Mystery on the Type VII

[Vollinger]

Hi,
few questions concerning the sharpy pointy looking thing seen here, right between the depthmeter and a tasteful photo of Heidi Langelegz:
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5026/shot72y.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shot72y.jpg)

1. Would you stick your hand in there?
2. And what if I dared you?
3. More importantly, what the hell is it?

Thank you very mu- HIMMELHERGOT HERR LINDNER, NOT AGAIN!
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6721/shot73w.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shot73w.jpg)

[Torplexed]

Actually, that's not a photo, although it is tasteful. It's a Esquire Girl pin-up painting by American illustrator Al Moore circa 1951. As for the weird cog-like thing...got me. :)

http://www.americanartarchives.com/moore,a.htm

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eK9S-ZcB2Mc/SCieP1dEJFI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/ZBJ4RuaPyKg/s400/esquirealmoore02-big.jpg

[Onkel Neal]

Nice!

Hey, you ever get my e-mails? :hmmm:

[danurve]

Actually, that's not a photo, although it is tasteful. It's a Esquire Girl pin-up painting by American illustrator Al Moore circa 1951. As for the weird cog-like thing...got me. :)

http://www.americanartarchives.com/moore,a.htm

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eK9S-ZcB2Mc/SCieP1dEJFI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/ZBJ4RuaPyKg/s400/esquirealmoore02-big.jpg

Nice .. Socks :cool:

[={FH}=Paddy]

Nice pair of reindeer!:o

[Kapt Z]

Nice....everything.:woot:

[andym]

What cog?:har::har::har:

[Etienne]

I don't know WHAT it's for, but that kind of arrangement usually serves to prevent something from rotating backward unless the catch is lifted.

Otherwise, sorry, not a clue.

Also, will SOMEBODY do something about the anachronism of that drawing? :-P

[GoldenRivet]

Also, will SOMEBODY do something about the anachronism of that drawing? :-P

perhaps im over sexed but i was thinking the exact same thing...

the process was "holy cow she is a nice lookin lass.... wait... wait wait!!! 1951???"

[JHuschke]

Actually, that's not a photo, although it is tasteful. It's a Esquire Girl pin-up painting by American illustrator Al Moore circa 1951. As for the weird cog-like thing...got me. :)

http://www.americanartarchives.com/moore,a.htm

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eK9S-ZcB2Mc/SCieP1dEJFI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/ZBJ4RuaPyKg/s400/esquirealmoore02-big.jpg You stole that picture! It was in my U-boat! lol =P

[Pisces]

I tihkn I've got it. It's a Bernard-proof device to wind up the ships clock.

[GoldenRivet]

I tihkn I've got it. It's a Bernard-proof device to wind up the ships clock.

nothing is bernard proof.

not even a door knob

[Task Force]

yep. Bernard will open that door with Caution written in bold letters on it.:haha:

[GoldenRivet]

Actually, that's not a photo, although it is tasteful. It's a Esquire Girl pin-up painting by American illustrator Al Moore circa 1951. As for the weird cog-like thing...got me. :)

http://www.americanartarchives.com/moore,a.htm

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eK9S-ZcB2Mc/SCieP1dEJFI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/ZBJ4RuaPyKg/s400/esquirealmoore02-big.jpg

Man - to be snowed in with her! :doh:

[Otto Heinzmeir]

Nice but too American looking for on a German U-boat.

[Torplexed]

Also, will SOMEBODY do something about the anachronism of that drawing? :-P

I guess we could always convert her from 'girl next door' to one of 'girls gone Wehrmacht.' She loses a lot of the original charm though. :hmmm:

http://neptoon.homestead.com/FeldGrauBabe.jpg

[A Very Super Market]

Gah, she's a time lord!

[Oneshot/Onekill]

Gentlemen, gentlemen please is this a U-boat forum or a porn site!:haha:

[Jimbuna]

Who cares :O:

[HansVonBeehan]

Meiner GruppenFurheur!

Its a Can Opener! Can't You see!

[Oneshot/Onekill]

Well if you can't change their minds sir... you might as well pop the cap on a cold one and enjoy the view.:()1: :|\\

[andym]

Got it!Its the tuning handle for the Dilithium Crystal Warp Generator.

[Vollinger]

I guess we could always convert her from 'girl next door' to one of 'girls gone Wehrmacht.' She loses a lot of the original charm though. :hmmm:

Ah, the kreuzbikini, not just a short lived French fad from the forties. Still, hell of a lot better choice than going commando in woolen sweaters.
(love the monocle and that whole laying on France thing)

[Torplexed]

Ah, the kreuzbikini, not just a short lived French fad from the forties. Still, hell of a lot better choice than going commando in woolen sweaters.
(love the monocle and that whole laying on France thing)

Yeah...I think what's left of the Maginot Line is digging into her back.:DL

The thing is we got so distracted over her I don't we ever determined what that gear-like doohickey is. :hmmm: It does remind me of some of the workings you see in the back of a watch.

[Torplexed]

My guess is that it is some form of ratchet wheel although what function it performs is still unclear.

http://automata.co.uk/ratchets.htm

http://automata.co.uk/Images/ratchet-1.gifhttp://automata.co.uk/Images/RATCHET-2.gif

[Vollinger]

The thing is we got so distracted over her I don't we ever determined what that gear-like doohickey is. :hmmm: It does remind me of some of the workings you see in the back of a watch.

Yeah, or on some older engine hoists. The function there is simply not drop the damn thing while I stop cranking to sweat and pant and wish for an hydraulic one like a little girl.
In this much more detailed picture (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tprzechlewski/2468956860/sizes/o/) it looks pretty similar, you insert some kind of handle onto the red squarish part to turn the rolling chain seen in the background, kinda like a one-way bicycle but I still don't have any idea what would it actually accomplish on a sub.

[msalama]

Easy. It's a crankamajiggy!

Err... what girl?

[={FH}=Paddy]

Easy. It's a crankamajiggy!

Err... what girl?


LOL - :rotfl:

[mookiemookie]

Possibly an emergency crank to close flood tanks or the main induction?

[Oneshot/Onekill]

Easy. It's a crankamajiggy!

Err... what girl?


Here drink another one, it will become clearer. LMAO:()1:

[jimbob]

flux capacitor ?

2.21 jiggawat and all that

[FIREWALL]

That Gentlemen is... A Jahosaphat Cog. :know:

[Oneshot/Onekill]

That Gentlemen is... A Jahosaphat Cog. :know:


:haha:LMAO!!

[FIREWALL]

To better answer this.

It was a tool used by the Kpt to weed out the dumb crew members.

How it worked was, a crewman screwed around with it and got his hand mangled in it.

And he yelled " HOLY JAHOSAPHAT " :D

[Oneshot/Onekill]

I figured it had to be something like that FIREWALL!:har:

[SpeedyPC]

Nice pair of reindeer with two pairs of head lock! :hmmm::hmmm: does this mean I should rub my head between them :O::O::O::O:

[Vollinger]

Possibly an emergency crank to close flood tanks or the main induction?

It looks emergency enough, in that ripping-nav-officer's-table-away-and-screaming-at-him-to-crank-it-or-we're-all-dead way!