What is this?

[CorbLand]

No idea but I would bet it makes one hell of paper weight or canoe anchor.

 

[TaperPin]

Reminds me of an old lathe or milling spindle. It would be cool if it was a really nice grade of steel - like 4140. You could make 4 custom rifle actions out of it

 

[Gobbler36]

I almost said potato gun of some sorts

 

[logem]

It's most likely an oil field tool to be run on a drill string. No telling the purpose. It's probably 4140 steel and he would probably get his $40 back as metal scrap. I don't think there's many options for selling it.

 

[Crowmangler]

main shaft for a smoke grinder

 

[CCooper]

The shaft looks like it is chromed. Assuming some type of rope packing or seal surface. After looking at it a few more times, I’m going to say a plunger for a piston pump that handled material; grout, bentonite, invert, etc.

 

[Gutshot007]

Am I the only one who thought “military grade potato cannon”?

Thought the same exact thing . Wow what a high tech "spud gun" not the cheap pvc kind . Lol

 

[Ice-kub]

Could be a scraper of some kind, or a tool for setting a plug. Is the big end on the bottom Rubber?

 

[Hoosker Doo]

I can’t believe I’m the first! That’s a 1968 Gen. 1.8 model Dickfer, in rare platinum finish. There’s only like 150 known to still exist.

Yep. You nailed it. It's absolutely a dickfer.

 

[MuleDeerMike]

Nope... That was my first thought

Same.

 

[MuleDeerMike]

Yep. You nailed it. It's absolutely a dickfer.

Hoosker Doo? It's a Hoosker Don't, with or without the scooter stick.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

Obviously, it's a whatchamacallit.

 

[EastHumboldt]

Yep. You nailed it. It's absolutely a dickfer.

Alright… somebody has to ask, like a knock knock joke. I’ll bite.
What’s a “ dickfer”?

 

[EastHumboldt]

My first thought? Giant robot dildo.

 

[Hoosker Doo]

Alright… somebody has to ask, like a knock knock joke. I’ll bite.
What’s a “ dickfer”?

I can’t believe I’m the first! That’s a 1968 Gen. 1.8 model Dickfer, in rare platinum finish. There’s only like 150 known to still exist.

I'll leave the punch line to whom it belongs.

 

[Hoosker Doo]

Hoosker Doo? It's a Hoosker Don't, with or without the scooter stick.