"This organization does not tolerate failure ..."

PoorMansJB

Has anyone ever identified this?

Awhile back I presumed it was a sewing machine pedal but, having looked at thousands, I'm now thinking it must be a control to something else.

Gadget Meister

What a coincidence Alan, I started the hunt about two months ago and am hitting the same problem, as always though I am a persistant bugger and will find it eventually :v

canoe2

You guys are the props experts. But could it be a foot pedal for a dentist's drill?

Dentist's drill pedal:



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Emesco-No-6-Dental-Drill-Foot-Pedal-Made-in-Germany-/132168877727

Edit: you may also want to check out foot pedals for welders. Many of those have the larger box base.

PoorMansJB

canoe2 wrote:

You guys are the props experts. But could it be a foot pedal for a dentist's drill?

Edit: you may also want to check out foot pedals for welders. Many of those have the larger box base.

Or a tape recorder or a reverb machine or a paper cutter or a glue applicator or ... if you search "foot (pedal,control,switch)" on eBay there are over 50K results, any one of which might be it.

Oddly, that same search plus "white metal" nets just a dozen or so listings.

canoe2

PoorMansJB wrote:

canoe2 wrote:

You guys are the props experts. But could it be a foot pedal for a dentist's drill?

Edit: you may also want to check out foot pedals for welders. Many of those have the larger box base.

Or a tape recorder or a reverb machine or a paper cutter or a glue applicator or ... if you search "foot (pedal,control,switch)" on eBay there are over 50K results, any one of which might be it.

Oddly, that same search plus "white metal" nets just a dozen or so listings.

You wrote that you'd looked at "1000s" of sewing machine pedals. I thought you were looking for alternatives. I'll get out of your way. Good luck!

PoorMansJB

canoe2 wrote:

You wrote that you'd looked at "1000s" of sewing machine pedals. I thought you were looking for alternatives. I'll get out of your way. Good luck!

Sorry, wasn't meant to be critical. Just that "alternatives" are near infinite. Certainly it could be a welders' pedal. But having likely eliminated sewing machine pedals, it could be just about anything.
It's going to take a number of people looking or someone who happens to recognize it.