Wood auger

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Types of Wood Augers
– Classical design with a helical screw blade
– Lower edge of the blade is sharpened to scrape wood
– Rest of the blade lifts chips out of the way
– Powered with two hands using a T-shaped handle
– Modern versions have elaborated auger bits with multiple blades

Related Tools
– Augerino
– Gimlet

References
– Auger (source: ldoceonline)
– Cox, George William. The little cyclopaedia of common things (12th ed.). S. Sonnenschein & Co. p.31.

External Links
– Wikimedia Commons has media related to Augers
– Brief history of the auger Source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auger_(drill)

Wood auger (Wikipedia)

This article is about the wood drilling tool. For post hole digger, see Earth auger. For the drill bit, see Auger bit.

An auger is a device to drill wood or other materials, consisting of a rotating metal shaft with a blade at the end that scrapes or cuts the wood.