Curious about this.

Chipk · Jul 17, 2020

Found this yesterday. Tumbled it with some pennies and it cleaned up nicely but wondering what purpose it once served. About 3/4ths of an inch with a fluted end. Horizontal striations along the sides.

Any ideas what it is/was?

EmuDetector · Jul 17, 2020

My first impression was it was a sleeve for a screw. I've seen similar shaped sleeves that act as kind of a bearing for small wheels (think roller blades, heelies, etc).

Sage · Jul 18, 2020

Looks like an end cut off of some flaired tubing

Bayoutalker · Jul 18, 2020

Sage said:
Looks like an end cut off of some flaired tubing

+1

Cliff

bodkin · Jul 18, 2020

Could it be an older style of water pipe compression fitting?A much older version of this perhaps?

https://www.google.com/search?q=old...s-KXgBA&bih=636&biw=1280#imgrc=Sx9jof3SYpW2-M

jdjax · Jul 18, 2020

+2 What Sage said because your piece looks like copper and not brass.
The striations are from the clamp/form that held the tubing while the flare was
made.

Bayoutalker · Jul 18, 2020

jdjax said:
+2 What Sage said because your piece looks like copper and not brass.

That's what I thought but the wall looks pretty thick compared to the flared part now that I look at it again.

Cliff

joe dert · Jul 18, 2020

First impression is that it looks similar to the flared end of a brake line..or a sleeve of some type..and it looks cut with a tubing/pipe cutter..that or the little lip on the inside is leftover material from machining..my guess is a cut off end from copper brake line..

Martin_V3i · Jul 18, 2020

I want to call it a valve guide?

Skwerly · Jul 18, 2020

Martin_V3i said:
I want to call it a valve guide?

Probably a very strong guess!

Bayoutalker · Jul 18, 2020

joe dert said:
First impression is that it looks similar to the flared end of a brake line..or a sleeve of some type..and it looks cut with a tubing/pipe cutter..that or the little lip on the inside is leftover material from machining..my guess is a cut off end from copper brake line..

Most brake lines are stainless and a smaller diameter. This looks like copper from a natural gas/propane line.

Cliff

HistoryHippy · Jul 18, 2020

Flared compression from water line tubing. Brake line is double flared or bubble flared.
Probably from a refrigerator ice maker.

joe dert · Aug 2, 2020

Bayoutalker said:
Most brake lines are stainless and a smaller diameter. This looks like copper from a natural gas/propane line.

Cliff

Lol.. I only said it looked similar..not identical to (big difference).and you can indeed buy all the copper brake line you want..it’s common...most brake lines are steel with a corrosion resistant coating.. not stainless..

Bruce M · Aug 4, 2020

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flyguy784 · Aug 7, 2020

Martin_V3i said:
I want to call it a valve guide?

I think not. A copper valve guide would wear too quickly.

Martin_V3i · Aug 8, 2020

flyguy784 said:
I think not. A copper valve guide would wear too quickly.

You have a good observation.

joetoilet · Aug 8, 2020

+2 What Sage said

Curious about this.

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