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2. Gimlet (tool) - Wikipedia

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   A gimlet is a hand tool for drilling small holes, mainly in wood, without splitting. It was defined in Joseph Gwilt's Architecture (1859) as "a piece of steel of a semi-cylindrical form, hollow on one side, having a cross handle at one end and a worm or screw at the other".

3. Drill bit - Wikipedia

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   From top: Spade, brad point, masonry, and twist drills bits Drill bit (upper left), mounted on a pistol-grip electric drill A set of masonry drills. A drill bit is a cutting tool used in a drill to remove material to create holes, almost always of circular cross-section. Drill bits come in many sizes and shapes and can create different kinds of ...

4. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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   A hand tool used to drill holes, having a knobbed handle on the top to which pressure is applied and a U-shaped grip in the middle which is used to rotate the drill bit. bucksaw burl. Also called a burr or bur. A knotty, often rounded outgrowth on a tree, in which the grain has grown in a deformed and convoluted manner. burnisher

5. Drilling - Wikipedia

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   The ubiquitous twist drill bits used in metalworking also work well in wood, but they tend to chip wood out at the entry and exit of the hole. In some cases, as in holes for rough carpentry, the quality of the hole does not matter, and a number of bits for fast cutting in wood exist, including spade bits and self-feeding auger bits.

6. Brace (tool) - Wikipedia

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   A brace and bit can be used to drill wider and deeper holes than can a geared hand-powered drill. The cost of the greater torque is lower rotational speed; it is easy for a geared hand drill to achieve a rotational speed of several hundred revolutions per minute , while it would require considerable effort to achieve even 100 rpm with a brace.

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