woody 73
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Let's see if I can make it simple for now.
The invention of the solid center auger bit belongs to George Shetter of York, Pennsylvania in 1829.
The Man who came up with the Irwin Version was Lewis C. Achor a carpenter in Clinton, Ohio in the 1880's.
Now this next part gets a little sticky as they say...
Lewis took his drawings to William M. Demitt a blacksmith and asked him to make a working version of his bit design. For unknown reasons he gave up on his design of his bit; but Demitt was a shrewd enough thinking man that he made a few design changes and applied for his own patent. Now the next part we see that Demitt had a love of whiskey and he fell into some debt for his liquor tab, and he traded his rights to Martinsville, Ohio Druggist Charles H. Irwin for his $20.00 dollar account to settle his bill.
On October 21, 1884, Demitt was given his patent No. 306,907
Starting in the Summer of 1885 Irwin traveled to Wilmington, Ohio looking for investors in the new auger bit, after asking three local men and another Washington D.C. Lawer James W. Denver, he raised a capital amount of $10,000 dollars to start his new company.
Be sure and look over the few links for more information.
As always special thanks to my good friend Coulton for sharing his find with me so that I could write a brief History of the Irwin Story for the members of the GJ.
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The invention of the solid center auger bit belongs to George Shetter of York, Pennsylvania in 1829.
The Man who came up with the Irwin Version was Lewis C. Achor a carpenter in Clinton, Ohio in the 1880's.
Now this next part gets a little sticky as they say...
Lewis took his drawings to William M. Demitt a blacksmith and asked him to make a working version of his bit design. For unknown reasons he gave up on his design of his bit; but Demitt was a shrewd enough thinking man that he made a few design changes and applied for his own patent. Now the next part we see that Demitt had a love of whiskey and he fell into some debt for his liquor tab, and he traded his rights to Martinsville, Ohio Druggist Charles H. Irwin for his $20.00 dollar account to settle his bill.
On October 21, 1884, Demitt was given his patent No. 306,907
Starting in the Summer of 1885 Irwin traveled to Wilmington, Ohio looking for investors in the new auger bit, after asking three local men and another Washington D.C. Lawer James W. Denver, he raised a capital amount of $10,000 dollars to start his new company.
Be sure and look over the few links for more information.
As always special thanks to my good friend Coulton for sharing his find with me so that I could write a brief History of the Irwin Story for the members of the GJ.
Throwback Thursday: Birth of the bit company - Wilmington News Journal
This special Throwback Thursday (with undated photo that at one time appeared in the News Journal) is provided by Melinda Danenbergs. She said the below article — as told to Bob Bowman, News Journal reporter, by Mr. Burritt M. Hiatt — states it was the 69th in a series. The column is called...
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