What the hell is this? (or, "please help identify this")

So I stopped at a garage sale this morning and found a bunch of homebrewing supplies. Sadly, no tap setup, but still, how often do you find homebrewing stuff at garage sales? (The best part? I offered him half what he wanted for it and he accepted. I thought he'd at least bargain with me for somewhere in the middle, but no! $20 for everything. Couldn't resist my charm, apparently. Ha!)

I basically got a beginner's homebrewing kit minus the grains and yeast, with a few extras that appear to be for an all-grain setup. I recognize all of it except this little bugger:



Is this a brewing related part at all, or just some random piece o' crap that somehow ended up in the pile of stuff? If anyone can identify it, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

that is a set of points from a lawnmower engine

Hahahahahaha!

Looks like points to me too. What's the gap setting?

(On second thought, we should have made something (interesting) up).

yeah, thats one of those old school bottle openers

sirsloop said:

yeah, thats one of those old school bottle openers

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...or, it's called a "third hand" that you screw to a wall and it stops the flow of your brew when you place the tubing between the contacts...

isnt that a chain strecher?

naw... thats absolutely a set of points. IDK if its from a lawnmower or not tho...

no, no, no

thats the tool you use to grease your muffler bearings

Lawnmower engine? Wonder if the guy needs it back? (And how the hell did it get in the bucket of homebrewing gear? )

Thanks for the info!

Now I have to decide what to brew with my new equipment.

C'mon guys, you know that's an individual grain cracking tool... put one piece of grain between the jaws at a time...


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dancingbarefoot said:

Lawnmower engine? Wonder if the guy needs it back? (And how the hell did it get in the bucket of homebrewing gear? ) Thanks for the info! Now I have to decide what to brew with my new equipment.

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DUH!!! A Lawnmower Brew. What else?

Naw your all wrong! That's a earwig killer.. :rockin:

Nose clip for a Goth that's afraid of piercing.

david_42 said:

Nose clip for a Goth that's afraid of piercing.

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...a cowardly Goth...hmmm?

c'mon guys be serious. It's obviously an original Edison phonograph minus the horn.

david_42 said:

Nose clip for a Goth that's afraid of piercing.

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Antique vasectomy instrument?

That's a positive-negalator if i've ever seen one!
Or is that a negative-posilator?

Looks more like a whim-wham for making smoke on a grinder!

Speaking from experience, that's a low speed switching apparatus for a flux capacitor - the tough part is adjusting them - you can only do it with a metric crescent wrench.....

Skol!

rod said:

that is a set of points from a lawnmower engine

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Do lawnmower engines even use points? I thought they had magnetos......

Actually that's a tapper switch from an old telegraph station.......

Serious question: what is a point? and how does it fit in to 2 cycle engine operation?

AHammer16 said:

Serious question: what is a point? and how does it fit in to 2 cycle engine operation?

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It doesn't. You used to have to adjust your points (under the distributor cap) as part of a tune-up for your car. PS...back in the old days when you could...

A medieval sex toy.

God Emporer BillyBrew said:

A medieval sex toy.

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I'm starting to worry about you...you're getting to sound like Cheesefood more and more...

homebrewer_99 said:

I'm starting to worry about you...you're getting to sound like Cheesefood more and more...

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Yeah but Cheesefood uses pictures to get the point across......gotta work on that BillyBrew.

Beer Snob said:

Yeah but Cheesefood uses pictures to get the point across......gotta work on that BillyBrew.

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Like your avatar is "angelic"...OK, bad example...

homebrewer_99 said:

Like your avatar is "angelic"...OK, bad example...

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Yeah my SWMBO was b*tching up a storm about it.....my eyesight is not that bad right...she is fully clothed and all What gives

I think that I saw this segment once on "Ask This Old House."

HAHAHAHA!! ROFLMAO!!!

Chimone said:

no, no, no

thats the tool you use to grease your muffler bearings

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Would that be the telescopic or the oscillating muffler bearings? I always get those confused.....

HAHAHAHAH!!!

Grimsawyer said:

HAHAHAHA!! ROFLMAO!!!


Would that be the telescopic or the oscillating muffler bearings? I always get those confused.....

HAHAHAHAH!!!

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The one that attaches to the SWMBO to quiet her down while your driving.

Beer Snob said:

The one that attaches to the SWMBO to quiet her down while your driving.

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Ahh, an airbag attachment...

Beer Snob said:

Yeah but Cheesefood uses pictures to get the point across......gotta work on that BillyBrew.

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Yeah, it's the posting from work that cramps my style on that. I'll see what I can do.

John Green Deer Ale, using Kentucky Blue grains and fesque hops.

Funny thing is lawnmowers haven't used points and condenser ignition systems for probably ten years or more. It's been solid state ignition for sometime now. I bet he didn't even have the mower that thing came from. When it was new it probably cost less than $10.. I could probably take the plasma inductor.. er.. I mean points off your hands for a dollar or two if you covered shipping.