17 unusual tools and devices to solve some problems (18 photos)
I suggest you take a look at curious tools from various spheres and replenish your piggy bank of knowledge with fresh information.
Man at all times loved to invent something new, but everything in order to simplify any work and make it more comfortable. So on production and household use, various tools and gadgets that make our lives so much better. Over the years scientific progress has become so much that we do not even suspect how varied they are. Many of them have a strange appearance, and guessing their purpose without a hint is completely impossible.
Each area has its own niche fixtures. At builders - their own, cooks - their own. Some things that used by builders, they shock no worse than unseen curiosities.
A 1940s shoe-testing machine
Spider - an air lift that allows you to get to hard-to-reach places
Thread scissors that can be held in hand without removing after each cut
3D-mouse 3DConnexion - helps to work in programs where you need to deal with volumetric objects
This tiny tool is used to remove orange peel.
Vintage snowplow
Crimping Tools
This device has one function - to put tips on the ends of the shoelaces.
verbatim machine
Used for shorthand writing of words at a speed over 225 words per minute. Indispensable in courtrooms and legal meetings
Electric knife for separating honey from honeycombs
A tool used by chefs to check the accuracy of cuts
Manual cutter for copper pipes
Huge plow
Such things are used (though their more modern models) for clearing fields and forests.
Blind cleaner
A cyanometer is an instrument used to measure the blueness of the sky.
Spherical board used in geometry lessons
cement unloader
Stamp Punching Machine
The women put on paper caps to keep the remnants of the paper from getting into their hair.