Mystery object – metal bulldog

Mystery object – metal bulldog

112106Doginside
Ok Makers, try and figure out what this is – Link.

22 thoughts on “Mystery object – metal bulldog

  1. Binome says:

    speaker from an old telephone handset?

  2. jeffroward says:

    ummm… prototype nabaztag?

  3. JohnWasser says:

    It’s fairly clear from the picture that there is a clock spring in the middle. The string would have been wound around the outside of the clock spring in such a way as to wind up the clock spring when pulled. What this stored energy would be used for can be determined by further disassembly. If there is a ratchet and escapement this might easily be a timer, perhaps an egg timer or for some game.

  4. theRIAA says:

    vibrator.

  5. edison142 says:

    At first glanse it looked like an old speaker, but i have never seen one with a screw in the middle. there also seems to be some sort of jack (perhaps adio)

  6. DavidWS says:

    Ancient moving-coil meter?

  7. meshcount says:

    Looks like my old blender with busted blades

  8. judyofthewoods says:

    a weighted base for an old table lamp.

  9. leafdude says:

    It’s a mechanical spring-loaded pull switch for a lamp. Mount this onto a armrest (with a hole in the bottom) and have the string run to the lamp. Remember those lamps with a pull-string to turn on/off? Same thing except the lamp string runs through the “furniture” and the spring-loaded string is retracted into the dog. (hrmm… that doesn’t sound right :-P )

  10. leafdude says:

    It’s a mechanical spring-loaded pull switch for a lamp. Mount this onto a armrest (with a hole in the bottom) and have the string run to the lamp. Remember those lamps with a pull-string to turn on/off? Same thing except the lamp string runs through the “furniture” and the spring-loaded string is retracted into the dog. (hrmm… that doesn’t sound right :-P )

  11. wbeaty says:

    LOOK FOR MAGNETS. If parts of the guts are steel magnets, then the device is a loudspeaker (or perhaps an AC buzzer.)

Comments are closed.

Discuss this article with the rest of the community on our Discord server!
Tagged

current: @adafruit - previous: MAKE, popular science, hackaday, engadget, fallon, braincraft ... howtoons, 2600...

View more articles by Phillip Torrone

ADVERTISEMENT

Maker Faire Bay Area 2023 - Mare Island, CA

Escape to an island of imagination + innovation as Maker Faire Bay Area returns for its 15th iteration!

Buy Tickets today! SAVE 15% and lock-in your preferred date(s).

FEEDBACK