Weird component (?) - WTF is it?

Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>> > component... It consists of a complicated copper sprue ~2.25" x 7"
>> > divided into a matrix of 3 x 12 identical subcomponents. The center of
>> 
>> Lewin, you could have put some recognisable scale alongside this before
>> taking a photo of this device. It would have helped us be more certain.
> 
> Well gee, I thought the dimensions I just gave were pretty close to
> being a scale, no? The short dimension is ~2.25", the long dimension is
> ~7"

That's what I get for reading newsgroups at the end of a very long and busy 
day I suppose (had a day working on the boat followed by a dash down to 
Bristol and back to pick up my son). I should have read the text a bit 
closer.

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