What is It? Game 13 - Neatorama

This week's collaboration with What is it? blog brings us these two strange springs (6" tall). Leave a guess in the comment section (no URL, please - let others play). First correct guess will win a Free Neatorama T-Shirt!

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Update 3/1/07: The answer is ...

Springs for making a regular chair into a rocking chair, they mount onto the bottom of the front legs.

Wartime chandeliers!

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Candlesticks.

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gravity shoes

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Â¡Â¡It is a holder for a Soldering Iron!! My uncle still uses them. You put the soldering iron in the hole so the hot metal doesn't touch anything.

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boiled egg holder

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looks like an old suspension; maybe from an old carriage

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Front upper shock-absorber mounts.

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Electric Bulb Holder

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i think they are lamp holders from a carriage.

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sofa/mattress coils

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olympic high jump bananas

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It looks like the hood closing/locking mechanism from an old Mini, so it might be something along those lines.

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They help horses get higher verticals while playing basketball.

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It is a spring that acts with the shock absorbers of a car. It makes part of the suspension of a vehicle.

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some sexual toy...

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Moon shoes. i could go for a nice pair myself

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Recliner Springs

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a conical compression spring with a funny hat

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GM doorpanel springs

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They are for mounting signs outside a business on a sidewalk, flexible so the wind won't blow the sign over.

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They attach to the end of a pole and are used to unscrew light bulbs

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These are obviously moon shoes for horses.

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i could be wrong ...... but is it a banana?

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Spring shoes for amputee.

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those are auger tips from a drain clearing machine, commonly known as a "snake"

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they're giant antique ear wax scrappers.

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They go on each end of a curtain rod and are used for mounting ornate curtain decorations.

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the base for a dangerous old timey sock'em bop toy?

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Springs you put under each bedpost to give you a more cushie (vibration free) sleep?

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Used condom remover for the blind? :O

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Hmmm Springs for the seat of a Harley Davidson Motorcycle?

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Belly button lint remover? (for the blind) ?

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Kinda obvious to me though likely incorrect: Antique artistic candle holders.

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Candle holders...

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It's the base of a boxing dummy or speed-bag.

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Guides and springs for valves on an internal combustion engine.

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They are nothing, and do not exist.

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springs for a crib, so baby can rock themselves to sleep.

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Looks like an old-fashioned spring for a door stop (the kind that attaches to the wall to prevent the door from hitting the wall).

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Candle holders for the blind? :)

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The bases for the Mayor McCheese rides at a Mcdonalds playground?

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Something for planting seeds with a hollow rod attached to the top for dropping said seeds?

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Steam-punk bionics for peg legs?

/I got nothin

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I have a pair but I am not certain what they do, I have however used them for a project which you can see if you go to Flickr Chauss513 and look in the "My Art" set.

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Ancient moon boots!? O_O

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Now that I think about it...they may actually be those springs used for those playground springy horse rides.

The ones that are insanely crazy to be riding on when drunk at night and it's raining. >_>

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Ah, this is a good one - no one got it. The answer is: Springs for making a regular chair into a rocking chair, they mount onto the bottom of the front legs.

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once again, obviously no one can see the obvious ............. banana .... LOOK!!

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yes i know i wrote obvious twice there, my bad, i was watching tv at the time and im gonna say obvious another obviously obvious time, just to make it obvious.

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Springs from a bicycle seat.

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