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A piece of metal in the center of France used as a garden table.(sh.itjust.works)

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aurele@sh.itjust.worksOP
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It is flat (and round obviously).

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Glemek@lemmy.world
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What does the top look like?

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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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I wouldn’t have known it was metal just from the picture. It looks like a stone bird bath.

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YerbaYerba@lemm.ee
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A large ship engine valve? Maybe an unfinished casting? Finished ones here

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XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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If that’s a valve, the cylinder is probably big enough to climb inside!

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badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world
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I think it might be a riser or part of a sprue from a larger cast part

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Damage@feddit.it
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It looks very rough, it could be an unfinished part: a fusion that hasn’t received the subsequent machining.
Maybe a flywheel.

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usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca
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I think that’s just from many years of rust and wear. I doubt that’s the original surface finish

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Damage@feddit.it
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Could be both

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