Lowjiber
04-07-2010, 09:09 AM
I'm not much of a relic guy, but can usually figure out what something mechanical actually is. However, this one has me stumped.
I dug it yesterday at about 5 in a park that was built in the 1940's. The material appears to be bronze...judging from it's hardness and the scratches I made with the Lesche when digging it.
Obviously (at least to me), it is an adjusting device of some sort. I think the ball-like end of the screw fit in a depression, and when the screw was turned, the plate put more (or less) pressure on something. The flutes have me really stumped as to their function in my theory.
Any ideas:huh: :confused:
I dug it yesterday at about 5 in a park that was built in the 1940's. The material appears to be bronze...judging from it's hardness and the scratches I made with the Lesche when digging it.
Obviously (at least to me), it is an adjusting device of some sort. I think the ball-like end of the screw fit in a depression, and when the screw was turned, the plate put more (or less) pressure on something. The flutes have me really stumped as to their function in my theory.
Any ideas:huh: :confused: