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Title: Special Funnel?
Post by: Knucklehead on May 07, 2017, 02:15:13 PM

Found another oldie lurking in my garage. The cone is copper, the tube and screen are brass.
Because of the collar, I believe this funnel has a special purpose, (antique car firewall mount?).
I scoured the web and searched this site, no luck. It had a ring attached to the top of the cone
at one time.

Title: Re: Special Funnel?
Post by: pritch on May 09, 2017, 09:36:41 PM

I thought it might have been for black powder 'till I saw the screen in the second picture.

Title: Re: Special Funnel?
Post by: kwoswalt99 on May 09, 2017, 10:08:34 PM

I've got one. Don't know what it's for, don't care.

Title: Re: Special Funnel?
Post by: EVILDR235 on May 09, 2017, 10:28:23 PM

Screen is used to size black powder grains. I use mostly 2F or 3F depending what I can find.

EvilDr235

Title: Re: Special Funnel?
Post by: Knucklehead on May 10, 2017, 08:06:09 AM

Thanks for the responses.
Found lots of black powder funnels on the net, none had the notched(?) collar.
Was this for a particular flask or horn? Also, the screen is soldered into the cone,
perhaps for use with one size grain only?

Title: Re: Special Funnel?
Post by: EVILDR235 on May 10, 2017, 01:57:48 PM

Maybe a non sparking funnel to be used around flammable liquids or gases ?

EvilDr235

Title: Re: Special Funnel?
Post by: geneg on May 17, 2017, 06:51:35 AM

The collar allows the funnel to vent.  No burbs of air.  The ring at the top was probably for splash back. It may have been for a particular piece of equipment, hard to tell without size info & even then, who knows?