And this is ...

[kronckew]

a thingamy holder, the weighted arm is unhooked from the storage bar and placed on whatever needs holding while you work on it doing whatever you do to thingamies. is that a drain channel i see around the circular impression in the wood? is the V=notch deliberate or a broken bit? something small need pressing & draining: aha! an ancient walnut squeezer for making walnut oil one nut at a time....

[fernando]

Originally Posted by kronckew

a thingamy holder ... whatever you do to thingamies...

I should have said your guess was not in vain, Wayne; i have learnt a new word .

[kronckew]

thingamies or thingies for short are a form of doohickey or doodad. all come under the generic heading of whatchamacallits. sometimes alternatively spelled as thingummy. had a friend that had a real nice doohicky rabbernacker. very useful it was too. we never figured out useful for what tho or what you were doing if you were rabbernacking.

[Bob A]

Originally Posted by kronckew

thingamies or thingies for short are a form of doohickey or doodad. all come under the generic heading of whatchamacallits. sometimes alternatively spelled as thingummy. had a friend that had a real nice doohicky rabbernacker. very useful it was too. we never figured out useful for what tho or what you were doing if you were rabbernacking.

Possibly a dumaflache; personally, I question the spelling, and prefer doomaflatchie. but what do I know?