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Old 11-10-2011, 01:06 PM
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Be Amazed!

This has to be seen to be believed.
Drilling a Square Hole.
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Old 11-10-2011, 01:13 PM
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very cool. judging by the diagram, looks like its offset on both the chuck and the drill bit, very clever.
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Old 11-10-2011, 01:15 PM
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Sure is! Sort of reminds me of those single Merc windscreen wipers that always fascinate me.
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Old 11-10-2011, 01:29 PM
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now is this really putting a square peg in a round hole or a square hole in a round peg? Sometimes mechanical engineering is magical!
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Old 11-10-2011, 01:57 PM
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That's very cool.

I wonder if they have to start with the circle hole first.
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Old 11-10-2011, 02:05 PM
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That's very cool.

I wonder if they have to start with the circle hole first.
Dont know if they have to start with the circle hole but I think it would quicker.
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Old 11-10-2011, 02:44 PM
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Very cool indeed.
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Old 11-10-2011, 03:13 PM
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Loved the slow motion - thanks for the link!

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Old 11-10-2011, 06:30 PM
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Ahh I see that email has been doing the rounds.
I was thinking about posting this last week.
It was a good mail.
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Old 11-10-2011, 06:55 PM
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That just did my head in.

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Old 11-10-2011, 08:02 PM
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That just did my head in.

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Ditto. Watched it twice just to do my head in more.
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Old 11-10-2011, 08:30 PM
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Gonna have to buy me some square bolts now.
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Old 12-10-2011, 09:53 PM
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Now there will be somewhere to put that square peg that doesn't fit in a round hole.
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Old 12-10-2011, 10:17 PM
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I have many engineering students that can drill square, oval and triangular shaped holes with no special tools

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Old 13-10-2011, 07:23 AM
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I have many engineering students that can drill square, oval and triangular shaped holes with no special tools

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