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Heyseed · Oct 21, 2021

Buddy found these at a sale.
Any guess what they are? Appears to be very heavy solid brass about 5 in across. There is a hex key bolt that tightens something in the holes.

SDE · Oct 21, 2021

They hold the barrels of a gatlin gun together. Wheres the barrels? LOL

JF in MI · Oct 22, 2021

Strange, that was my first thought also.

Janicholson · Oct 22, 2021

Guess: Machining fixture for an NC milling or Mill/turn process that mills 8 parts in a batch. the operator then swaps out the milled pieces for new blanks, then swaps the fixture into an indexed holder. Jim

Mike(NEOhio) · Oct 23, 2021

No idea here but I doubt it's a machining fixture. Just one small set screw holding a piece in brass would not be very secure.

Ozlander · Oct 23, 2021

(reply to post at 09:14:00 10/23/21)

I would say the same thing about parts in a machine gun.

Heyseed · Oct 23, 2021

It does look like an old gatling gun, but only the center holes go all the way through.

IaLeo · Oct 24, 2021

1. Base for an exhaust or steam whistle?
2. Holding device for a steam producing set of tubes'
Leo

IaLeo · Oct 24, 2021

Those set screws would probably distort a tube, probably meant to retain a solid rod? Brass is a bit easier to machine than steel, otherwise why such a soft metal. What metals work best with brass? What device would use/need a "cage" of rods? No apparent way to provide torque to rotate after assembly? Doesn't look useful for a drilling template. Leo

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