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What are These Things? Some Kind of Brackets?

05/27/2009 9:05 AM

I found these in my lab and no one knows what they are or what they are used for. I'm guessing some kind of brackets. But for what? Thanks for the help.
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Re: What are these? Some kind of brackets?

05/27/2009 10:23 AM

My dad used to have a couple of these things in his darkroom (which tells you that it must have been a looong time ago. I was still a kid back then). I never knew what they were for but I'm guessing that they have something to do with film-type photography.

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05/27/2009 10:27 AM

Won't advise using them to develop films...

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05/27/2009 10:46 AM

Right.

Wait! The box says "Staples" and the other box says "Copy Paper". Problem solved?

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05/27/2009 11:24 AM

Can I 'ave 'em back now, please Mate? <Cough, wheeze>

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05/27/2009 11:31 AM

Oh my Goodness! you have uncovered a whole box of Unobtanium reactor Rods for the HHO super-reactor! The world is saved!

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05/27/2009 11:46 AM

...if you join them...you can make a ladder!

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05/27/2009 11:07 PM

They're used on optical breadboards. The long black things hold the rods in place. The top of the rods are designed to hold different optical devices - lens holders, beam splitters, etc.

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05/27/2009 11:51 PM

I'm not sure, but they could be Mealer rods, useful for solving all problems with their new (but deliberately unspecified) technology.

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05/28/2009 2:38 AM

Dunno, but you could make some windchimes, imagine the awesomeness.

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05/28/2009 5:56 AM

Looks like the slide adjusters used on my old drafting table to adjust the angle of the board. You remember when we used pencil and triangles to make drawings for parts before mouse and screen?

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05/28/2009 9:39 AM

Pencil?

Triangle?

what are you talking about??? This isn't an ancient history blog!

the fine print: I still have my ink pens from way back when....

Those parts look like they go together as an adjustable assembly with the rods going through the machined piece and probably locked with the screw/nuts. I'm guessing that the optical breadboard parts is correct.

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05/28/2009 6:33 AM

The piece in the top left picture is a ruler. Its used to measure things.
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05/28/2009 8:01 AM

Leftovers from ye olde British Post postboxes
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05/28/2009 12:09 PM

what kinda stuff do you do in your lab?

the knobs appear to fit into the machined slots to " clamp "..?

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06/08/2009 12:49 PM

This is a college physical science lab.
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