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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.

1 taper shell auger: wood; metal (iron); good condition

1625-01-01 - 1674-12-31

Mid-seventeenth century

Wood, Metal, iron