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Clogs that are nailed to a shelf (approx. 30 by 40 cm) and with which the gardener tamps the soil after sowing. The clogs are sometimes replaced by a shelf with straps that you fasten around your shoe; or fitted with ropes held taut by hand (1).The peat-cutter uses such clogs to tamp the spread wet dredge spoil to squeeze the water out before it is distributed with the mud-marking iron.To walk on muddy surfaces, trips are attached under the shoes or boots; there the aim is to increase support. [MOT](1) Eg. CROMPVOETS & VINEYARD ep.2: 169.
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For more technical information about this iron hand tool of the osier worker, see the dutch version of this page. For maintenance works, in addition to a spade and an axe, the osier worker uses this iron tool to dig up dead tree stumps by stabbing its thick roots and then pounding it through the head of the stump, in order to be able to turn the latter on its axis, until it has come loose from its roots.The tool is also used to split tree stumps to make firewood. [MOT]
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These wrought iron pliers are used to pull out posts. In hop cultivation, this tool is used in combination with a lever to pull the stakes out of the ground every year. To be distinguished from the stone cutter's scissors. See also this associated tool. [MOT]
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1020?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1087?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1040?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1110?lang=nl>
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Wooden or metal wedge - today made of plastic - usually with a concave top surface and a wooden handle or a metal bracket. The stop block is placed against the wheel of a vehicle to slow down or stop it. Implements for the railways are made according to plan from oak or elm; the stem (approx. 90 cm), made of ash or acacia (1). [MOT] (1) ''Kleine houten voorwerpen'': 3.
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Light hand hook with a series of short teeth on a plate of about 4-6 cm. The jute or wood handle may or may not be perpendicular to the working part. This hook moves "most bagged goods, except more refined sugar, fine seeds, ground pumice, fine sulfur and similar goods" (1). See also the cotton hook. [MOT] (1) JANSE: 27.
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1119?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1124?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1123?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1115?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1125?lang=nl>
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Monoxil (usually beech or willow) knife-shaped hand tool to rid the stone form of the remnants of clay and sand after each stone made. Sometimes a piece of iron was used for the same purpose. [EMABB]
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Large wooden rake with wide teeth that are widely spaced, with which the sand heap is regularly worked to allow the sand to dry more quickly. There are also sand rakes (1) with metal teeth, as well as a combination rake and puller. [EMABB] (1) Proper English name yet unknown
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With the manually pulled trail cultivator (1), the soil is lifted up to a fairly great depth (approx. 7-15 cm) and opened up and the weeds growing on it are loosened. It is also used to break clods. The working part, usually adjustable in width, consists of an odd number of curved iron teeth with a triangular point. It is screwed to an iron handle of approx. 120 cm, the end of which (approx. 25 cm) is bent and has a crossbar (approx. 35 cm). See also the hand cultivator. [MOT] (1) There are also trailed cultivators that are pulled by a horse.
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1131?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1053?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1132?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1134?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1140?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1148?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1141?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1149?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1147?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1150?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1138?lang=nl>
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Hand tool to stir the porridge in the pot or kettle over the fire. It consists of an iron sickle-shaped working part (approx. 10 cm) that is either an extension of or perpendicular to the stem (approx. 45 cm). The latter may or may not be provided with a wooden handle. Another model is in the form of a wooden kitchen scraper, the working part of which is pierced (1). [MOT] (1) Eg. WEYNS 1974: 446.
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1161?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1146?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1183?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1153?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/119?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1189?lang=nl>
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This porter's tool is a wooden lever with an iron lip for tipping metal barrels. The lip catches the bilge of the barrel. [MOT]
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1210?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1207?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1201?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1204?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1205?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1223?lang=nl>
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These automotive pliers allow you to hold, tighten or loosen something. One of the arms can be moved sideways to obtain a larger opening width. These pliers are often in the tool bag in the car. [MOT]
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1239?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1228?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/207?lang=nl>
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1206?lang=nl>
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This cabinet wrench is a three or square, narrowing Exagonal key, sometimes combined with one or more socket wrench(es), also with a screwdriver, with which doors and locks of cabinets etc. in carriages or ships can be opened or tightened. Construction workers such as the locksmith, carpenter and painter sometimes use a this wrench when there is no door handle in the lock, eg on a construction site. There are foldable models. The wrench also comes as part of a folding knife for construction workers. [MOT]
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During surgery, the doctor can pull certain parts of the body towards him with these claw forceps. The jaws end in sharp inward-facing hooks that interlock like two teeth. Often these pliers can be locked in different positions by means of a bracket and hooks. The two parts can be easily separated for cleaning. [MOT]
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/218?lang=nl>