What is this??

[Jotel me this]

I was getting ready for bed last night and heard a 'ting' sound. I brushed it off to just a sound in the house.

I wake up today and in the middle of the floor in the living room i find this...

Its solid metal with two threaded holes.

What the? I'm thinking maybe CNC santa dropped by with a new machined piece but i highly doubt this

 

[PaulOinMA]

Weird. Found it in the middle of a room? Is there a ceiling fan?

 

[Jotel me this]

No. It's solid metal too. Not something cheap or hollow. I guess i'll find out what it is when a catastrophe occurs

 

[heat seeker]

Looks like a part off of Santa's reconnaissance sleigh. If you return it to him, you might get back on the "Nice" list .

You might want to check your stove's door hinges. It sort of looks like a nut assembly for two machine screws, as in a hinge. Maybe your ash door, side door, etc.

 

[Jotel me this]

Ill check. Thanks.
maybe a piece of a vacuum cleaner??

 

[heat seeker]

Maybe, but it looks pretty heavy duty for a vacuum cleaner.

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Ill check. Thanks.
maybe a piece of a vacuum cleaner??

Is it aluminum, steel, other? Magnet would tell if steel, light weight if aluminum.

 

[greg13]

It looks like the left side of a do-hicky from a watchamacallit.

 

[pjohnson]

Sure looks like the missing link to me

 

[zrock]

Whats in the area you found it.. Motion furniture, stove, etc

 

[Corey]

As my grandpa would say... it's off an airplane!

 

[Jotel me this]

Is it aluminum, steel, other? Magnet would tell if steel, light weight if aluminum.

nice investigative idea! when touched to a strong magnet, it sticks but only loosely. it does stick when let go, but you can tell its not solid steel.

 

[Jotel me this]

It looks like the left side of a do-hicky from a watchamacallit.

i checked the watchamacallit and surprisingly the do-hicky is still attached

 

[Jotel me this]

Sure looks like the missing link to me

probably the best response ever

 

[Jotel me this]

Whats in the area you found it.. Motion furniture, stove, etc

several feet from the stove. its no part im aware of from the stove. no missing pieces from my vacuum. no ceiling fan.

maybe i time traveled back in time to warn myself of something, only failed the mission because this piece broke off of my time machine and my future self was sent spiraling into the unknown

 

[jatoxico]

If its like my house the next move is to place it in the junk draw for fear its irreplaceable. From there it will mock you for a couple years.

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

several feet from the stove. its no part im aware of from the stove. no missing pieces from my vacuum. no ceiling fan.

maybe i time traveled back in time to warn myself of something, only failed the mission because this piece broke off of my time machine and my future self was sent spiraling into the unknown

Have you taken a good look at the parts manual for your stove? If you do that, you can rule out that possibility.

Our cat bats things like this around, so where it turns up doesn't mean that's where it started. Have any pets?

Too bad it's not a screw. Then you'd know exactly where it came from. ;-)

 

[Jan Pijpelink]

I was getting ready for bed last night and heard a 'ting' sound. I brushed it off to just a sound in the house.

I wake up today and in the middle of the floor in the living room i find this...

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Its solid metal with two threaded holes.

What the? I'm thinking maybe CNC santa dropped by with a new machined piece but i highly doubt this

If you have a recliner in your living room, check for missing parts there where the chair reclines.

 

[vinny11950]

So 2 rods screw into that, maybe curtain/window blinds mechanism?

 

[Jan Pijpelink]

It also might be the mounting bracket of my pacemaker.

 

[Jotel me this]

If its like my house the next move is to place it in the junk draw for fear its irreplaceable. From there it will mock you for a couple years.

..and then the day after i throw it out i will be in an impossible position where i require the piece or else i have to special order it from Europe for $450

 

[Dobish]

it does look like something used for t-slots, or to hold tracks together. do you have can lights or track lighting?

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

it does look like something used for t-slots, or to hold tracks together. do you have can lights or track lighting?

This sounds like the best guess so far.

 

[Jotel me this]

Still cant figure out what it is.

 

[maple1]

Any recliners or the like in the room? We had one that sprung a spring once, but it didn't throw the parts.

Do you have pets?

Rodents?