Tool Talk
What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: Neals on June 12, 2012, 10:31:02 PM
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This came with some farm tools at a yard sale. Any idea what its for or who make it? There is a bit of red on the handle that I think may be original
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Glass cutter?
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Don't think its a glass cutter. There is no little cutting wheel or any place to put one.
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sewing needle for heavy gunny sacks?
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Don't know what they look like close up, but I have seen inspectors use something like this to take samples of grain, coffee, or other stuff in sacks without having to open or unstack them. They just walk through warehouse and poke sacks and pull out sample.
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Stitching hook for burlap sacks. Definitely a job you don't even want to apply for cause you just might get it.
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Don't know what they look like close up, but I have seen inspectors use something like this to take samples of grain, coffee, or other stuff in sacks without having to open or unstack them. They just walk through warehouse and poke sacks and pull out sample.
I'm thinking more along the lines of cotton. They had a tool to stick into a bale and draw out a sample.
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The tool pictured is not for taking samples from burlap sacks.
The tool for taking samples from burlap sacks was a hollow tube, about 1/2" in diam. with a solid point on the front to shove through the burlap. The tube had a slot near the point to allow the product into the tube.The sample would flow out the open back of the tube into a cotainer of your choice. Once you remove the probe from the sack you would "draw" several x's and +'s with the piont across the opening to return the burlap strands to their normal position and the hole was closed.
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Might have been a home made surgical tool for de-gassing bloated cows, but it looks a bit small.
And not very sharp at that.
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Someone's tool for re-cording tires?
I know burlap sewing tools were repurposed by the tire remanufacturing industry, but dunno about that perticular design, seems like it's more for pulling than pushing, so perhaps burlap stitching tool makes more sense....
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The general size, handle shape and red coloring remind me of a hay hook. Could be someone repurposed a hay hook for some unknown purpose. As for using it to sew up sacks, all I've ever seen used for that purpose is a sack needle, looks like a very large sewing needle with a spear shaped point. When I was young I worked with an old guy with lots of great stories. One day he told me how his mother cured his father's drinking problem. Seems his dad was a payday drunk and used to come home full and slap his mother around. One night after he passed out, she took a sack needle and some twine and sewed him into the bed sheets, then proceeded to beat him bloody with an irrigating shovel. He never touched another drop as long as he lived.
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Great story!!
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lol, live&learn don't mess with momma.