drills
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This Depth-Sensing, Laser Measuring, Touchscreen Drill Is the Smartphone of Power Tools
Despite companies desperately trying to come up with reasons to add a screen to every appliance in your house, your fridge and toaster probably work just fine the way they are. And while a drill with a touchscreen also seems like complete overkill, the creators of the xDrill have at least come up with some…
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How To Drill A Curved Hole
Video: Even if your carpentry skills aren’t much more than having watched a few episodes of Better Homes and Gardens, it’s still pretty common knowledge that a drill only works in a straight line. Or does it? Woodshop hacker Izzy Swan created a custom rig that can actually drill a curved hole instead.
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The World’s Largest Tunnelling Machine Is (Finally) Getting Rescued
Bertha, the world’s largest tunnelling machine, has been stuck under downtown Seattle since it broke in December 2013. Engineers have had to concoct a massive and expensive rescue plan — essentially a whole construction project in itself. And yesterday, the Bertha’s broken cutter head was finally hoisted out of the Earth.
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How To Make A Drill-Powered Pepper Grinder
If you’ve ever cooked pepper steak, you know the feeling of your forearms cramping up after what seems like hours of twisting. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were just a machine that did all the hard work? Lucky for you, there is, and it’s probably in your garage. That is if you still have…