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

The tailor uses a wheel pricker (approx. 20 cm) to transfer the lines of the pattern to the fabric, the painter to transfer the lines of a stencil. The tool has a toothed wheel (approx. 2 cm in diameter) that sits in a U-shaped bracket at the end of a metal shaft; the shaft sticks with a tang in a wooden handle, sometimes wheels with different teeth can be attached to the bracket. The wheel pricker for fabric is exceptionally foldable: the wheel then disappears into a metal handle. Can be distinguished from the wheel pricker (shoe maker) because the teeth are less sharp and closer together. See also wheel pricker (saddle maker). [MOT]

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

In the past, washing was done by hand. After cooking the laundry, each piece was soaped with finely grated soap (see soap shaver) and rubbed clean. This is only possible with the hands, but one can also use a laundry scrubber and a washboard, i.e. a ribbed board, later a galvanized plate (approx. 40-60 cm long; approx. 30-50 cm wide). See also the laundry beater. [MOT]

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

This text on the washing paddle can only be consulted in Dutch.

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

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

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

Small anvil for the whetting (sharpening) of scythe or flemish scythe. The whetting anvil is an iron pin tapering downwards, with a flat square steel head (approx. 3-5 cm). Sometimes the head is also wedge-shaped or both shapes are combined. Approximately in the center of the pin is an opening through which an iron or wooden cross pin protrudes to prevent the whetting anvil from being driven too deep into the ground during the bristle. In our regions, the mower sits on the ground, with the whetting anvil between the legs. The scythe is placed on the anvil and hit with a hammer. With a whetting hammer on the flat-headed hair shovel, with a bench hammer on the wedge-headed hair shovel. [MOT