Greetings porch dwellers,

Was tuning up and testing my two hollow augers. The no-namer got stuck 
on my test piece and despite gentle turning and twisting, it popped off 
and landed on the cement basement floor. SIGH! Now have one A.A. Woods 
auger. Guess I'll take Richard's advise and seek out the Swan augers.

What's the secret to getting the Woods auger tuned up right?

Steve Fisher
Brainerd, MN

"Life isn't like a box of chocolates...
it's more like a jar of jalapenos.

What you do today,
might burn your ass tomorrow."

On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 03:39  PM, Richard Cole wrote:

> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Jim Crammond 
> Reply-To: Jim Crammond 
> Date:  Sat, 28 Jun 2003 12:48:27 -0700 (PDT)
>
>>
>> Porchsitters,
>>
>> Following the advice of the SGFH, I've been
>> accumulating hollow augers in the event that I someday
>> might need one.  In the interest of research, I
>> thought it would be good to acquire different makes to
>> be able to compare them to see which works best for
>> me.  To date, there are E. C. Stearns, A. A. Woods,
>> Cincinnati Tool and Goodell-Pratt hollow augers taking
>> up space on a shelf in the shop.  All are at about the
>> same state of untuning.
>>
>> This upcoming fall I'll be taking a chairmaking class
>> with Drew Langsner so I am looking for recommendations
>> from anyone that has some experience or opinions about
>> these beasts.  Which works well and which don't?
>> What's a good angle for the bevel?
>>
>> As always opinions do not need to be supported by any
>> facts, experience or common sense.
>>
>> Jim Crammond in Monroe, Mi.
>>
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>
> Jim,
>   Being a wheelwright, I use hollow augers on every spoke I put in a 
> wheel. The star is my favorite auger.  It is the Silver & Demings 
> patent #143132.  Requires no refinement, set for size and go.  It will 
> also work in machinery.
>   The Swan auger is my second choice, patent #119096.  Keep the knife 
> sharp, you're ready to go, no adjusting.  The only drawback is you 
> have to have a different size auger for each size tenon.  You can find 
> Swan augers on EBay almost every week.  The are about the cheapest 
> augers.  They are the one that has 2 knives and are usually painted 
> green.
>   The second Swan auger, patent #520502, is also a good choice.  Don't 
> waste your time of Stearnss augers.  They take constant adjusting, 
> will cut undersize and the next time will cut oversize.
>   Spoke pointers are required before the use of all augers but the 
> Star and A.A.Wood patent#690339 which is called a fore auger.  The 
> Stearns spoke pointer is the only pointer patented #220442 and the 
> patent is on the scale that's on the depth stop. I have over 70 hollow 
> augers.  Jim Price is the king of hollow augers. He has over 200, 
> wrote the book "Patents for Bit Stock Tools and the Machines That Made 
> Them".
> wheelright@m...
>
>
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