ausfire Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Found a thing that looked like a pelican's head, so made the rest from an old buggy spring, a couple of picks, a water pipe and a pair of U-bolts. It's heading to a beach house down on the coast. Anyone know what that head/beak piece is??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Great job on the pelican. Your imagination is amazing, I never would have seen a pelican's head in that before you put it together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I don't have a clue, but I think my wife has hit the nail on the head. An antique deep throat magazine stapler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 That beak looks like a missing spark advance linkage mechanism for my Hupmobile. If you have another, I would be glad to pay shipping.... Nice Pelican! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Irondragon Forge & Clay said: I don't have a clue, but I think my wife has hit the nail on the head. An antique deep throat magazine stapler. The pelican's name isn't Linda is it? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Another great looking piece of art. Well done, Aus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Nodebt, I do actually have another one of these, but I don't think it's what you're looking for. Anyway, I took a photo because it's easier to see than the one on the pelican. No one seems to know what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Very cool Aus! Seeing the unuse piece I can see how you got the idea. Well done! First thought was scale weight slide missing the weights but it doesn't really look right for that. Who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I still don't have a clue but like Das some kind of calibration part. Linda could be a fitting name after seeing the movie decades ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 17 hours ago, ausfire said: No one seems to know what it is. And for good reason. It looks as though the bar on the bottom of the beak is offset on the "mouth" end, to the nut and casting. Its seems centered on the "head" end. Clue? Idk. The "eye" is probably for a bolt to hold the thing tight on a shaft. Confused yet? So am I.... I can tell you what it is. Its the head to another fine pelican! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 I think we have found the answer. It's the business end of an old style syphon pump similar (but not identical) to this one. Here's picture from an early 1900s catalogue: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 “A wonderful bird is the Pelican. His beak can hold more than his belly can. He can hold in his beak Enough food for a week! But I'll be darned if I know how the hellican?” ― Dixon Lanier Merritt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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