Strange part
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Gramtastic
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Strange part
Anyone recognise this ? Is it a device for attaching listening tubes to a phonograph ?
- De Soto Frank
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Re: Strange part
Looks like a continental polymorphous Nonesuch.
( Either that, or it's a sculpture of a cat. )
( Either that, or it's a sculpture of a cat. )
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slippery
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Re: Strange part
It's from a milking machine
Have a google for 'milk claw'
Have a google for 'milk claw'
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Re: Strange part
I am just thankful none of those barrels are pointing at me.
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Re: Strange part
Looks like some type of pressurized air control valve.
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- De Soto Frank
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Re: Strange part
Trying to be serious now, it does look like some type of air manifold...
The lifting eye confounds me...
Perhaps a gas manifold for lab burners ?

The lifting eye confounds me...
Perhaps a gas manifold for lab burners ?
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Re: Strange part
Slippery, I looked it up yesterday just after you posted based on your milking machine comment and you are 100% correct. Folks here are sometimes a bit hard of listeningslippery wrote:It's from a milking machine
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Have a google for 'milk claw'