Engineering - square hole drilling

**Winston001** · 19th October 2011, 12:39

Clever

http://www.wimp.com/squareholes/

**Crasherfromwayback** · 19th October 2011, 12:41

Very cunning!

**bogan** · 19th October 2011, 12:49

Looks pretty neat, not sure how often you need a square hole though....

Here's something that should be really useful though!

**ellipsis** · 19th October 2011, 12:53

...my old drill press, soon due for the scrappies kinda does that already...not quite as square

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**Brian d marge** · 19th October 2011, 13:25

Im probably quicker with a round drill and a file ..... Clever people those Japanese ......

Stephen

**oldrider** · 19th October 2011, 13:56

Great thread and posts ... thanks for posting it up, bloody amazing!

**darkwolf** · 19th October 2011, 17:07

Oh...

I didn't know how much I could drool...

Wonder if can think of a reason I need to drill a square hole... Runs off to make a square peg

As a side note... I think I need help

**paturoa** · 19th October 2011, 17:57

Dad used to have a drill that drilled square holes in wood about 40 years ago. It had a square shroud in a square shape that went around the drill bit. The shroud was more like a chisel and the drill bit only took away the cuttings and the centre of the hole.

**Madness** · 19th October 2011, 18:06

Originally Posted by paturoa

Dad used to have a drill that drilled square holes in wood about 40 years ago. It had a square shroud in a square shape that went around the drill bit. The shroud was more like a chisel and the drill bit only took away the cuttings and the centre of the hole.

That's called a Mortice Chisel and you can still buy them, FWIW.