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597. There are many patent devices for attaching augers to 

 the handles ; but I shall notice none of them, because they in 

 crease the cost of an auger too much. A thin plate of iron 

 screwed on the under side of the handle, with a square hole in it 

 just large enough to receive the end of the auger shank, which 

 is passed through the handle and secured on the upper side by a 

 small nut and screw, is about as good a device, all things consid 

 ered, as any one can desire. Keep augers sharp and bright, and 

 it is good fun for boys to bore. 



598. When bits cannot be used with the brace, make a small 

 handle for them, and use them as a gimlet. 



FIGS. 167, 168. 



AWLS. 



599. Fig. 167 is a harness-awl, for 

 making holes in leather. From the 

 point to the part where it begins to ta 

 per it is ground rather flat, so that the 

 edges will cut when entering the leather. 

 A round awl does not enter leather 

 easily. 



600. Fig. 168 is a brad-awl, for 

 making holes in wood. The edge is 

 made square across the awl, in order to 

 cut off the grain of the wood as it en 

 ters. A pointed round awl will split a 

 stick when such an awl would not. 



601. Scratch-awls should always 

 have a round point. Harness -awls 

 and brad-awls should be whet on an 

 oil-stone, else they will not enter ea 

 sily. All such awls can be obtained 

 at the hardware stores for two or 

 three cents each. 



HARNESS-AWL. 



BRAD-AWI.. 



