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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 a metal 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. It was commonly used by wheelwrights to bore out the centre of wagon hubs. This taper auger, with an ash handle and steel shank, belonged to Mr W. W. Field, a wheelwright in Winson, Gloucestershire. Mr Field retired circa 1960 and the business closed.

1 taper shell auger: metal (steel); wood (ash)

Wood, ash, Metal

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