What is it?
Drywall Rotor
I am declaring two winners this week! Poofwa and NSFarSighted. Poofwa had the right idea, but wrong content, and NSFarSighted just impressed the hell out of me.
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March 28th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Spiral grip socket wrench extension kit
March 28th, 2007 at 10:34 am
Looks like a sex toy to me!
March 28th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
mind extractor
March 28th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
looks like a three piece drill bit to me.
March 28th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
it definetly looks like something naughty
my guess’s off hand are
wrench extender (for when you need to reach a bolt down in a hole or something)
Or mabey something that has to do with a clock
March 28th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
ORRRRRRR
is it a E-break handel for a car?
March 28th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
no one has it yet, and I have managed to fool the great Crash!!!
March 28th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Totally kinky
March 28th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Candles or screw bits.
March 28th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
before evenmadderdawg posits something silly, i guess………. an auger of some sort– like for a masher or juicer!
March 28th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
they look like they connect together or to something else
is it handle bars or something
im going to assume its not something sexual even though it looks down right freaky
March 28th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
A drill for something soft or loose… like sand? or snow or dirt.
March 28th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
I think they are chimes or parts of a whirligig.
March 28th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
forget it , sombody knows it laready , it’s drill bits, but , it could be parts to an engine
or parts to a sausage maker.
March 28th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
cool whistles that are different pitches?
random guess. but the holes in them gave me the idea.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
some sort of meat grinding attachment
March 28th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Poofwa is really really close
March 28th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
good, at least i’m close..
Mabye for snow? I’m trying to think of other soft or loose things…
Sandstone? another soft rock?
March 28th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Is it used for making ice cream?
March 28th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
roller to crush or to soften meat
March 29th, 2007 at 2:50 am
they are positive displacement pump parts
March 29th, 2007 at 6:56 am
how about wine dispenser? or an apparatus to pour wine out of?
March 29th, 2007 at 7:54 am
got to be registered to win..
March 29th, 2007 at 11:00 am
are they parts to one of thouse stupid chocolate fountans?
March 29th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Is it a conveyor for plastic bottle?
I KNOW I’ve seen one before …
(Yes, I’m newly registered) =-)
Great site!!!
March 29th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Thanks RapidEye!
I do try to keep this site work safe, so keep that in mind.
Poofwa is very close, but not 100%. If no REGISTERED user gets it before end of day, Poofwa will win.
March 29th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Since I was browsing your site as a way to kill time at work, I’m ALL ABOUT work safe =-) Don’t want the corporate IT guys calling the local security office “Hello, yeah, that obnoxious guy in office 42, yeah, he’s trying to reach midget p0rn sites again. Yup, third warning this month. Give him a box and get his office keys!”
OK, so gonna guess again….
Is it for conveying ice?
Hmmmm slushies?
Man, I know I’ve seen one before!!! The square end slips on the end of a drive box and you use a pin to hold it in place while it conveys…. what…..
Drilling wax?
I know I’ll kick myself…
March 29th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
uhh mebbe its a drill for wood that is specially made to make the hole look pretty?’
or it conveys sand upwards, like a reverse spiral staircase?
but the surves are too soft to make it a pure bred conveyor. is it for food?
March 29th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
cool. i’ll just copy paste what poofwa said then.
A drill for something soft or loose… like sand? or snow or dirt.
Mabye for snow?
Sandstone? another soft rock?
muahahaha i’m evil!
March 29th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
This is a rotor used in either a pressurized liquid motor, or a forced air blower rotor. That is a 1-2 configuration rotor ( 1 lobe rotor, 2 lobe stator ). The stator has a hard rubber- like compound inside. This lining has two lobes this chrome shaft rests in. Forcing air or liquid through the assembly forces the rotor to turn to the other lobe in the stator, thus creating motion. This type of setup ( only much larger) is used in what are called Mud Motors in oildfield drilling applications. the stator is fixed to the pipe,and the turing rotor is what essentially turns your drill bit when pressurised mud is applied. The oilfield motor was based on what I believe was some of the first forced air blowers for big rigs.
How close is that??
March 29th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
I have no idea, but, like a few others, I know I have seen these things before. I’ve seen them in person at some point in my life — shipyard, submarine, garage, I dunno’, but I’ve seen ‘em. I just can’t retrieve the data.
March 29th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Sorry drunkonkarma, but I’m already registered.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:28 am
very close NSFarSighted!
Double winners!
April 1st, 2007 at 10:49 am
Damn!
Like nsfarsighted, I’ve seen these things, and i agree with him, pump parts.
You describe them as drywall rotors, but in fact, the drywall is incidental to these parts, they’re mud pumpers, used, in the context, for spraying plaster mixes ONTO drywall.
In my context, I’ve seen similar things used in pumps for clay slurry in the ceramics industry.
I do enjoy these puzzles, even when, as often, they have me beat!
April 1st, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Glad to make an impression!!! I had a look and, uh, well , I noticed something…
merlebs Says:
March 29th, 2007 at 2:50 am
they are positive displacement pump parts
That IS what they are called. I could remember how it worked, but not the name.
I have to give credit where it’s due. Merlebs…. good call!!
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:48 am
I’ve read all the comments, and I STILL don’t know what it is!
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:44 pm
MIss Cellania, the pic is actually a replacement part for a pump.