Any idea what this is guys & gals

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

A friend of mine showed me this today & asked what it might be. It came from a deceased model engineer. I am usually quite good at guessing stuff, but have no idea what this is. I think it may be pneumatic.

Steve.

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

[GeorgineerParticipant @georgineer]

It's a grostling iron, model B by the look of it.

George B.

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

What on earth is a grostling iron. If it helps, the smaller one fits inside the larger tube. The larger tube has a disc in the bottom with a row of i think 6 holes around it. I thought it was something to do with air.

Steve.

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

I give in, what is it?

Mike

i don’t know what it is but it’s highly likely someone will know

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

The six holes around the end indicate it is a ventilated grostling iron.

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

So i guess that all the guys on here that i thought were very clever people are only micro Plebs. MM interesting.

One end has a 1/4" fitting & the other a 3/8".

Strange how if you don't know you try & BECOME SEMI INTELLIGENT WITH A STUPID COMMENT TO GAIN POINTS

I truly have no idea what this is. If asked though i would not say it was a Zebus valve etc. Come on guys someone must have seen one of these before.

P.S It is not part of my dads iron lung.

Steve.

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

LINK

[derek hall 1Participant @derekhall1]

I have no idea what it is either.

But I know that sometimes humour doesnt travel well occasionally.!

For a master class on this try looking on YouTube for "The Turbo Encabulator" ….I found it funny but my daughter did not ….she has a degree in history and doesnt understand "engineery things" and thought it was real …..some of the technical terminology used is wonderful and now a "ventilated grostling iron" can be added to my technical vocabulary!!!

Regards to all

Derek

[DanielParticipant @daniel]

True to form, I spent a while Googling Grostling Iron

As is usual for me, it took a fair while for the penny to

drop.

We shouldn't take ourselves too seriously ….

ATB,

Daniel

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Maybe some people find the comments funny but e still have no idea what the items are.

Brian

[derek hall 1Participant @derekhall1]

It does look like an air tool though, why not connect it to an air supply through a regulator and gradually increase the air pressure see what happens?

Derek

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Irony and humour are like art, literature and mathematics

Not everyone can do stuff

edit, looks like a couple of shock absorbers

Edited By Ady1 on 24/08/2020 08:12:43

[Jon LawesParticipant @jonlawes51698]

Are the components a snug fit together? Any sign of any valving internally?

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Made from stainless steel like that it looks like a piece of surgical equipment.

The fitting on the lower end obviously hooks up to a pump of some sort.

The other, tapered, end with the nozzle was probably inserted into whichever orifice needed surgically flushing out.

That would be my best guess as a former hospital engineer. Or it could have been part of an early rectal endoscopy probe.

Edited By Hopper on 24/08/2020 09:07:51

Edited By Hopper on 24/08/2020 09:11:29

[Mark Simpson 1Participant @marksimpson1]

it has the look of a "surge damper" which are used to smooth air flow. Pulses from piston compressors can travel a long way down pipework if the end process requires a very smooth flow.

could also be a "ventilated grostling iron" I'm no expert

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

Posted by Hopper on 24/08/2020 09:06:20

That would be my best guess as a former hospital engineer. Or it could have been part of an early rectal endoscopy probe.

Perhaps it was left behind by a visiting flying saucer

Rod

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

Posted by Hopper on 24/08/2020 09:06:20:

Made from stainless steel like that it looks like a piece of surgical equipment.

The fitting on the lower end obviously hooks up to a pump of some sort.

The other, tapered, end with the nozzle was probably inserted into whichever orifice needed surgically flushing out.

That would be my best guess as a former hospital engineer. Or it could have been part of an early rectal endoscopy probe.

I believe the americans have an expresion of 'blow it out your a**'

Someone's attempt at a damper for an office chair?

pgk

[Brian OldfordParticipant @brianoldford70365]

Posted by Roderick Jenkins on 24/08/2020 09:22:12:

Posted by Hopper on 24/08/2020 09:06:20

That would be my best guess as a former hospital engineer. Or it could have been part of an early rectal endoscopy probe.

Perhaps it was left behind by a visiting flying saucer

Rod

Were you to tell us where it may have been left could be "far too much information"

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

oooh the irony

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Posted by pgk pgk on 24/08/2020 09:29:30:

Posted by Hopper on 24/08/2020 09:06:20:

Made from stainless steel like that it looks like a piece of surgical equipment.

The fitting on the lower end obviously hooks up to a pump of some sort.

The other, tapered, end with the nozzle was probably inserted into whichever orifice needed surgically flushing out.

That would be my best guess as a former hospital engineer. Or it could have been part of an early rectal endoscopy probe.

I believe the americans have an expresion of 'blow it out your a**'

Someone's attempt at a damper for an office chair?

pgk

Flow control valve?

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Removed by V8.

Edited By V8Eng on 24/08/2020 10:49:46

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

edited*

(6 months with no pub quiz is getting to me)

Edited By Ady1 on 24/08/2020 10:46:09

[Mick B1Participant @mickb1]

The open U-shaped cutouts in the collar make it look as it it's intended to be pushed against some sort of pressure valve but not locked to it.

I think it's far too far down in the assembly Bill Of Materials to guess what the ultimate parent was. For example, many people would recognise the extractor from a QF artillery piece, but what would distinguish the recuperator piston from any other hydraulic piston of similar size?

Without somebody being able to access specialist knowledge of the device of which it's part, there's no chance.

[Brian Sweeting 2Participant @briansweeting2]

It looks to me somewhat similar to an air operated "mole" as used by the gas and water trades to drive a pipe through the ground.

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