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Forgotten Implements of Vintage Trades
Explore the world of obsolete trade tools through this engaging crossword featuring 17 historic tools once essential to craftsmen and laborers.
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- 1. Tool for smoothing or cleaning surfaces in woodworking
- 2. Hand tool for making small holes in wood or leather
- 3. A short piece of metal or wood used by blacksmiths
- 5. Traditional bristle material used in old brushes and brooms
- 7. Shaping tool used in metalworking and auto body repair
- 9. Tool for grinding or mixing pigments in paint-making
- 14. Small hand tool for boring holes, especially in wood
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- 4. Craftsman who made or repaired wooden wheels
- 6. Old woodworking tool similar to an axe for shaping wood
- 8. Fine-toothed saw formerly common in metal cutting
- 10. Hand tool used in masonry and gardening for spreading mortar
- 11. A sharp-edged tool for carving or cutting wood or stone
- 12. Type of plywood once popular in trade workshops
- 13. Craft involving old lead tools and piping methods
- 15. Straight-edged blade formerly used by barbers and craftsmen
- 16. Apparatus for weaving cloth, now mostly replaced by machines
- 17. Clamp-like tool holding workpieces steady in trades
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