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  2. Pocket-hole joinery - Wikipedia

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    A pocket hole jig is generally made of plastic and has a metal insert that the drill bit is inserted through to drill the hole. A jig can be a stationary device that the wooden pieces are clamped into, or a portable device that is clamped onto the wooden pieces.

  3. 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".

  4. Drill bit - Wikipedia

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    The brad point drill bit (also known as lip and spur drill bit, and dowel drill bit) is a variation of the twist drill bit which is optimized for drilling in wood. Conventional twist drill bits tend to wander when presented to a flat workpiece. For metalwork, this is countered by drilling a pilot hole with a spotting drill bit.

  5. List of drill and tap sizes - Wikipedia

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    One of the most common ways to produce such threaded holes is to drill a hole of appropriate size with a drill bit and then tap it with a tap. Each standard size of female screw thread has one or several corresponding drill bit sizes that are within the range of appropriate size—slightly larger than the minor diameter of the mating male ...

  6. Robertson screw - Wikipedia

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    Screwdriver bits in different sizes for Robertson screws. When Henry Ford tried the Robertson screws, he found that they saved considerable time in Model T production. When Robertson refused to license the design, Ford realized that the supply of screws would not be guaranteed, and chose to limit their use to his Canadian division. [4] [5] [6]

  7. Hughes Tool Company - Wikipedia

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    The company was established in December 1908 [1] as Sharp-Hughes Tool Company when Howard R. Hughes Sr. patented a roller cutter bit that dramatically improved the rotary drilling process for oil drilling rigs. He partnered with longtime business associate Walter Benona Sharp to manufacture and market the bit.

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