What’s Its From the Meeting

818. No answer yet

 

819. No answer yet

 

820. No answer yet

 

821. Possibly a margin gauge to mark the center of a long piece of wood such as a mast. Having worked in a traditional boat building yard for more that 15 years we regularly used a similar tool for this purpose.

 

822. No answer yet

 

823. This tool is for measuring the compaction of soil after it has been
compacted on a job site. The test is called “Proctor compacting test,”
the weight would be dropped from a defined height a specific amount of times
(dependent on the type of soil) and then measure how far the weight penetrated the soil.

 

824. A plumber’s lead dresser, used to press sheet lead or lead
pipe into shape

 

825. A tenon maker

 

826. No answer yet

 

827. No answer yet

 

828. Possibly some type of scraper

 

829. Probably a tool or handle rest

 

830. No answer yet

 

831. Some type of band wrench or clamp

 

832. No answer yet, appears to be some type of puller

 

833. Cow tail holder for when milking

 

834. Square with a depth gauge

 

835. No answer yet

 

836. A cable wire stripper

 

837. A grease holder for use on skillets, patent number 968,968, for more information on this
tool see Bob Roger’s “Lest We Forget” column in the June 2010 Gristmill.