Wait, so the mystery object was :::drumroll::: a ƒucking METAL BAR, aka a you-don't-know-what-it-is-either ???

Dude.

What he said. :lame:

GET YOUR PITCHFORKS WE ARE GOING AFTER THIS MOTHERFVKCER

Flint, you crack me up.

I seriously considered the "fucking" part, but while it transmuted the "hard as a steel bar" hyperbole into reality, I haven't found a willing partner (yet). The proportions are within the design tolerances, but it is cold. Plus, I don't have the milling tools or expertise to shape it into something less... industrial.

Dude.

I pick up stuff like this all the time, when I don't quite know what the ultimate use will be. But I do know that whatever it is that I produce that needs this shaft, nothing else would do. This isn't something I could improvise.

ok here ya go
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5209/...e627db85eb.jpg
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What is this?

beer butt chicken Beer can holder

The chicken would either have to have a really big ass, or be a turkey.

You've got it upside down. flip it over and it's an ice cream cone holder so the customer can deal with change and napkin distribution.

zip's: looking into solar-light duct up towards the attic.

zip's: Or, down into a water-filled sump in the basement :3_eyes:

It's several ƒucking METAL BARS.

Nope and nope

A clue
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5087/...1b724d2efe.jpg
2 by zippyt, on Flickr

winnah winnah chicken dinna!!

You, sir, are correct. A commercial one at that, bought at Safeway, and used for its express purpose. I tried to fool y'all. Fail.

That's a sloppy weld, Zip.