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Makita circular saw. Makita Corporation (株式会社マキタ, kabushiki gaisha Makita) (TYO: 6586) is a Japanese manufacturer of power tools.Founded on March 21, 1915, it is based in Anjō, Japan and operates factories in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Romania, the United Kingdom, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Canada, and the United States.
A drill chuck is a specialised self-centering, three-jaw chuck, usually with capacity of 0.5 in (13 mm) or less, and rarely greater than 1 in (25 mm), used to hold drill bits or other rotary tools. This type of chuck is used on tools ranging from professional equipment to inexpensive hand and power drills for domestic use.
One particular type of reduced-shank drill bits are Silver & Deming (S&D) bits, whose sets run from 9 ⁄ 16-inch (14 mm) to 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch (38 mm) drill body diameter with a standard 1 ⁄ 2-inch (13 mm) reduced shank for all. This allows drill presses with 1 ⁄ 2-inch (13 mm) chucks to run the larger drills. S&D bits are 6 inches (150 mm ...
Nearly one in five, or 20%, of the more than 9.2 million impacted workers reside in households below the poverty line, while nearly half, or almost 49%, have family incomes below twice the poverty ...
Search and rescue workers dig through the rubble left behind by the Eaton Fire, in Altadena, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. / Credit: Jae C. Hong / AP
Six people are reportedly dead, and buildings and cars are damaged after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the capital of Vanuatu, a country west of Fiji.. On Tuesday, the earthquake struck less than ...
Drill presses consisted of the powered drills that could be raised or lowered into a material, allowing for less force by the user. In 1813 Richard Trevithick designed a steam-driven rotary drill, also the first drill to be powered by steam. [15] In 1848 J.J. Couch invented the first pneumatic percussion drill. [16] [17] [18]
A corded hammer drill next to a drill bit and a chuck key. A hammer drill, also known as a percussion drill or impact drill, is a power tool used chiefly for drilling in hard materials. [1] [2] It is a type of rotary drill with an impact mechanism that generates a hammering motion.