Lansing, MI
Spring 2018
Lansing What’s Its
What’s Its From the Meeting
838. No answer yet
839. A garden seeder
840. A hog holder
841. No answer yet
842. A marking hammer
843. No answer yet
844. Cleco pliers for working on aircraft
845. A valve lapping tool
846. This was part of a survival kit that could be assembled into a spit for roasting fish and game, a long spear, and a gaff hook. Patent number 2490583
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2490583
847. No answer yet
848. A wire tightener for fences, patent number 874,934
https://patents.google.com/patent/US874934
849. A newspaper holder for use at a library
850. A garden planting tool
851. A tobacco sampler binding machine, patent number 762,491
https://patents.google.com/patent/US762491
852. This device is a vintage microscope part.
853. The tool appears to cut a tapered end on a dowel
854. A nut cracker, patent number 417,951
https://patents.google.com/patent/US417951
855. No answer yet
856. No answer yet
857. This tool is marked “400AD Form-a-gage” and is used in conjunction with a flaring tool to “produce double lap flares in five sizes of tubing.”
858. No answer yet
859. A latch hook rug needle
860. No answer yet
861. These items fit onto a ruler so you can measure wood when working with a miter box
862. No answer yet
863. A brake shoe hold down spring washer tool. Someone modified it to fit behind an axle flange that was in the way of it going straight in.
864. No answer yet
865. A lock nut tightener
866. No answer yet
867. A tool for use on a boat to hold the anchor rope
868. A dry fish shaver that is used by the Japanese
869. A shirt cuff holder for detachable cuffs