Set 537

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3133. 6-3/8" long:

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3134. The base is about 12" long:









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3135. 18" tall, submitted by a visitor who is looking to identify this device, there are wires on both sides:




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3136. 10" long:
































3137. The inside dimension is about 3-1/2":

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The part marked "A" does not represent a piece of wood:



























3138. 8" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

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Answers:



3133. The most common suggestion for this device is that it's a leather skiving tool, for thinning pieces of leather, though it could be a basket maker's shave.

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3134. A nut cracker:























3135. This is a Chitarra pasta maker:






















3136. A tool for scraping frost from a freezer:




























3137. A plane guide, the patent states, "...the plane is steadied in squaring or beveling to any desired angle without the use of a try-square or bevel," patent number 146,208:

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The part labeled "A" represents a wood plane:



























3138. This is a corn husker, according to patent number 27,638, "...it both strips off the husks and severs the ear from the stalk."

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It doesn't look exactly like the patent drawing because like many other tools, its design was modified several times over the years after it was patented.

















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