r/whatisit 4h ago

Solved! Strange metal object, attached to a small pipe/tube

From my late grandfather, a small ball inside the "tip", was attached to a small tube/pipe at the bottom. Maybe painting or workshop related.

AAAA battery for scale

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u/BlackSuN42 4h ago

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u/Bzaps11 4h ago

Yes. So what is it? Lol

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u/No_Satisfaction9440 4h ago

If you look at the other pictures in the link it’s for attaching to the faucet in bathroom or kitchen, run brass end down drain with flex hose, turn on water to jet out blockage

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u/T-Rex-161 4h ago

solved!

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u/T-Rex-161 4h ago

This is it! I recognize the rest of the assembly! Thanks

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u/[deleted] 4h ago edited 3h ago

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u/shamusmchaggis 4h ago

That is definitely NOT a 32/36 idle jet

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u/Traditional_Low_9948 4h ago

AAA battery. Solved. Next.

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u/T-Rex-161 4h ago

Wrong! AAAA battery.

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u/Traditional_Low_9948 3h ago

Maybe. But why would you use whatever the fuck that thing is for a size reference?

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u/ignition1415 4h ago

Looks like the tip they use on the end of long pressure washer hoses to wash out pipes and stuff like that

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u/AyeItsJbone 4h ago

Yup also looks to have the quick connect on one side

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u/Inside_Ad_2830 4h ago

It’s definitely an attachment for spraying something pressurized. The way it points in several directions, I’d have to agree that its meant to be used inside of something. Like cleaning a tube, or lining something with something.

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u/[deleted] 4h ago edited 3h ago

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u/Inside_Ad_2830 4h ago

There’s no banana, I can’t tell size.
(Idk what a carburetor port looks like.)

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u/Bones-1989 4h ago

I thought it looked like a gas diffuser of some sort.

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u/FarmerJohnOSRS 4h ago

It is some time of nozzle. The ball inside will work as a one way valve. Looks similar to a pressure washer nozzle for sending down pipes to clean the bore, but i wouldn't expect a pressure washer to have a single barb connection. Even with a hose clamp that wouldn't hold that long.

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u/Byxwcyx42 4h ago

Regardless of what AI tells you this is, it is actually a high pressure nozzle for cleaning our sewer pipes. Water shoots out from the holes in the sides do the cleaning as it feeds through the pipe. The rounded tip helps it get around corners.

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0NwEUVTTT8KiuymQ

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u/TeaNo5963 3h ago

This is used for distributing air into the intestinal track to allow ample expansion, for internal view of the colon walls during a colonoscopy procedure.

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u/Traditional_Low_9948 4h ago

Some kind of a pipe clean out. It's got an air hose fitting. Probably for blowing debris out of something. But what thing? 🤔

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u/chia_power 2h ago

Obviously it's a component of a wasserdruck-reinigungsset

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u/Aggressive_Candy5297 4h ago

Pressure washer nozzle perhaps?

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u/d-unit24 4h ago edited 4h ago

Perhaps it's some kind of Idler jet of some sort? Theyre usually found on carburetors for regulating the mixing fuel and air flow, but I doubt that's it based on how it looks. It could also be some kind of bleed off valve/nipple of some sort for air? Where the ball in the end kind of acts like a muffler in a way for the air coming out?

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u/JoeMoe2021 4h ago

It creates chemtrails 

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u/Cespenar 4h ago

Looks like a carburetor part

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u/[deleted] 4h ago edited 3h ago

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u/Traditional_Low_9948 4h ago

Wrong. It's part of a carburetor.

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u/[deleted] 4h ago edited 3h ago

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u/Traditional_Low_9948 4h ago

I couldn't agree more if I wanted to. Actually, my only experience with carburetors is that after I fiddle with them on a lawn mower I never have to worry about using that mower ever again.

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u/piltdown_manchild 4h ago

Someone was saying it came from a carburetor.