Question: would any one know what this could be?

[Blksun]

any info would be great. i did check over on the lindsay forum with no luck.

 

[Red Green]

Do you have any pictures of what it looks like dismantled?

 

[Blksun]

no

i didnt want to mess with it without knowing something about it. all i know its spring loaded.

 

[Roger Bleile]

It appears to me to be a spring loaded center punch. The punch would be locked into the end then you position the punch then push down on the mushroom shaped handle, the spring loads until a sear trips and causes impact to the punch. I have a contemporary one with a permanantly affixed punch.

 

[rod]

I am with Roger here, my guess is a spring loaded center punch .... used them for years, but not as early a model as this one.

Rod

 

[Mike Frakes]

Come on guys, everyone should immediately recognize this as an articulated defamulator.

Mike

 

[Red Green]

Don't be silly, a defamulator doesn't have those notches at the bottom, articulated or not.

Bob

edit: Well after thinking about it, I suppose if you were using it for laminating transit oscillation they could come in handy.

 

[Ed Westerly]

Oh, my, my, my, aren't you guys punny!!! (rhymes with funny)

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

looks like a pre age Lindsay classic hand piece to me.

arnaud

 

[monk]

you're all wrong. that's a hand operated, piston activator for an early frammelschtaume machine. they were made in germany. parts too hard to find !!

 

[Crazy Horse]

you're all wrong. that's a hand operated, piston activator for an early frammelschtaume machine. they were made in germany. parts too hard to find !!

Is it any wonder that germany lost 2 world wars in a row??? ;~)

 

[James Roettger]

No, that's a Chinese knock off of a Lindsay Palm control unit. The fit and finish give it away. They don't work.