IMadeThis
The vast majority of the machined parts I made as a machinist were parts of an assembly. Only the technician putting the thing together and possibly someone later doing a repair would ever see any of the work I did. I almost never knew what a widget was or what purpose it served. I would get a drawing, a quantity of material and instructions about which machine to use and how soon I needed to have the job finished. The drawing had all the relevant information necessary to create parts that worked so I didn't need to know any further details. This brass part was no exception. I have no idea what function it was meant to do. Looking at the thing I seem to remember it wasn't an easy part due to the length of the smallest diameter and the soft nature of brass. It's 64.6 mm long and the knurled diameter is 21.7mm diameter. I'm sure it was made to inch dimensions but since I retired I've switched my brain to metric because I got sick of converting. HMM and thanks for any and all views, faves and comments.
IMadeThis
The vast majority of the machined parts I made as a machinist were parts of an assembly. Only the technician putting the thing together and possibly someone later doing a repair would ever see any of the work I did. I almost never knew what a widget was or what purpose it served. I would get a drawing, a quantity of material and instructions about which machine to use and how soon I needed to have the job finished. The drawing had all the relevant information necessary to create parts that worked so I didn't need to know any further details. This brass part was no exception. I have no idea what function it was meant to do. Looking at the thing I seem to remember it wasn't an easy part due to the length of the smallest diameter and the soft nature of brass. It's 64.6 mm long and the knurled diameter is 21.7mm diameter. I'm sure it was made to inch dimensions but since I retired I've switched my brain to metric because I got sick of converting. HMM and thanks for any and all views, faves and comments.