Michigan City, IN
Spring 2013
Michigan City Whats Its
What’s Its from the Meeting
487 A device for singeing the last remaining feathers on a chicken
488 Possibly a grabber for coals, text on it reads “Pullman”
489 A tuck pointer, or mason’s beading tool
490 Probably a hoof knife
491 Unknown
492 A holder for the collapsed roof of an early convertible
493 An inclinometer
494 A hoof trimmer, patent number 511,885
495 A jar opener
496 A fish scaler
497 Wrenches for ?
498 Oyster knife?
499 This device will hold open the lid of a BBQ grill at various heights
500 A lockout tagout device
501 Possibly a thread cleaner/straightener
502 ??
503 Possibly a nut cracker
504 A wire twister for a picket fence
505 ??
506 A wrench for a threshing machine
507 ??
508 A hops sampler, they were used for taking a parcel of hops out of the bale – a square was cut with a knife, and the sampler inserted to pull out a cube of hops.
509 ??
510 Possibly a scorp or weeder
511 A buffing wheel dresser
512 A tool for repairing round belts
513 A bagueuse, a device for putting a band around a pigeon’s leg
514 Possibly for winding cord
515 A tool for repairing metal jar lids
516 An automobile brake spring tool, patent number 2,264,391
517 ??
519 A dental articulator, patent number 912,748
520 A woodworker’s bench clamp
521 Possibly an engraving tool handle
522 A lemon squeezer
524 Possibly a utility wrench
525 A surveyor’s sighting level
526 Possibly a metal nibbler
527 A Japanese hand forged laminated iron Kuwa garden hoe
528 A knot tying implement, patent number 755,110
529 Text on this tool says “CS-2 Universal,
531 Possibly an envelope opener
532 ??
533 For crimping can lids, patent number 502,339
534 A Snow and Nealley bark spud, patent number 2,693,028
535 Possibly for prying horse shoes or tack strips
536 Possibly a can piercer