Dangle by Phil Traill: What Does This Red Cord Do?

without looking at other pics, or size, i would haveto say that its used in a factory to pour some hot liquid substance like molten metal.

do i win? :D

Looks like a CRUCIBLE!

Not even close!

This is Frankenstein's monster's head, turned upside down, before it was filled with brains and attached to the body.

Smelting Pot

It's a clamp.

its one of those beefeater hats designed for frankenstein.

It could be used to carry ice... ^__^

Seriously looks like a smelting pot though.
Straight out of T2 or AotC.

it's a smelting pot squared. it's for pouring hot metal AND cooking delicious fish dishes.

I thought smelting pot until I looked at the other pictures

I'm thinking it is a torch tip. The screws on the sides are for securing it to a wooden handle. There's a hole on the bottom you can't see (go to the link for more pix) -- this hole is actually on the end that faces up and it is where the combustible wad is inserted for burning.

Its a Fobinator cap. When not in use, a fobinator will randomly emit gesren fluid at various pressures, the result of which may be embarrassing or fatal (or both!) When I was working as a pimble on a stannal rig in the Ural mountains, I carried at least three in my hip pockets everywhere I went. I never suffered from 'the slobber' (Guion's syndrom), but I did develop a particular gait.

Hmmm Alex said it isn't a crucible nor a smelting pot...so I say it's a fancy new Ikea Fondue Pot! :P

it's a MINIATURE CANNON.

the hole on the back's for the fuse.

It's a banana holder.

im gonna guess that its some kinda thing to secure a cable on a suspension bridge...

A top piece for a galvanized post of some sort. Covers the post, creates a blunt surface.

Ok, it's either a medivil pot for pouring molten liquid down on invaders from the castle, or a cannon

My Dad worked as a ironworker for over 40 years. I have seen many of these on the end of very very long rods that they would dip into the molten metal...this is used to pouyr molten metal.

A "Don't Spill the Beans" container. Duhz.

Ye Olde Chamber Pot?

It's one of the Iron Giant's fingertips. After they blew him up, anyway.

It's part of a pressure clamp or valve of some kind. most likely used for water at the end of a pipe or hose.

Well I was pretty sure it was a piece on a train, until I found out it was only 2 inches tall. There is a Durbin, west Virginia and I think they are pretty famous for their old locomotives.

So it might be a piece on an old locomotive, but I have no idea where it would go or what purpose it would serve. Maybe someone else does.

Incidently, can anyone make out all the letters on the other side? S T L (something) K O ? or maybe the K is an R or an &. I cant really make out the letter before if there is one.

I'm at a loss for what word you might use.. but is it something you'd put on a prisoners hand? screw those bolts in tightly and then they're sorta disabled??

It is a specialized sort of crucible for thermite welding. The thermite reaction forms molten iron, which runs out of the hole in the bottom. Possibly used to weld railroad tracks together.

A cable splice clamp

Ooooh! A good one - no one got it right: it's a horn weight.