Object number
51/339
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Description
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. The shank of the spriral auger is corkscrew shaped and the long length of this shank relative to the width suggests it was used for boring deep narrow holes. It is stamped 'W. Gilpin Wedges Mills'. It was used at R. Middleton & Sons' wheelwrights workshop in Eddington, Hungerford.
Physical description
1 spiral auger: steel shank and stem; wooden handle [well shaped]Through a hole in the centre of the round edged handle the top of the auger shank has been fixed. This shank is kept rigid by a small wooden peg wedged into the hole at its side and it is fixed at the top by means of a round washer. The square stem is stamped 'W. Gilpin Wedges Mills'. The spiral shank's long length is relative to its width, showing that it was used for boring deep yet narrow holes in wood. The two horizontal blades are each 0.8 cm wide and have their sharpened corners upturned. The centre pivot screw is 1 cm long.
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This spiral auger which was used by the wheelwrights at Hungerford measures 15 inches in overall length. The well shaped, round edged wooden handle is 13.2 inches in width and through a hole in its centre the top end of the auger shank has been fixed. This shank is kept rigid by a small wooden peg wedged into the hole at its side and it is fixed at the top by means of a round washer. The square stem is 3 inches long and it is stamped “W. Gilpin Wedges Mills”. The spiral shank is 10 inches in length; its long length relative to its width showing that it was used for boring deep yet narrow holes in wood. The two horizontal blades are each .3 inches wide and have their sharpened corners upturned. The centre pivot screw is .4 inches long. // See also 51/332. '
Production place
Wedges Mill
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_297.tif - High resolution image
