✅ 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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[Monty]

I still have this red herring in the back of my mind. Using the analytical approach like midden monster, I think it was mounted on another part, perhaps by a brad through the backup plate. Someone mentioned the two hangers or clips on the backup plate, but there are also two larger holes and I can see some wear on the one on the left looking at it from behind. So, some kind of fastener might have gone through there. And since it freewheels, something probably fit into the notch to hold it in place until the next number was up. I still can't get the gear indicator out of my mind for a 15 speed racing or cross country bicycle. Hmmmm, let me see if I can find a pic of the gear indicator I am talking about. Monty

 

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[spartan69cs]

I think it could be a plane part.

 

[spartan69cs]

Maybe it's a fifteen minute timer.

 

[montepollock]

the one I seen was mounted on a rabbit cge or chicken coup,My guess is still a counter but what?
a fertility counter of sometype to predict when animal was in estrus?
a vaacination reminder?
A chicken egg productivity counter?
Keep this post alive
I just gotta know, was it five or six?

 

[dorkyduke]

in a way it looks like one of the tumblers for a safe lock. although 15 is a pretty small number for a combination

 

[Angelo]

Sports counter?

Tennis? Score

Boxing? Rounds

Tony

 

[Charlene]

A real brain teaser you have there Musclecar. Its a real nice one too.

 

[dugupfinds]

With all these brains you would think someone might know??

 

[Montana Jim]

ivan salis claimed to know... I asked for some kid of independent verification but he has not returned? Maybe he was kidding and I feel for it hook, line, sinker.

 

[warsawdaddy]

I don't know guys,but whatever it 'counted' or 'reversed' at intervals,I believe that something rode within the sprocket,not on the fingers.Something would drop into the cavities and ride up on the next 'finger'.Maybe it did count twine or wire,or inches

 

[watercolor]

My mother-in-law would count every stroke when she played golf. . . she had (needed) something like this attached to her golf bag to add her score up on every hole.

I really don't have a clue what this is. . . It can't be THAT old since it's made from aluminum. . . it does seem well machined/stamped but not really designed for any "heavy-duty" industrial applications.

If you were to "roll" the sprockets across a soft surface, what would the distance be between the indentations made by the sprockets? Maybe this will spark an additional clue.

Good luck,
watercolor

 

[Nick in NEPA]

(Laughs) Seriously guys, how many hours have you spent trying to ID this?

 

[cosmic]

Any coins fit inbetween the teeth?

 

[Montana Jim]

(Laughs) Seriously guys, how many hours have you spent trying to ID this?

I've spent many hours... jeez, it's driving me crazy! Then, after it went away and I was able to sleep again at night it came back!

I'm going with Mrs. O's hay baler thought and calling it good.

I'm never looking at this post again!!

I'll be checking it tomorrow...

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

I've sent this link to everybody I know around here and nobody has been brave enough to even take a guess, lol!!!

 

[1liquigirl]

Musclecar. My guess is that it went to a grandfather clock or any other kind of clock that needs winding.

 

[Montana Jim]

I'm only writing this so I could be poster #100!

 

[PBK]

I'm only writing this so I could be poster #100!

Doesn't matter. The whatsit only counts up to 15.

 

[TreasureTales]

I'm only writing this so I could be poster #100!

Doesn't matter. The whatsit only counts up to 15.

PBK you must be a real riot at the dinner table. Too funny!!! LOL

 

[Hardy]

I have seen this before, its a part of a boiler thermostat if I remember correctly. it slides into a plate that has the wire cable and peep hole that you view your setting at..