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

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/double-edged-crosscutting-and-ripping-saw-japanese?lang=nl>

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

Hammer (approx. 350-500 gr) that is used to dent the body of a car. It has a relatively long (approx. 15-20 cm), narrow cylindrical head of which one end forms a widened circular shape. The other end can be tapered, spherical or square. See also the body file.

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

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/dogs-and-sheep-trimmer?lang=nl>

The double-handed crosscut saw is a large, rigid-bladed saw used by two men (1) to cut logs and beams across and fell trees. She cuts in both directions. This saw consists of a long toothed blade (1.30-2 m) (2) often wider in the middle (12-17 cm), and at the ends two straight handles (3) of approx. 50 cm. There are now crosscut saws saws with adjustable handles, which can be placed vertically or horizontally. The log to be cut is rolled onto a crosspiece and the sawyers pull (never push) the saw in turn. [MOT] (1) In softwood, some craftsmen could handle this saw alone. (2) BOERHAVE BEEKMAN 1949/5: 408, fig. 11.09 shows a tree with a circumference of 13.19 m that has been cut down with two crosscut saws that are welded together in line. (3) The crosscut saw with closed handles (eg BISTON-BOUTEREAU-HANUS: 247) appears to be rare.

To lay drainage pipes, a trench is first dug one or two stitches deep (and approx. 50-60 cm wide) with the garden spade and the spade. After the loose soil that the spade has not been able to absorb has been removed with a masonry shovel, also with a kind of flat drain laddle, the trench is brought to depth with the narrow drain spade. Finally, with the drain laddle, the bottom of the trench is finished very accurately and at the required slope, so that the pipes can be placed on it (see pipe layer); the worker is standing next to the slot. [MOT]

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Hand tool with which the last bits of dough are scraped from the baking trough. It is a metal tool with a wide-flared or square blade that is perpendicular to the metal handle (1). See also the dough grater. [MOT] (1) In Great Britain you can also find dough scrapers with a tang or with a socket and wooden handle.