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2. Underground pneumatic boring - Wikipedia

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   The purpose of the drill is to create a tunnel under surface obstructions. First, the operator surveys the area and the obstacle (road, sidewalk, driveway). Utility locators must supervise any underground work, and the path most clear of utilities is chosen to send the tool through. The first hole is dug on one side of the obstacle.

3. Jackhammer - Wikipedia

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   A jackhammer (pneumatic drill or demolition hammer in British English) is a pneumatic or electro-mechanical tool that combines a hammer directly with a chisel. It was invented by William McReavy, who then sold the patent to Charles Brady King. [1] Hand-held jackhammers are generally powered by compressed air, but some are also powered by ...

4. Punch (tool) - Wikipedia

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   A center punch forms a large enough dimple to "guide" the tip of the drill. The tip of a center punch has an angle between 60 and 90 degrees. [1] When drilling larger holes, where the drill bit is wider than the indentation produced by a center punch, the drilling of a pilot hole is usually needed. An automatic center punch operates without the ...

5. Bertha (tunnel boring machine) - Wikipedia

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   Freighter Fairpartner carrying the disassembled tunnel boring machine into the Port of Seattle in April 2013. Bertha was designed and manufactured by Hitachi Zosen Sakai Works of Osaka, Japan, and was the world's largest earth pressure balance tunnel boring machine, [14] at a cutterhead diameter of 57.5 feet (17.5 m) across.

6. Boring (manufacturing) - Wikipedia

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   A part's-eye view of a boring bar. Hole types: Blind hole (left), through hole (middle), interrupted hole (right). In machining, boring is the process of enlarging a hole that has already been drilled (or cast) by means of a single-point cutting tool (or of a boring head containing several such tools), such as in boring a gun barrel or an engine cylinder.

7. Earth auger - Wikipedia

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   A post-hole auger. An earth auger, earth drill, or post-hole auger is a drilling tool used for making holes in the ground. [1] It typically consists of a rotating vertical metal rod or pipe with one or more blades attached at the lower end, that cut or scrape the soil.