Figure 30.—Long Ship Auger.
Figure 31.—Bridge Auger. The long handle permits the workman to stand erect while boring. The home made handle is welded onto the shank of a ship auger.
A wooden carpenter’s level, [Figure 23], two feet long, with a plumb glass near one end, is the most satisfactory farm level, an instrument that is needed a great many times during the year.
Good brace bits are scarce on farms. They are not expensive, but farmers are careless about bits and braces. Two sizes of braces are needed, a small brace for small pod bits and twist drills, and a large ratchet brace with a 6-inch crank radius for turning larger bits.