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

This tool desciption is not yet translated from the Dutch version. See also the reflex hammer. [MOT]

The pin lifter is a hand tool used by the shoemaker and upholsterer to pull out nails. It is a small (about 20 cm long) crow bar that sticks into a wooden handle. [MOT]

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

Leather workers such as the saddler use this hand tool to cut decorative shapes from the leather. It is a steel chisel (approx. 10-15 cm long) without handle with a serrated or corrugated blade that can be flat and flared, semicircular or circular (cf. the punch). The cutting chisel is placed on the leather and hit with a hammer; the desired shape is cut into the leather. [MOT]

After the drain laddle has been accurately finished off the drain trench, the worker, who remains on the edge of the trench - or across it - can lower the drain pipes with a pipe layer into it and press them against the other.  More technical information on the dutch version of this page. [MOT]

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

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

This text can only be consulted in Dutch. See also the pipe bending tongs.

Pinking shears are scissors with thick (approx. 4-7 mm), blunt blades with a triangular serrated edge. When you use it to cut into a piece of fabric, a zigzag notch appears that prevents fraying. [MOT]