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A gimlet is always a small tool. A similar tool of larger size is called an auger. The cutting action of the gimlet is slightly different from an auger and the initial hole it makes is smaller; the cutting edges pare away the wood, which is moved out by the spiral sides, falling out through the entry hole.
The tool consists of a handle, an auger bit and a small, half circular metal tray ( the core extractor) that fits into the auger bit; the last is usually manufactured from carbide steel. It is most often used by foresters , researchers and scientists to determine the age of a tree.
Twist drill bits range in diameter from 0.002 to 3.5 in (0.051 to 88.900 mm) [9] and can be as long as 25.5 in (650 mm). [10] The geometry and sharpening of the cutting edges is crucial to the performance of the bit. Small bits that become blunt are often discarded because sharpening them correctly is difficult and they are cheap to replace.
Drilling is a cutting process where a drill bit is spun to cut a hole of circular cross-section in solid materials. The drill bit is usually a rotary cutting tool, often multi-point. The bit is pressed against the work-piece and rotated at rates from hundreds to thousands of revolutions per minute.
Study of a man using an auger, from The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin, by Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496. The classical design has a helical screw blade winding around the bottom end of the shaft. The lower edge of the blade is sharpened and scrapes the wood; the rest of the blade lifts the chips out of the way.
Grain augers with a small diameter, regardless of the use they are put to, are often called "pencil augers". Centerless augers are particularly popular in industrial animal farming facilities, where the primary application is distributing animal feed from a central storage location to individual or group feeding devices.