this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2025
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What is this thing?

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Some light hints that may point you in the right direction:

Hint 1The assembly is a part of a larger machine.

Hint 2Several assemblies are meant to move side by side in unison.

Hint 3The square-ish shaped piece is plastic that will wear down and be replaced.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

God damn. That's the hardest one I've seen in a long time. Very nice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I figured it would be a tough one.

These are mail insertion machines I worked on for several months as a mechanic. It's a little blurry since that were moving, but here it is in action:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

That's cool. Never seen anything like that. I love big industrial machines that exist only to recreate an action a single human can do easily lol