Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-03
AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL.
How the Augur Was Discovered and How
1t Is Manufactured.

1t Is Manufactured.
The principle of the augur now in
use all over the world. is said TO have
been discovered by accident In 1850,
Benjamin Pugh, an Englishman, while
watching some boys working eadeavoi-
ing to bore a hole in the ground with
piece of iron barrel hoop, noticed thai
after the hole had been sunken some
distance INTO the earth, and the pliable
metal of their improvised tool had be-
come heated. it twisted and carried the
dirt up to the surface nicely, and he
could not see why the same principle
should not apply to wood. The inven.
ton of the augur was the result.
The screw-augur was an American in
vention, anil was invented about one
laldred years ago by Thomas Garrett.
who lived in the vicinity of Oxford.
Chester County. Pa. where most of
the black augurs are still made. Most
of the bright tools are made in the East.
but one of the principal manufactures
is in Philadelphia. The old-fashioned
pod augur is still used in England and
Germany. The single screw augur is
also an American invention, AM was
DIS overed by accident By a Philadel-
phian. 1t is the only augur that can
be used to any satisfaction in very hard
| woods where the double screw augurs
become clogged.
| In the olden time. and until less than
fifty years ago. the feature of the
manufacture was the excellence he
could produce inequality, and as nearly
every thing was made by hand, it did
not receive the beautiful polish that. at
the present day. adorns the cheaper
and inferior implements In preference
to polished surface, the inventor am
manufacturer of double twist auguI,
made the twist black and unpublished
1t thus showed the handwork that hat
been put upon it, and it is still We
known fact that handmade tools ar
far superior in quality and workman.
ship to all others. As manufacturing
industries increased. augurs began II
be made with high polish and beauty
but the consumer soon found thei
were of inferior quality, and would in
quire for the black twist augur. know
ing it to be the old-fashioned, genuine
kind.
Although every one is perfect,
familiar with this commonplace to
but comparatively few know the pro
cess Of its manufacture. In making
augurs the iron which forms the mail
or spiral part is welded into the stee
Of which the tip is made before fors
ng The bar then is put under ham
mers and forged into shape. Its the
put into what is called "wringin,
machine" and twisted up in roug
shape into the spiral form. after whc
it is passed through ''crimpers' Civ n
a uniformity of twist The augurs ar
next put through 'straighteners' an
revolved. ma ing them Pc
tectly straight when they az
ready for putting on the head, whi'
IS the most delicate operation in the
manufacture, and requires the work c
II skilled artisan. They are TIL SUI
jected to grinding out" process
which consists of putting hem throug
Two rubber wheels to rough polish tn
twist. The filter up then takes ho}
of them and "lightens" or fits the heat
, then the tilers file down and sharpe
the heads, after which they pass throug
the b nds of the polishers, where the
, are polished and hardened ready f'
, market. ---Stoues and Hardware.