# More what is this image

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-what-is-this-image/650795>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 19, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-what-is-this-image/650795 "2013-02-19T14:27:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ddaug4uf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@ddaug4uf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddaug4uf)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-what-is-this-image/650795/1 "2013-02-19T14:27:50Z")

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[http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/75579\_503721709666147\_953371547\_n.jpg](http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/75579_503721709666147_953371547_n.jpg)

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-what-is-this-image/650795/2 "2013-02-19T14:31:26Z")

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It looks like an attachment designed to provide a flat surface against a cylindrical object like a bar or pipe. The hole is where a bolt would pass through.

If there’s a name for this I’m not aware of what it is.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-what-is-this-image/650795/3 "2013-02-19T14:36:53Z")

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Like\*\* lieu \*\*said. It might be called a bushing. I’m sure there’s a name for it.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-what-is-this-image/650795/4 "2013-02-19T16:54:57Z")

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What they said. Also, you sometimes get these in pairs- flat faces mated, for joining two round components together.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-what-is-this-image/650795/5 "2013-02-19T16:56:20Z")

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Not, as far as I know, used for strange grid balls.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-what-is-this-image/650795/6 "2013-02-19T17:02:41Z")

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Seems to be called a curved washer by some, although others also use that term to describe something without a flat face

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-what-is-this-image/650795/7 "2013-02-19T17:36:09Z")

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It is a[_coved spacer_.](http://www.google.com/search?q=Coved+spacers&hl=en&tbo=u&rlz=1T4GGHP_enUS473US473&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=d7cjUa-ZKan-0gG10IGADA&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1093&bih=654)