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  • 24-03-2013 12:23pm
    #1
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭


    Found this while clearing out the attic in an old house. It's 80+ years old at least.

    1 - 2 - 3 - 4

    What would you be putting into a hollow brass pipe to force it out in small holes like this? :confused:


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Paging Wibbs to the thread, Wibbs to the thread please :P


  • #3
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,672 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    I'm guessing some ancient, primitive water spray thing. Could also have some use in a zombie apocalypse


  • #4
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Oh Jesus , no..............



















    we,re fucked.


  • #5
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    Agricola wrote: »
    Found this while clearing out the attic in an old house. It's 80+ years old at least.

    1 - 2 - 3 - 4

    What would you be putting into a hollow brass pipe to force it out in small holes like this? :confused:

    Spaghetti maker .


  • #6
    Frynge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Frynge


    Old bicycle pump.


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  • #7
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Some kind of extruder perhaps?


  • #8
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,654 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    An early potato ricer?

    'twould be a bitch to clean, mind you.....


  • #9
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    No , we're ok , sorry.
    Its a fart catcher.


  • #10
    Frynge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Frynge


    Ruubot2 wrote: »
    Some kind of extruder perhaps?

    Yes, an air extruder.


  • #11
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Agricola wrote: »
    Found this while clearing out the attic in an old house. It's 80+ years old at least.

    1 - 2 - 3 - 4

    What would you be putting into a hollow brass pipe to force it out in small holes like this? :confused:

    Could be some kind of fire bellows / blower?


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  • #12
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Would it have any application in carpentry? The man who owned the place was a carpenter, he more than likely made this.


  • #13
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    mattjack wrote: »
    No , we're ok , sorry.
    Its a fart catcher.

    Close but no. It's an early whoopie cushion sound machine.


  • #14
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Its a machine for makin sausages.


  • #15
    A fella called fish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 188 ✭✭A fella called fish


    Victorian play dough factory?


  • #16
    Panrich
    Registered Users Posts: 3,850 ✭✭✭Panrich


    It's an early colonic irrigation device. Hopefully you were wearing gloves when you handled it.


  • #17
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    My kitten has just walked into the room. He's furry.


  • #18
    DoneDL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭DoneDL


    Was the previous owner a Bee-keeper.


  • #19
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    My kitten has just walked into the room. He's furry.

    What made him so angry?


  • #20
    Pompey Magnus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Pompey Magnus


    Looks like a pressure pump for a gas lantern:

    Link


  • #21
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,386 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    I'm disappointed no-one's said this yet.

    Dildo.


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  • #22
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »
    What made him so angry?

    He isn't being raised properly, he has me as a father figure.


  • #23
    Gosub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Gosub


    Looks like an old garden sprayer. Suck the chemical mix from a bucket and spray it on your hedge, veggies... whatever.


  • #24
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    DoneDL wrote: »
    Was the previous owner a Bee-keeper.

    Im told they would have been keeping bees further back, yes.
    Pompey Magnus wrote: »
    Looks like a pressure pump for a gas lantern:

    Link

    Very similar, they wouldnt have needed a perforated end though. I believe there is one of those around here too!


  • #25
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,174 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Paging Wibbs to the thread, Wibbs to the thread please :P
    Fecked if I know. If it wasn't made by a caveman I'm outa my comfort zone... :D Whatever it is it doesn't hold much in the way of volume so I doubt it's a fire extinguisher or such like. Wouldn't make much of a bellows either. Maybe it's a part of something larger? Maybe rather than holding a liquid, maybe it's a blower of air? A way to clear dust/shavings from a piece of wood being worked or something like that? Horticultural liquid dispenser is another one.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #26
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    Gosub wrote: »
    Looks like an old garden sprayer. Suck the chemical mix from a bucket and spray it on your hedge, veggies... whatever.
    We have a winner!

    I have seen similar implements being used to spray fruit trees.


  • #27
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Yeah garden sprayer seems like it. The guy was big into gardening, used to do tree grafting I believe. So it's like something he would make up.


  • #28
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    Confirmation: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vintage-Brass-Hand-Pump-Sprayer-roses-garden-architectural-NO-RESERVE-/251246709867?pt=Architectural_Garden&hash=item3a7f788c6b


  • #29
    dodderangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    Victorian bong


  • #30
    messymess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 359 ✭✭messymess


    It's obviously a 'stunt cock'

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_cock


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  • #31
    stoneill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭stoneill


    Gosub wrote: »
    Looks like an old garden sprayer. Suck the chemical mix from a bucket and spray it on your hedge, veggies... whatever.

    It's one of those jibby jobbers mentioned up there.
    There used to be an old program on with Jack Hargreaves called Out of Town and he would often have contraptions like on and ask the viewers to guess what they were - and it was a garden sprayer for pesticides.


  • #32
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    Get a locksmith to open it an see what's inside!!!!


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