Its an aluminum rod (I believe its aluminum anyways,) about 2 feet long, with a barrel shaped attachment on the end. The rod part is 2 feet long or so, and the barrel is about as big as a quarter on the end, and about 2.5 inches, with the middle flared out in the classic barrel shape. the over all shape is sort of a exaggerated T shape, with the top being the barrel and the middle section the rod.
The rod itself is polished, and has a screw end, like a bolt, so it can be screwed into something. It also have a section right above the screw end that is knurled, and the knurled part is slightly larger in diameter than the rest of the rod. The rod has a diameter of about 1.3 millimeters (sorry, I don't know what that is in standard, just realized I have a micrometer sitting beside me.)
The barrel is stamped "5" on one end, and when I shake it, it sounds like it has a liquid inside, like water, or mercury. I'm going with mercury because the end is fairly heaving, and so far, no matter how I shake it, no water comes out.
It almost looks like a homemade shifter for something, but its way well to made to be something homemade, unless whoever made it has a serious machine shop.
I found it in an old power house, that had been converted into a garage for an airplane, with one half of the building being old power tools (old drillpress, etc) and the other half the garage/maintenance area. I've had it for about 2 years now, have never seen anything like it, and the fact that its not marked anywhere but the "5" on the end of the barrel doesn't make it any easier. Please, my curiosity is killing me. Anyone have any ideas?
Sorry about the bad image, the camera is broke and this is the only one that came out even halfway decent. At least its a close up of the top, you can kinda get an idea of the scale off it. The coins pictured are a Washington Quarter and a 1 Euro coin, for our European friends out there.
The rod itself is polished, and has a screw end, like a bolt, so it can be screwed into something. It also have a section right above the screw end that is knurled, and the knurled part is slightly larger in diameter than the rest of the rod. The rod has a diameter of about 1.3 millimeters (sorry, I don't know what that is in standard, just realized I have a micrometer sitting beside me.)
The barrel is stamped "5" on one end, and when I shake it, it sounds like it has a liquid inside, like water, or mercury. I'm going with mercury because the end is fairly heaving, and so far, no matter how I shake it, no water comes out.
It almost looks like a homemade shifter for something, but its way well to made to be something homemade, unless whoever made it has a serious machine shop.
I found it in an old power house, that had been converted into a garage for an airplane, with one half of the building being old power tools (old drillpress, etc) and the other half the garage/maintenance area. I've had it for about 2 years now, have never seen anything like it, and the fact that its not marked anywhere but the "5" on the end of the barrel doesn't make it any easier. Please, my curiosity is killing me. Anyone have any ideas?
Sorry about the bad image, the camera is broke and this is the only one that came out even halfway decent. At least its a close up of the top, you can kinda get an idea of the scale off it. The coins pictured are a Washington Quarter and a 1 Euro coin, for our European friends out there.
Magnets don't stick to most stainless.
