Object number
60/167/6
Description
Auger used in a variety of woodworking trades. One of 7 ‘screw augers’ or ‘spiral’ augers of various sizes donated by the Town Clerk of Reading.
An auger is a boring tool used in a variety of woodworking trades, such as carpentry, wheelwrighting and ship-building, 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. This is one of seven ‘screw augers’ or ‘spiral’ augers of various sizes donated to the Museum by the Town Clerk of Reading, and is accompanied by a tubular wooden sheath.
Physical description
1 auger: metal
Archival history
It is not clear which negatives related to which of the augers 60/167/1-7.
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