Comments on: What is it? Game 82

By: kayla

kayla — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:36:55 +0000

its a rafter jack to hold up a house and make it level

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:51:27 +0000

A blow horn for Shrek.

By: Aramax

Aramax — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:05:56 +0000

Sacrebleu… Is that a musket silencer?

By: Miller

Miller — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:27:12 +0000

Unfortunaly mostly everyone is right. Its an old screw jack. I have 6 of them in the shed. Some of my grandfathers things.

By: tripleX

tripleX — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:03 +0000

Forget the jack. It’s a paperweight, to be used inside a bookcase, for extra pressure.
Of course also useable for pressure while glueing things, or leveling the shelves when constructing a bookcase.

By: tripleX

tripleX — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:53:51 +0000

In many countries and professions they need too many men to screw in a light-bulb. With this device two men can do the job. A wonderful piece of engineering.

By: richmond

richmond — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:45:39 +0000

screw jack / we use them for jack stands for shipping containers and other large van bodies

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:21:01 +0000

Rock jack. Seriously. You would find them in a(n old) quarry. Splitting rocks, that’s what they’re good for.

By: snarky1

snarky1 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:02:15 +0000

Is it one of those things you put on the counter to ring if you need service?

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:00:28 +0000

It’s a house jack, for jacking up a house to move it.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:23:15 +0000

Screw jack; and that’s my final answer.

By: liphttam1

liphttam1 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:04:11 +0000

its a skrew jack used for supporting machinery, structural moving, general maintenance and applications construction.

a pic!
http://www.chicagojack.com/pics/mechanical_screw-jack.jpg

By: Captain Jerry

Captain Jerry — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:15:13 +0000

A house jack.

By: marcusbacus

marcusbacus — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:43:01 +0000

Something to smash olives.

By: Craig Cole

Craig Cole — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:49:37 +0000

Looks like a wine bottle opener to me.

By: burgansabr

burgansabr — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:00:33 +0000

Firemans house jack.

By: Amanderpanderer

Amanderpanderer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:59:55 +0000

Heyo, I have like 8 of these. It’s for jacking up houses and supporting sagging beams.

By: DAG

DAG — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:32:30 +0000

A jack stand. My dad has one just like that.

By: jeremy

jeremy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:22:29 +0000

‘s a jack. I have two.

By: Crash_171

Crash_171 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:18:14 +0000

Its a Chestnut Cracker for those REALLY hard ones to open. You put it inside the cone, put a weight on the top and screw it down. Then BAM! You have very little to eat for a lot of work!

(This might be part of a new diet plan!!!!!!)

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:37:31 +0000

It couldn’t be something obvious…
its a medieval megaphone.

By: ali

ali — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:48:41 +0000

in old timey barber shops its how they lifted the chair the person was sitting in.

By: Foosnark

Foosnark — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:47:19 +0000

A house jack. My dad had a couple of them and tended to use them for extra support under cars ’cause the things simply do not fail.

By: Alien28

Alien28 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:30:01 +0000

It’s called a Bottle Jack.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:57:11 +0000

House jack. Used to lift or level floor joists.

By: Sam R.

Sam R. — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:52:17 +0000

It’s a medieval medical instrument. Used primarily in conjunction with leaches, a barber (the medical practitioners of the medieval) would use this instrument to attempt to dislodge trolls that may have become lodged in the intestines or bowels, thereby causing a significant imbalance in the humors. After treatment, the patient was instructed to eat one live canary whole to scare the dislodged troll, and to sleep on their side on top of a pile of wheat husks for the next two three nights or until they crossed paths with a tall man carrying a caged yellow cat, in which case the treatment was declared a success and the patient would spend the next two weeks suspended upside down in the town square to re-balance their humors.

By: vero4902

vero4902 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:52:57 +0000

Everyone has already guessed… I thought it was something to boil water in! Oy.

By: renderanything

renderanything — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:42:56 +0000

That’s what I was going to guess, a screw jack. I was thinking more along the lines of an automotive context however.

By: Guybrush Threepwood

Guybrush Threepwood — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:38:53 +0000

It IS a trumpet, no matter how you deny it

By: egon zond

egon zond — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:32:15 +0000

Victorian era “Fleshlight”?
If you dn’t get the reference, do a search, but be warned, it’s very NSFW.

By: iand

iand — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:31:10 +0000

Yep, its a screw Jack and it’s range is 1 1/4″ to 8″

By: MichaelDTY

MichaelDTY — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:26:12 +0000

it’s a Champagne opener

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:25:04 +0000

This is the WMD they were looking for in Iraq.

By: andrea

andrea — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:21:57 +0000

a bottle opener

By: Algonkin

Algonkin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:14:54 +0000

It’s used to raise houses (jack) I have one exactly like it at home.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:12:34 +0000

I think that instead of “What is it?” this feature should be called “Could this be used for torture?”

By: mack

mack — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:03:25 +0000

this is a screw jack.
lift heavy things with this useful tool,
other parts maybe required.

By: Corinne

Corinne — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:50:36 +0000

That’s definitely a turn of the century steampunk megaphone.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:49:52 +0000

I’m almost positive this is an instrument of torture.

By: George Overbey

George Overbey — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:40:32 +0000

It’s a jack stand.

By: ikillhobos

ikillhobos — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:33:08 +0000

It’s a screw jack, used for the lifting of heavies.

However, if it was used in a movie to lift up a Wesley Snipes’ ride in a drug-fueled urban environment, it’d be…

Screw Jack City.

(they’re usually tougher than this)

By: rested

rested — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:29:35 +0000

The answers are partially correct when it’s called a house jack. It is also known as a railroad jack used to replace derailed cars on the track.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:24:23 +0000

It’s a screw jack for anything heavy that needs to be lifted

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:17:37 +0000

It’s the lower part of a broken drum throne- it’s missing the cushion!

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:56:09 +0000

That or it’s an adjustable medievil loudspeaker, or a mechanical cornucopia…

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:54:11 +0000

If ya click on my name, it links to a picture of one of these bad boys in action, primarily used for lifting houses from their foundations.

By: Em

Em — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:50:18 +0000

Old school jack…but for what.

By: vannoy

vannoy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:42:30 +0000

Screw jack has a nice hint of innuendo…

By: InkaLomax

InkaLomax — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:31:01 +0000

Building jack

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:30:23 +0000

Forsooth, tis a House Jack

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