Mechanics

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Well, it's a . . . a . . . a . . . it's one of those things.

Mon 04-16-2007

It's a......a...........extra-delux-super-model, turbo-charged, nitro-infused...........SOAP DISPENSER!!!!!!!!.........(runs to get out of reach before anyone can deliver a hard smack.........).....sorry, I couldn't resist that, just ONCE!........:-)

nvusofmotts

Mon 04-16-2007

master motts doesn't know what this is? then noboby will!

kim

Mon 04-16-2007

Looks like part of an old printing press, but that doesn't line up with the old bottles in the background. Maybe it's a hand-cranked bottle washer

Puddleboy

Tue 04-17-2007

I say it must be a high powered pencil sharpener, first of its kind.... There's no other possible explanation

Mel

Tue 04-17-2007

Pssh, it's obviously some kind of... TORTURE DEVICE ;P

(Is kidding, please don't hit me :( )

Missy Lilac

Tue 04-17-2007

Is it
A) can-opener?
B) toaster.
C) soap dispenser.
D) what-ch-ma-call-it!
E) all the above

Canada

Sat 04-21-2007

what is it with soap dispensers and this site

eman

Mon 04-23-2007

it's an old joke, you have to look back a couple of galleries to understand it

which one

LOL IT LOOKS LIKE A KILLING THING! Nah I'm just kidding. Looks to me like it could be a motor for a dumbwaiter or something to that nature.

Kenny G

Tue 04-24-2007

And the answer is C soap despenser
OK what do I win?????

nevermore

Wed 04-25-2007

Those are some nice bottles in the background. Did they once contain medicines?

saywardstudio

Wed 04-25-2007

See the cam on the right hand side? It will provide a nice rocking motion for the pointy thing clamped into the top of the machine. (see the little clamp handle?).

It's the, wait for it,

the first self-serve lobotomy machine. Welcome to the show my friends.....

zed

Thu 04-26-2007

A fishing reel for giants?

Twug

Fri 04-27-2007

That is what we call a "Cumuzekyame"...Italian for a "whatyamacallit".....although I like the lobotomy explaination.
Eman--
the soap dispencer joke started here...
http://www.opacity.us/...om.htm#comment_47394

Tony C.

Fri 05-04-2007

Motts,could it be some kind of winch for heavy lifting?

Jason

Wed 05-09-2007

Ah, Kings Park, in my opinion the mother of mental hospitals. Then again, I'm biased as she is by far my favorite! My great grandparents worked there so i grew up stories of it and the fact that it's about 15 mins away.

Kristiara

Thu 05-10-2007

It's gotta be made by ACME!

C-Note

Sun 05-13-2007

the cam action on the side means its a pump of some kind, maybe a crude dialysis machine? or suction of some kind?

JUSTIN

Tue 05-15-2007

Wouldn't want a hand mangled in that

Rickman

Fri 06-29-2007

I don't know what it is... but it reminds me of this ancient old sewing machine we had in my parents cobbler shop. We used it to resole shoes. But it had all these elaborate levies and wheels and cranks, just like this thing.

Viveka

Sun 01-06-2008

Very hard to get my perspective on this; tight shot. But I look to the lower right-hand of the frame and I see a ' cup '. I can't see, but if it is in someway attached to the machine then it probably is oil fill. Looking at the structure of this unit, that might lead me conclude that it is a vacuum pump. (resembles fish-tank compressor of yesteryear-that would, of course, be the reverse)

Guitorman

Tue 01-22-2008

It's a soap dispenser, duh.

David

Wed 04-16-2008

Any idiot can tell that it is a high quality nose scratcher device for the poor patients with itchy noses but noone wants to scratch.

Tainted Fairy Dust

Thu 08-07-2008

i don't think i want to know!!

monkey

Sun 09-07-2008

It's not a self-serve lobotomy machine (we haven't quite perfected that one yet), but this IS the machine that sharpens the tools used for removing parts of patients' brains. The parts are then stored in those big brown bottles. :-)

dme

Thu 10-16-2008

is a self masturb... for people without hands....was created in 1955 by the russian novel price owner Dr.masturvatovich, dumbs.

milio

Wed 12-03-2008

you connect a light bulb to it , roll the little machie towards the nearest sink, give the crank a spin, the wheels start spinning, the lightbulb flickers on and you wash your hands under the glow and warmth of light. (First ever portable sink light). : )

opal

Sun 08-16-2009

But if it was to be the soap dispenser, there must have been any basin near there...or was there... Motts?

Maybe just another suction/transfusion device?

blackmarblearch

Wed 06-23-2010

shit, I've made a grammar mistake. Sorry !

blackmarblearch

Wed 06-23-2010

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