Hello.
I hope this is the correct forum for this.
I was curious if anyone notices this vintage part? It comes from probably the late 1950's to mid 60's and was used for the interior of the space pod in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, which I am back-engineering. There were a number of surplus aircraft parts used in the movie, and I was hoping someone might be able to identify this particular one, if in fact it is of aerospace origin.
I'm thinking there might be a spring under the retaining ring on the side. So it makes me think this was a pressure regulator or flow control device of some sort. Or a pump...The shaft coming out on the left looks like it might be a spline shaft, but the photograph is not good enough to tell for sure. I have removed all of the surrounding details in the image in Photoshop, since they basically just stuck this thing on the cabin wall.
Many thanks for taking a look.