation to the other numbers…hence it would only be meant to "read" to 14…leaving explanation for the 15 to represent "the end"…

If the entire part is meant to be totally exposed…Then visual appeal isn’t a factor and probably more of an industrial use….

As to what it does… It appears there are only two ways to activate motion…one would be from the notched out area….whether manually or by some other "cog" passing through the notched area…The other would be if something attached onto the raised tab to turn it….

That given.... the raised tab would need to serve a dual role as a piece to activate something or a piece to turn the devise....and...to serve as a stop for wheel...the chances of it's purpose to do both in either case seems unlikely...

The device appears to be incapable of doing much of anything besides being a simple type of manual counter….

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The device appears to be incapable of doing much of anything besides being a simple type of manual counter….

yep.

The numbers and their position on the dial are conflicting…Say that it would be covered by another part that contained a viewing window…if so…the number 15 would never be seen due to its relation to the other numbers…hence it would only be meant to "read" to 14…leaving explanation for the 15 to represent "the end"…

Exactly. After 14= game over or no need to count any more. Besides egg incubator day counter, other good ideas were camera film frame counter and pool ball counter.

 

[VATUGMGR]

There may be something to the counter idea after all. There are many children's games and other table games that use a manual counter to record points. Think of a Foosball table with the simple plastic counter at each goal, and miniature pool tables or horse shoe type games, such as ring toss or bean bag toss that may have come with a similar counter. Racket games could be ruled out but I think, but what about the counter that HO race tracks used that would count the lap once the vehicle went over the start line.

This is a disease that is starting to devour my brain.

VATUG

 

[Michelle]

so it IS an egg turner....Manual one??

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Thank you, thank you, It took me three posts but call this one solved!!! I know I've had one in my hand when I was a kid and turning all those eggs every day. I just couldn't recall....rabbit...chick...chicks...rabbit....definitely chicks

Hold the congratulations. You are not the first person to suggest about the chickens and you are not the first person to say they remember having one. Members have sworn its a chick counter, clock gear, camera part, refrigerator control,TV tuner, and part of the enigma code breaker!!

Im sorry but you need to produce a picture.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Goody have you tried offering a reward?