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Beam compass
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/beam-compass?lang=nl>
Beeswax cutting wheel
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/beeswax-cutting-wheel?lang=nl>
Bench hammer
Hammer of various shapes, some models of which are very similar to a
joiner's hammer. The peen, which can be at right angles to or in the same
direction as the stem, is wedge-shaped or has been replaced by a sphere.
The tool weighs between 100 and 1300 g. The bench fitter, but also the
blacksmith, the car repairer and even the joiner use the bench hammer for
all kinds of work. The silversmith uses a bench hammer with a convex peen
to knock the inlay metal into place in so-called parquet (1). To be
distinguished from the forging hammer which is heavier. See also the
whetting anvil. [MOT] (1) Technique in which molds of different metals are
placed in a closely contiguous "patch pattern".
Bilberry picker
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/bilberry-picker?lang=nl>
Bell drill
This is a gimlet with approx. 40 cm long bit to drill through door frames
when an electrical wire has to be inserted. It is useful in relatively
light materials such as plaster and wood for door frames, ceilings, walls
and floors. Especially in the period of electrification, this drill was
widely distributed, for the installation in existing buildings of a
telephone, a doorbell or for internal calls for staff or visitors. [MOT]
Bleacher's shovel
Wooden, long (approx. 2-2.15 m) gutter-shaped shovel with which the
bleacher sprayed the linnen - which was spread out on the meadow - with
water from the ditch. The combination of the sunlight, the grass on which
the linnen was laid and the water made the gray linnen white in colour. In
Germany a copper spoon which somewhat resembles the liquid manure scoop, or
a watering can was used for this purpose (1). See also the mud scuppit.
[MOT] (1) "Die grosse Wäsche'': 161.
Belt plier slot punch
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/belt-plier-slot-punch?lang=nl>
Besom
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/besom?lang=nl>
Beet loading fork
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/beet-loading-fork?lang=nl>
Blow pipe (glass blower)
The blow pipe of a glass blower is not to be confused with the blowing tube
for a fireplace or the blow pipe (silversmith).