Puzzle Description:

Top, front, and right side view of the same part

#1: Koreen (mom24plus) on Apr 11, 2021

wow, gotta think about it, but I really have no clue

love the idea, though, Brian!

Koreen, he did three views of the same part. Top-left is a view from above. The two at the bottom are front and side views. The trickiest part to seeing it is knowing that in those two there are "hidden lines" that are dashed in column 6, 10, 31 and 35...they represent the "hole" through the middle that you wouldn't be able to see otherwise. Hope that helps :)

But what looks like a stack of CDs with a squared extension about half as high wrapped 1/3rd around them?

... Or is this a baseball hat from an 8-bit low-res game?
... Or an honest if less-than-perfect Madison Square Garden?
... Or part of a bagel slicer?

The isometric view puzzle is of the same part.

Got the isometric view, but still cannot think of any real-world object that shares its likeness. Anxiously awaiting the reveal!

Same. It looks very familiar. In my head it's black plastic about an inch long and is secured to something else with a screw/bolt/rivet through the hole. Just can't put my finger on it.

Oh, sorry for the confusion. When you learn drafting/mechanical drawing you have these objects that are problems for you to draw. They might not be for anything real except to teach the lesson. As you progress, the problems get more complicated. You have to make choices about which three sides present the clearest views and what is the best way to draw in the dimensions. There are rules to follow, but also decisions to be made that change the overall effectiveness of the drawing. A machinist can look at a well done blueprint and envision how the final part will come out.

Ah! Ok! In that case, I'm going to invent something that conforms to that hypothetical object:

A battery(pun)-operated CD/DVD launcher for home defense! On motion activation (motion sensor in the flat/forward-facing edge as illustrated bottom/right), an internal rubberized conveyor belt rolls the bottom-most CV/DVD from the stack (cylindrical area) forward along the base of the unit until the disc comes in contact with slow-spinning rollers above (hence the height of the square-edged extension part), removing the disc from the rubberized conveyor below until the disc comes in contact with a series of faster-spinning rollers above and below it (hence the added depth of the square-edged part), accelerating the disc through a front-facing slot.

... Far better than its predecessor, the VHS Cassette launcher!
I'm off to pitch this to Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern.

David, I understood the three views. Just didn't recognize the home defense launcher. Now, of course, it's obvious. Can't believe I missed it.
Yonah, we purchased the VHS Cassette launcher when it first came out, but the tapes kept getting tangled and acted as a boomerang.

Gotcha Koreen and, funny enough, same here! The part I always hated having to rewind the ammunition

So *that's* what all those endless AOL CDs could have been used for. Home defense!

In college, they made excellent ephemeral frisbees. (Toss one until it breaks, then wait for the next delivery)

In college, they made my dorm windows nice and reflective-looking from the outside while providing ample shade in lieu of curtains.

In college, they made amazing light shows in the dorm-owned microwaves.

In college, someone figured out that if you took a green (not red!) grape and cut it across horizontally so that it was almost cut through but a bit of skin still attached the two hemispheres, and then put the cut side down on a plate and microwaved it, that would arc. I have never personally tried this, but classmates talked about it a lot.

I had friends who did this on occasion. They'd spark, then burst into flame.

ouch! poor friends :(

LOL David!

Those were dark times. (except for the bright moments when my friends caught fire)

Ha!

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