by James Wright | Mar 29, 2024 | Gristmill What's It
Gristmill What’s It 2024 From 2024 Issues What’s Its From the September 2024 Issue 196-1 These are both tennis racquet stringing tools. 196-2 This is a Newhouse zipper repair tool, it can perform eight different repair operations. For anyone who has this device but...
by James Wright | Mar 29, 2024 | Gristmill What's It
Gristmill What’s It 2023 From 2023 Issues What’s Its From the December 2023 Issue 193-1 This tool is a ring inserter for use with an Alfa Laval milking machine teat cup. It is part of this set of teat cup liner assembly tools. The fourth piece of this set was...
by James Wright | Mar 29, 2024 | Gristmill What's It
Gristmill What’s It 2022 From 2022 Issues What’s Its From the December 2022 Issue 189-1 A tool for threading wood screws, and a hole threader 189-2 A dentist’s finger guard so he does not get bitten. 189-3 A hog scraper from Europe with a hook for removing the...
by James Wright | Mar 29, 2024 | Gristmill What's It
Gristmill What’s It 2021 From 2021 Issues What’s Its From the December 2021 Issue 183-1 A frame for supporting dead ducks as decoys, patent number 230,600 https://patents.google.com/patent/US230600 A similar patent for holding a dead duck in a flying position can be...
by James Wright | Mar 29, 2024 | Gristmill What's It
Gristmill What’s It 2020 From 2020 Issues What’s Its From the December 2020 Issue 181-1 This tool is a wire twister for making picket fences. The second photo shows a small recessed wheel, the other side of the tool is symmetrical to the one shown. The two wheels...
by James Wright | Mar 29, 2024 | Gristmill What's It
Gristmill What’s It 2019 From 2019 Issues What’s Its From the December 2019 Issue 177-1 This is part of a woodworker’s Roubo workbench vise. 177-2 A microtome, used for cutting very thin sections of material for viewing under a microscope. 177-3 This tool appears to...
