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12-22-2011, 05:56 PM
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I found this little gadget in a box of electronic supplies I bought at a thrift store a while back, and for the life of me have know idea what it is.
So I thought I'd ask TBOT, and then I thought what if we had a thread for mysterious things we find.
So with that said, if you have something and you don't know what it is, post a picture and see if we can figure it out.
Also FWIW please don't post anything that you think could possibly be inappropriate for example if it is phallic shaped be safe and don't post it.
So anyways what is this?  
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12-22-2011, 05:58 PM
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12-22-2011, 05:59 PM
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12-22-2011, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jady fuse tester? | Pretty sure it's not as there is nothing electronic about it. Quote:
Originally Posted by jonathan_matos5 dead-mans switch don't push the button. | Already did, did I live because I'm female?
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12-22-2011, 06:03 PM
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12-22-2011, 06:10 PM
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12-22-2011, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by buchananbass Pretty sure it's not as there is nothing electronic about it.
Already did, did I live because I'm female? | its a misnomer the dead men are usually some distance away. 
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12-22-2011, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar A gaydar device?
Sorry, I couldn't resist after that other thread. | Send it my way then, I'm pretty sure that mine is broken beyond repair.
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12-22-2011, 06:19 PM
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12-22-2011, 07:30 PM
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12-22-2011, 07:36 PM
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12-22-2011, 07:41 PM
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12-22-2011, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by elgecko That's the remote triggering unit for an Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator! | 
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12-22-2011, 08:28 PM
|  | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | | I think it's a device for installing IC chips on an IC board. You put the chip in the holder, line up the pins with the hole, and push down the button on top, properly seating the chip in the holes. It's then soldered from the back and the excess pins are then cut off.
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12-22-2011, 08:36 PM
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I see two possibilities depending of the size.
There was an (obsolete?) telecommunications connector that was opened with a device that looked a lot like that.
If the slots open and close with a press of a button, it's most likely a device to pre-bend DIL packaged el. part legs, the "tweezers" probably for inserting them into sockets/PCB's. There should be hooks to ease the removal of those said parts though? Edit:Stratovani beat me to it  . I've only used a repair device of a similar design, but it was quite a bit more sophisticated.
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12-22-2011, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by elgecko That's the remote triggering unit for an Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator! | Damn. I wish I thought of that |
12-22-2011, 08:46 PM
|  | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | Stratovani beat me to it. It is an IC inserter. I helps hold all the pins straight and properly spaced as you insert the IC in a socket or PC board, and then you release it with the button. If you have ever done this by hand, you know it is so easy to get all the pins in but one that is now bent out of shape.
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12-22-2011, 09:05 PM
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12-22-2011, 09:35 PM
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It is an IC installer I just tried it out and that is what it is for, thanks guys!
Anybody else got any weird stuff lying around?
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12-22-2011, 09:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) | | Hi. Quote:
Originally Posted by buchananbass YAY!!!
It is an IC installer I just tried it out and that is what it is for, thanks guys!
Anybody else got any weird stuff lying around? | You're kidding, right .
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