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WORFWORF The Burninator
in Zocalo v2.0
[URL=http://www.amherst.edu/magazine/issues/04winter/extra/enigma.html]Mystery[/URL]

Worf

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  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    A hydrospanner.
  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    Look at the lid, and the rim that if fits into at the top. Now, if I'm the only one who is reminded of a toilet seat....
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Ow.
  • AnlaShokAnlaShok Democrat From Hell
    It's a thaumeter! Not seen one of those in this universe before! I wonder how it got here. Watch out for "Plib" noises.
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Goa'uld holographic display projector
  • EclecticonautEclecticonaut Elite Ranger
    It has got to be Louis XIV's (the Sun King) waffle iron with some wooden parts. :)
  • bobobobo (A monkey)
    Well. I'm guessing something related to either a punch card mechanism, or possibly musical instrument driven by a punch card, such as a music box. It looks like the arms can be moved in and out. THen a wax pad or piece of paper is put in the oval, the lid closed, and the perfeations are made.

    I wish there were more pictures of the bottom and lower edges.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    That actually sounds quite feasible.
  • TycoTyco Ranger Texas
    Besides looking like the instument Max Reebo played in Star Wars: ROTJ, I would also say that it looks like it could possibly be some form of a musical instrument.
  • shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
    Nope....

    I think you'll find its a stretching and/of framing device for pictures. Oval framed portraits and pictures are consistent with the period when the device was made, given its made from brass and wood to a very fine degree.

    Whatever material is put into it has to be a fabric of some kind, maybe canvas for art stretching, perhaps doilies or lace, or even needlework. It's very hard to keep the tension consistent around the edges of a circular piece of needlework and... I think it's next to impossible to keep the tension consistent without a distinctly variable device like this one.

    I'd say this is an 'Oval needlework stretcher'.

    and dont bother trying to gazump me I've just submitted my email entry. :)
  • MartianDustMartianDust Elite Ranger
    What country is it from originally?!
    Looks like an instrument but it has nails in 2nd pic, so I got no idea!
    It also reminds me of Roulette, but that it can't be. :)
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Its a spanking machine for the naughty...
  • shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
    ahhh.. Messiah may be onto something there... its a De-sade anus stretching machine... so you can get much larger fuzzy animals up your butt...:D
  • SpiritOneSpiritOne Magneto ABQ NM
    Im going to have to agree with Shadow Boxers [b]FIRST[/b] response. I thought it had something to do with needlework or a loom of some kind.
  • MartianDustMartianDust Elite Ranger
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Messiah [/i]
    [B]Its a spanking machine for the naughty... [/B][/QUOTE]

    Hehehee! Oh I like the sound of that! ;)

    [QUOTE][B]
    ahhh.. Messiah may be onto something there... its a De-sade anus stretching machine... so you can get much larger fuzzy animals up your butt...
    [/B][/QUOTE]

    :eek: :eek: Thats is disgusting SB!! lol! I hate to know what you do in your spare time hehe ;)
  • EclecticonautEclecticonaut Elite Ranger
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by MartianDust [/i]
    [B]:eek: :eek: Thats is disgusting SB!! lol! I hate to know what you do in your spare time hehe ;) [/B][/QUOTE]The Goatse Man's identity has been finally revealed! ;)

    But I thought he was an Italian... :confused:
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    That must have just been a cover.
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    I'm thinking it's a device to stretch a skin or some other kind of material into a shape that is taught enough for a percussion drum, and then snaps it tight against the target ...

    Maybe...
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    I can't believe that SB, of all people, didn't know what that is. Its used for showing animations! You put the stills in the holes on the outside track, and place a light source on the inside. The whole thing spins around and the stills rotate past the only open viewport. When spun fast enough, it creates the illusion that something is moving on the screen.
  • shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
    Vert you wally... its not a rotoscope, even casual observation confirms this...
  • MartianDustMartianDust Elite Ranger
    Now, now just cos Verts explaination was better than yours. ;)
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    You dont think its an anal probe left by the grey in the 1800s?
  • MartianDustMartianDust Elite Ranger
    hehehee Messiah thats a more convincing theory. ;)
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    Perhaps I'm not fully understanding the concept, but if you mean that an oval picture is hooked onto the spikes, and they are pulled out... then what do the three middle spikes do? They seem to be in the way, to me...
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
    [B]Perhaps I'm not fully understanding the concept, but if you mean that an oval picture is hooked onto the spikes, and they are pulled out... then what do the three middle spikes do? They seem to be in the way, to me... [/B][/QUOTE]

    heheh, I was teasing SB, but if that actually was what I mentioned, the frames would be mounted [b]vertically[/b].
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Vertigo1 [/i]
    [B]heheh, I was teasing SB, but if that actually was what I mentioned, the frames would be mounted [b]vertically[/b]. [/B][/QUOTE]

    More like Vertigolly... :p
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Vertigo1 [/i]
    [B]heheh, I was teasing SB, but if that actually was what I mentioned, the frames would be mounted [b]vertically[/b]. [/B][/QUOTE]

    I meant SB's suggestion. :p
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