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59/310
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
An auger is a boring tool used in a variety of woodworking trades to bore long deep holes. It consists of an iron shank with a T-shaped handle at one end and a boring device at the other. A taper auger, also known as a 'reamer', is shaped like a tapered conical half-funnel. It was used to enlarge, by side paring, an existing hole made by a shell or spiral auger, and was commonly used by wheelwrights to bore out the centre of wagon hubs. This taper auger was donated to the Museum by a wheelwright from Terling, Essex, and is believed to date from the mid-seventeenth century.
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1 taper shell auger: wood; metal (iron); good condition
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1625-01-01 - 1674-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Mid-seventeenth century
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_13216.tif - High resolution image
