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Here's Why You're Breaking Your Hammer Drill Bits
Keep breaking bits when you're trying to drill through concrete?
How to Make a Guide-Hole Drill Bit
When you have to drill through closed-up ceiling or wall cavities to run telephone...
How to Choose a Drill Bit
Drills are versatile tools that can be used on a variety of different materials.
Tips on how to sterilize your drill bit.
Properly sterilizing your drill bit is important so that you don't pass pathogens from one tree to another!
How It's Made Drill Bits
Discovery / Science Channel's "How It's Made" Drill Bits episode
Why Your Drill Bits Keep Breaking
Are you tired of constantly replacing your drill bits? When used correctly, most drill bits should last for many years. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for them to break. You won't be able to use a broken drill bit. Rather, you'll have to replace it. By understanding why your drill bits keep breaking, though, you can take preventative measures to make them last longer.Insufficient Chip RemovalDrill bits…
How to Prevent Your Drill Bits From Slipping
When using a power drill, you'll need to ensure that the bit is secured to the chuck. The chuck is the sleeve-like part at the end of a power drill. You can open the chuck, after which you can place a chuck inside of it. Even after tightening the chuck, though, the bit may not stay in place. Bits can slip. You can prevent them from slipping, however, by following these tips.Tighten the Chuck All the Way A loose chuck can cause drill…
2 Drills to Increase Your Comfort in the Open Water
Depending on your abilities, open water swimming could mean stopping to tread or rolling over for a little back floating. Get comfortable doing either one.
How our ancestors drilled rotten teeth
Long before humans invented writing, the wheel and civilisation, they learned how to drill rotten teeth to relieve the pain of tooth decay
Should Young Adults Accept Financial Help From Their Parents?
Sometimes it makes financial sense to remain tethered to your parents, but work on a plan to start breaking the financial bond.
Fracking produces tons of radioactive waste. What should we do with it?
States are struggling to deal with the potentially dangerous drilling byproducts that are being dumped in landfills throughout the Marcellus Shale.
Homeowner Insights: How Much Do You Know About Project Cost? (Infographic)
When deciding whether to ditch the hammer and hire a professional, homeowners ask themselves: "What's it going to cost?"
How Relearning Old Concepts Alongside New Ones Makes It All Stick
Researchers say 'drill and kill' approach isn't just boring -- it also stunts student learning.
5 Household Items You Should Get Rid of Immediately
Six fabric-cast concrete examples breaking the mould
We've selected six of the most interesting examples of pouring concrete into fabric moulds, including a new casting technique using robots
When should you drill to 20% instead of 40% of the concrete slab?
The ASTM standard says to drill down 20% into the slab, IF the slab is drying from both sides. That means there's going to be air movement consistently on bo...
Why Letting Women Take Tea Breaks Was Once Considered Dangerous
Reformers of the 19th century warned that taking a tea break would steer Irish peasant women to thoughts of revolutionary feminism.
How to Keep Someone from Breaking Into Your Car
Take some sensible precautions to help keep intruders away and out of your car. Lock your doors without fail. Don't even leave them open for a quick dash from your car to pay for gas or use a bathroom.
A Science-Backed Guide to Taking Truly Restful Breaks
We know, this sounds made up. But stick with us, because not just any kind of break will do.
Learn about deepwater drilling
Advances in technology have enabled ExxonMobil to produce offshore oil and gas deposits in water depths that were impossible a generation ago. Learn more.
How to Break in Three Types of Shoes
