another "What is this?"

[adamsredlines]

But to answer the question properly, how long is the thing?

Sure would have been helpful if the OP had taken the pic with something for size reference in the pic...

 

[steelfingers]

Steam pipe explodes beneath Manhattan's 5th Avenue; people dodge ...
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-manhattan-steam-explosion-20180719-story.html
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I'm pretty sure it's not a steam pipe

 

[ronny]

Looks like a roller on a conveyor.

 

[stick4]

I'd guess it's something more to do with rigging, cables or guy wires, etc. Definitely not made to a close tolerance. The ends of the coil don't meet close enough to be a roller.

 

[DRC458]

But to answer the question properly, how long is the thing?

Well, if'n you can believe them wooden stick thingies ... about 8 inches.

 

[steelfingers]

Well, if'n you can believe them wooden stick thingies ... about 8 inches.

Now you're just bragging

 

[dennishoddy]

That rules out a Garage Door hinge pin.

 

[DRC458]

That rules out a Garage Door hinge pin.

Yeah, it's much, much larger than the hinge pins in my garage door; or in any others I remember seeing.

 

[druryj]

Sure would have been helpful if the OP had taken the pic with something for size reference in the pic...

Yeah , it kkills me when people don't look at the big picture.

 

[TerryMiller]

Yeah , it kkills me when people don't look at the big picture.

What? At OSA?