Re: What is it? XCVIII

Tim Shoppa · 2006-01-19T13:00:03+00:00

My one piece of insight to share on #471 is that if you look at the rednumbers, they are different by 4 or 5 from the adjacent red numbers.With the exception of 9 and 0 (which are either 1 or 9 apart, dependingon how you look at it.)My gut feeling is that this dial is for remapping the 0-9 digits suchthat adjacent digits do not come out near each other in the remap,maybe something like a grey code. The 20-tooth cog and themicroswitch-style rider look like something out of a phonepulse-switching system, although what kind of stepper switch they mightcontrol I still do not fathom.Tim.

Jan 19, 2006 62 Replies

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R.H. 20 years ago

The handle doesn't have a hole for a screw, it would make a good weapon but I don't know it was meant for that.

I measured it by rolling up a piece of paper, inserting it into the handle, taping the paper and then getting the diameter of the cylinder, which was

19/32". That makes it just under 5/8", probably thick enough for a fancy cane that's not meant to support much weight, I'm not familiar with riding crops and swagger-sticks so I don't know what size they usually were.

Rob

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Barbara Bailey 20 years ago

OK, then. I was going by the apparent ratio of opening diameter to length in the picture, and your stated length of 3.5 inches. Yes, 5/8 is about right for an evening cane.

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R.H. 20 years ago

Yes it was same on both sides and top to bottom, so it could be used in either orientation.

Rob

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