Great minds think alike. That was the first thing I thought of when I got the
box.

> On Oct 29, 2014, at 11:40 AM, John Ruth  wrote:
> 
> GG's
>  
> I've been re-thinking what I wrote about these long #11 and #13 auger bits
possibly being used in a shipyard.
>  
> I have a large collection of long auger bits whose provenance is
unquestionably from the tools of a early 20th century shipwright.  Almost all of
these are "blind-footed" helical augers.  They have no pilot screw. They have
only one cutting edge.
>  
> Another significant difference is that Jim's long bits are Irwin pattern,
quite a contrast to the plain helix of the shipyard bits in my collection.
>  
> I'm not so sure that I'd want a pilot screw on a really deep drilling effort.
It might tend to make the hole go astray.
>  
> On a different note, I want to second Scott's comment on the gloatability of
the embossed Plomb socket wrench box.  De-rusting and repainting that box would
be quite an effort, but it would look so cool in a fresh coat of olive paint.
>  
> John Ruth