Thread: Anyone recognise this vintage fitting?

Evening chaps,

Does anyone recognise this type of fitting?



It is 16.5mm long, the stud itself is 5.7mm in diameter, and the shaft tapers down from 4mm to 3.5mm diameter. It is a fitting from a vintage coffee grinder, but it looks like it could also be used on a clock case or other small cabinet.

Any leads on what it is called, where to source it, someone who might know, or anything at all would be gratefully received. If anyone anywhere knows anything, it must be here...

Thanks,

Montgomery

No Idea Here.

Looks like a tapered finial to me.
Used to hold things central to each other radially and locked together.
Used with lamp shades of old as well as coffee grinders or a load of other things that fit together and needed to be separated regularly..
Hope that helps. Any good lathe operator can turn one for you.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Looks like a tapered finial to me.
Used to hold things central to each other radially and locked together.
Used with lamp shades of old as well as coffee grinders or a load of other things that fit together and needed to be separated regularly..
Hope that helps. Any good lathe operator can turn one for you.

Thanks, the name alone is useful. It is used as a stud on a hopper cover.

I have found this part: https://www.ebay.de/itm/231931645564

With a bit of MacGyvering, I think I can make it work.

Many thanks!

You could chuck that by the ball in a drill press and taper the shaft with a file while the drills turning at low speed.

Nice find. Creative solutions are my favorite.