Top Level : Harvesting : Mussels : Shell Buttons : Tools for Shellwork

Button-cutting Saw surrounded by water jets. A constant stream of water was directed at the point where the saw blade met the shell to lubricate the saw and keep down the dust.
Jake Wolf Fish Hatchery exhibit, Topeka, Illinois.

Photograph by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum.

<b>Button-cutting Saw</b> surrounded by water jets. A constant stream of water was directed at the point where the saw blade met the shell to lubricate the saw and keep down the dust.<br> Jake Wolf Fish Hatchery exhibit, Topeka, Illinois.