June 2012 Mystery Tool A

This item remains unidentified.

June 2012 Mystery Tool B

This item remains unidentified. Possibly used to slice or split wood. Photo submitted by Tom Ray johnson, Pickton, Texas.

June 2012 Mystery Tool C

Hand crusher used in assaying and mining. Would have been used with companion tray to contain the crushed sample. Photo submitted by David Cripps, Alexandria, Tenn.

June 2012 Mystery Tool D

Washing machine. This particularly compact model may have been designed for use in areas of limited water supply; for instance, it could easily be used in a creek. Photo submitted by Carroll Nikkel, Maxwell, Iowa. See patent 414,176.

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This mystery tool has three wooden rollers. The top one turns with the crank and is also on a concentric hub that makes it wobble back and forth. "THE BOSS" is stenciled on the top. A label on the front reads "F. ZIMERMAN – PAMELA N.Y." On the back is a label that reads "PATENT APPLIED FOR." Across the top is a wood bar with a threaded wing nut for tensioning the rollers.

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The head measures 6-1/4 by 8 inches. The entire tool weighs 45 pounds. The single-bit axe handle is the size of a boy's axe.

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This tool was found nailed upright in an old barn. The "Bird bill"-type shears (located on the opposite end of the foot pedal) have a sharp edge.

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This tool measures approximately 3 feet long.

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While the following videos of vintage hay presses are not the exact same as Dwight Yaeger's Kansas City Lightning Hay Press, they at least give an idea of how hay presses worked.

 
A mid-1910s McCormick-Deering hay press, powered by a 1915 6 hp Stover/Sandwich (double tagged), working at the Antique Tractor & Gas Engine show at Petersburg, Neb.

 
An International Harvester Hay Press No. 15 powered by a 1951 Farmall Cub.

 
An International Harvester Power Press powered by a Farmall M.