A New Auger.
An ingenion3 invontion is icpjrted from the Cleveland Machine Company, United Statoa, and that is an auger wbith will bore two inch tqnair hole. Thia machine works on the Hamo principle ea tho au^er used for round holes. Ins'.jad of having a scrow or bit at tho end, it hag a oam-motion whioh oscillates a cutter mounted on a etcd rocking-kmfe which cuta on both sides. The endn of the cutter are provided with BirmU semicircularphaped saw^, which help the cutting out the equate corners, nnd prevent tho splintering or splitting of tho wood. Mach time and labour will be oaved by thia clever process, for a square raortifK can bo cut by thi3 plan in no more tiujo than waa required to cut a round One.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2099, 19 December 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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130A New Auger. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2099, 19 December 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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