June 18, 201214 yr This weeks quiz is going to involve a photo of a tool, and your mission if you so choose to accept, is to identify the tool! The photo is taken from my favorite old tool organizations website The MWTCA. So here goes! Please identify the tool pictured below. The prize? Bragging rights! What more do ya want! John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 18, 201214 yr A mohel's izmel?Lew Kauffman-Wood Turners Forum HostTime traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!
June 18, 201214 yr Hummmm, It looks like one of those cutter things. Yea that's what it is.John MoodySite AdministratorJohn Moody Woodworkshttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
June 18, 201214 yr Author I need to add an update guys. I blew it, this could be a woodworking tool or not, I had a brain cramp when I posted it. So, the sky is the limit on this one. It could be a farming tool as well. Thanks for participating!John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 19, 201214 yr Author Great answers guys! But no cigar yet!John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 19, 201214 yr Author A what????Lewis Kauffman said: A mohel's izmel? Lew Kauffman-Wood Turners Forum HostTime traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins! John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 19, 201214 yr Judging from it's size and shape, plus it's obvious age I'd say it is not a mohel's izmel. Other than that, I don't have a clue. I really do know what it is and when John finally reveals the answer, I'll reply, "Oh I knew that, all along." HEEHEE Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
June 19, 201214 yr Could be a chopper or crusher for sugar cane or corn stalks. Just not sure. No greater Loves than God, Family, Friends, country, the sight of flying chips and the smell of saw dust.
June 19, 201214 yr I've seen them on the old tobacco farms in northern Wisconsin used for trimming the tobacco. I've also seen them used for cutting up cabbage to make sauer-kraut. When used for making sauer-kraut it would be placed over a bucket or tub and the chopped up cabbage would fall into the bucket or tub. This is from a 45+ year old memory from when we would visit relatives up on the farm out by Black River Falls, Wisconsin. I'm sure it had other uses also. My Aunt made great home-made sauer-kraut. Â Larry
June 19, 201214 yr Mom used a "banjo" (that's what she called it) to shred cabbage. She set it on a large crock and shredded it into the crock.Here's a picture. BanjoGene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
June 20, 201214 yr Author So they seem to be multi use Larry, do you know what exactly they were marketed as? Larry Buskirk said: I've seen them on the old tobacco farms in northern Wisconsin used for trimming the tobacco. I've also seen them used for cutting up cabbage to make sauer-kraut. When used for making sauer-kraut it would be placed over a bucket or tub and the chopped up cabbage would fall into the bucket or tub. This is from a 45+ year old memory from when we would visit relatives up on the farm out by Black River Falls, Wisconsin. I'm sure it had other uses also. My Aunt made great home-made sauer-kraut. Â Larry John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 20, 201214 yr Author Now that's cool!Gene Howe said:Mom used a "banjo" (that's what she called it) to shred cabbage. She set it on a large crock and shredded it into the crock.Here's a picture. BanjoGene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. ChestertonJohn MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
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