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