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Small box spanner combined with two ring spanners or with a screwdriver, with which the roller skater adjusts his skates to his shoes (1). Another model consists of a small (approx. 12 cm) thin double ring spanner. [MOT] (1) These are skates that are attached to the shoes by means of straps.

Body file for the bodywork of a vehicle. For more technical information, see the dutch version of this page. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1217?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1210?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1207?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1205?lang=nl>

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]

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]

The smell is an important criterion when inspecting dried ham. The ham trier (1) is used for this, an awl-shaped tool made from the fibula of a horse, which is porous and therefore absorbs the odors. The horse bone is inserted into the ham in certain places and the smell is then sniffed by the inspector, who tastes the aromas of the ham in the throat. [MOT] (1) SELLENS: 203 shows a hand tool with the same purpose but with a stem. The material is not mentioned. No other English equivalent found. In French the Latin word spilatula is used. Italians speak of 'ago d'osso di cavallo'.

Heavy-duty wrench (approx. 17-50 cm), respectively a ring- and open-end spanner, made of shock-resistant spring forged steel or chrome vanadium and with a widened end, used for firmly tightening and loosening nuts on heavy machines. This is done by hitting the side of the end with a club hammer or pneumatic hammer. [MOT]