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milled S&W Cube - Has anyone seen one of these? Photos added
This is a black anodized aluminum cube with the S&W logo on all six sides. It is 7/8" square and has been milled around each logo (1/2" diameter) leaving the inner part loose from and captive in the cube.
I doubt if this actually came from S&W but someone put some time into it.
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WOW, that is something different.I wonder what the purpose for it is? Just conversation maybe?
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BTT
I replaced the photos in the orig. post with better ones.
Has anyone seen one of these before?
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It's a whatchamacallit, for those who like those little do-dad thingys to go with their other S&W whatzits. Ya know?
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It's a whatchamacallit, for those who like those little do-dad thingys to go with their other S&W whatzits. Ya know?
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I believe you are 100% correct.
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I believe you are 100% correct.
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No, I have to take exception to that statement. A Doo-Dad has no moving parts while a Watch-a-macallit might have moving parts but is generally used only in referring to those odd shaped parts of a firearm that are easily misplaced or lost upon disassembly. A thing-me-bob is similar to a Watch-a-macallit but is normally larger although still easily misplaced or lost.
Neither of the above items should ever be mistaken for a Giz-Flotch which is an activator for the moving parts in the Watch-a-macalllit and usually remains in place after the Watch-a-macallit has left for parts unknown.
The above terms are normally used when attempting to order replacement parts from a technically minded person after misplacing or losing the originals.
I think the item pictured is more of a Gizmo, defined as a really neat item to have that has absolutely no purpose in life other than to excite jealousy in the heart of other S&W aficianados.
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it kinda looks like a stamp or a press of some sort because the logo sicks out instead of being carved in
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it kinda looks like a stamp or a press of some sort because the logo sicks out instead of being carved in
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Actually, the metal was milled/removed from background leaving the logo raised as it was part of the original surface. Under a magnefying glass you can see the fine machining marks.
As for DooDad, Watchmacallit, or Gizmo it's anyones guess but I am thinking it may be more of a Whimmydiddle. Whatever it is, it's pretty neatand someone put some time / effort into it.
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My wife describes it as a 'dooma-flotchy' so thats what it has to be. Whatever it is, its neat.
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I'll take it for $20, shippped!
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If it was a Whimmydiddle, wouldn't it have some suckpucky?
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Looks almost like a really nice shop exercise. Never saw one before or even heard of one. I'd give $20 for it and pay the shipping.
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question is.......where did you get it? or find it?
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It might be like the legend of the solid aluminum N-frame grips...
Just a figment of an overactive imagination.
Or...as has been suggested, someone was showing off what kind of machinist they are, or perhaps some kind of "show off" if they made this thing from hand that is.
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question is.......where did you get it? or find it?
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Happened to see it on the eBxy with a heading that didn't describe it well and photos that didn't show it well. It didn't receives any bids so I took a chance on it and made an offer.
I am not looking to sell it but thanks for the offers. If you're going to the OGCA this weekend I am hoping to make it Saturday morning. I'll bring it with me so and I tend to hang aroung Dant's table if anyone want to take a close look.
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It is the same as the S&W revolver internal lock -- a cause for written discussion. Unlike the IL, it is a cool thing, whatever the name.
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If you only knew the horrible dark nature of this cube, you would cast it down into a fiery abyss and destroy it!
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Is it MIM?
Does it have the mandatory IL? Or does it pre-date that?
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Looks like a paperweight to me.
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Looks like a paperweight to me.
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Not really big or heavy enough. 7/8" square ( a quarter is about 7/8" )
I am leaning toward the shop exercise or labor of love theory. It is very nicely machined and the logos are perfect as far as I can tell but I really don't believe that these could be made and sold at aprofit (machining, de-burring, anodizing) I have never seen another but if there are more out there I suppose they could have been made as giveaways for some sort of factory open house to show off machining capabilities as cost is not as much of a factor in that context.
However, this is all simply guesswork as I have no idea who made it or why.
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Happened to see it on the eBxy with a heading that didn't describe it well and photos that didn't show it well. It didn't receives any bids so I took a chance on it and made an offer.
I am not looking to sell it but thanks for the offers. If you're going to the OGCA this weekend I am hoping to make it Saturday morning. I'll bring it with me so and I tend to hang aroung Dant's table if anyone want to take a close look.
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Very cool. You should leave it with Dan if you actually walk the show, to ensure everyone sees it.
I will be at Dant's table at the opening bell.
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Actually, the metal was milled/removed from background leaving the logo raised as it was part of the original surface. Under a magnefying glass you can see the fine machining marks.
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I doubt that.
Far more likely that the logos were struck on the surface of the block with a die. The tool marks were on the die face.
Very interesting piece.
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I doubt that.
Far more likely that the logos were struck on the surface of the block with a die. The tool marks were on the die face.
Very interesting piece.
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Lee;
I wish you could have made the OGCA show so you could have seen this. I am still not so sure it was die struck. Both my experience working in the aerospace manufacturing industry as well as the opinions of most of those who looked it over at the OGCA show Saturday morning say that it was not stamped. We can not rule it out though and another possibility is Chem or laser milling.. What ever method was used it is the backgroung materiai that was removed leaving the logo surface the same height as the surface outside the circular milled area.
The concensus was, that it is a really neat conversation piece.
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You can make some very neat things with a CNC milling machine
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It is not any sort of a stamp/imprinting logo, because the resulting S would be backwards.
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The logos may have been made using a sinker type EDM machine, the machining marks on the EDM electrode were reproduced on the part.
The rest was probably done on a CNC machining center using a simple program. Perhaps it was done to showcase S&W's machining capabilities. Does S&W offer their manufacturing expertise to others on a contract basis? I know Ruger does especially the services of their Pine Tree Investment Casting facility, perhaps it was used in a brochure promoting S&W's machining capabilities or used in an in-house display of some sort. Working in prototype machining, I've made similar little do-dads for my employers.
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I have a several machined knickknacks, clocks, etc., with my company logo in them. They were given to me after I watched them being machined at machine tool dealers, and at tool shows.
They're a pretty neat sales tool for machine tool dealers and machining companies.
Perhaps this is one of those from someone trying to sell machining services, tooling, or CNC machinery to S&W?
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No, I have to take exception to that statement. A Doo-Dad has no moving parts while a Watch-a-macallit might have moving parts but is generally used only in referring to those odd shaped parts of a firearm that are easily misplaced or lost upon disassembly. A thing-me-bob is similar to a Watch-a-macallit but is normally larger although still easily misplaced or lost.
Neither of the above items should ever be mistaken for a Giz-Flotch which is an activator for the moving parts in the Watch-a-macalllit and usually remains in place after the Watch-a-macallit has left for parts unknown.
The above terms are normally used when attempting to order replacement parts from a technically minded person after misplacing or losing the originals.
I think the item pictured is more of a Gizmo, defined as a really neat item to have that has absolutely no purpose in life other than to excite jealousy in the heart of other S&W aficianados.
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Now I'm Confused...I thought "Watch-a-macallit's" was something you put in stew while hunting?
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Okay, here's the deal. Back when Tomkins owned the company, they used it to press their monogram into the red wax when sealing their envelopes.
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Originally posted in 2009. I'm posting to move it back to the top so we can take another look.
I have never seen another of these so this one make a nice conversation starter.
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Whatever it is, it looks cool.
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Student Gunsmiths home work?
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It's a puzzle. Have you been able to open it yet?
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How many times has someone said, "I'll give you x-dollars for it"?
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Mystery solved. I thought it looked familiar, then it hit me,looked it up in a Bell Helicopter parts book for the Bell JetRanger. It is a veedlefeature kunutzit valve.It prevents the overflow of fluxus between the blowzis and the suckus in the power turbine [N2] section of the engine. So, there! Don't believe me ? Shooooot,jus' google it. Nick
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Looks like a resume to me.......of an excellent machinist and/or cnc programmer!
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