Corkscfrew auger?

Corkscfrew auger?

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8 October 2022 at 18:02 #616601
Bob Lamb
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I acquired this recently from a workshop clear out. It is stamped Marple and Son 1". It has a small tapered screw thread on the tip to pull it in and the straight edge of the cone has been sharpened to give a cutting edge. I thought at first it was a hand auger or countersink of some kind for wood, but when I tried it on a piece of softwood it pulled in OK for the threaded bit then just mangled the grain. My best guess is that it was maybe for cutting a cone in lead for some kind of plumbing joint?

I would love to know what it is called and what it is used for. It is absolutely useless for opening wine bottles! Thanks in advance. Bob
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8 October 2022 at 18:02 #28869
Bob Lamb
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8 October 2022 at 18:25 #616606
Clive Brown 1
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Marples was very much a woodworking tool manufacturer as I recall.
8 October 2022 at 18:30 #616608
MichaelR
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Plumbers Lead Pipe Opener.

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8 October 2022 at 19:06 #616614
Bazyle
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I suggest in that case it is for making a hole in the side of a lead pipe to solder another one in, hence the starter spiral.
8 October 2022 at 19:42 #616619
bernard towers
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Lead pipe cutter there are several images on google.
8 October 2022 at 20:01 #616621
Nicholas Farr
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Hi, this ad from a 1958 tools catalogue, calls it a pipe opener.

While Buck & Hickman 1964 catalogue, calls it a branch pipe opener.

Regards Nick.
8 October 2022 at 20:58 #616629
Bob Lamb
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Thanks very much for all the answers. Once again the wide range of knowledge on this site has come up trumps. I obviously have the posh version with the screw nose but at an extra one and five pence I bet I would only have been able to afford the plain version at the time!
9 October 2022 at 15:07 #616705
Dave Halford
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I bet the Asbestos saws were popular for building Prefabs.
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