uppslagsjärn

English translation: Nail puller

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Swedish term or phrase:uppslagsjärn
English translation:Nail puller
Entered by: rajagopalan sampatkumar

07:08 Oct 17, 2011
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Furniture / Household Appliances
Swedish term or phrase: uppslagsjärn
Verktyg: Magnethammare, tång, gummiklubba, uppslagsjärn, kroknål (större modell), sax.
eoneo
Local time: 07:57
Nail puller
Explanation:
also called "cat's paw" is a standard carpenter tool.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-10-17 08:17:00 GMT)
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Used for removing nails and tacks.
"Uppslagsjärn
Med slits för borttagning av spik och nubb."
http://www.slojd-detaljer.se/product.aspx?productid=8530&dep...
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rajagopalan sampatkumar
Switzerland
Local time: 23:57
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Tack!
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3break iron
Hugh Curtis
3Nail puller
rajagopalan sampatkumar


  

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break iron


Explanation:
Call it a "break iron" and you cant go wrong in a list of tools. There is no particular term for it I presume unless they mean a "breaker" or "knock-out" process in metallurgy...but that's a machine that does that job.

Hugh Curtis
Local time: 23:57
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Nail puller


Explanation:
also called "cat's paw" is a standard carpenter tool.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-10-17 08:17:00 GMT)
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Used for removing nails and tacks.
"Uppslagsjärn
Med slits för borttagning av spik och nubb."
http://www.slojd-detaljer.se/product.aspx?productid=8530&dep...


rajagopalan sampatkumar
Switzerland
Local time: 23:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Tack!
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