Tag: tools
Help us identify a mystery tool from Wisconsin
Item No. 1294 appears to be an older, industrial-style tool. It features a cylindrical body, a pointed chisel-like tip and a chain attached to the body.
What do you think this cart may have been used for?
Item No. 1293 was submitted by Blaze Bently at the end of July. This unique cart features a metal frame with perforated and solid plates.
Help us identify Item No. 1291
Item No. 1291 is approximately 3 1/3 inches long with “Ridgely’s Trimmers Patented Jan 29, 95 July 14, 03 Springfield Ohio” stamped on the side.
Do you know what Item No. 1290 was used for?
Item No. 1290 is 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches wide by 3 inches tall. It’s cast iron. Each level is at 1/4-inch increments, from 1/4 inch to 2 1/2 inches.
Help us unwrap this mystery just in time for Christmas
Item No. 1281 is made of cast iron, measuring approximately 6 inches long and 3/4 inch wide, with two saddles and a small hook on top.
The wheat harvest: To winnow, grind and bag
After flailing the wheat, early Ohio settlers processed it into flour.
By hook or by crook, the wheat harvest was accomplished with...
Paul Locher details how 1800s pioneers in Ohio Country would have accomplished the wheat harvest and describes the tools they would have used to do it.
Is it a nut, or is it a burr?
Sam Moore investigates potential reasons people may have once heard old-timers refer to the nuts that were used with bolts as burrs.
A short history of Bateman Manufacturing Company
Just to demonstrate how confusing it can be to reconstruct history, there are two different versions of how Stephen Bateman ended up in Grenloch, New Jersey.
