core drill

Hollow boring tool

A core drill is a cylindrical cutting tool that removes a plug of material rather than grinding it all to dust.

Used on concrete, masonry, rock, and other hard substances, it leaves a clean round hole: They used a core drill to run pipes through the foundation.

The extracted cylinder, called a core sample, is sometimes the point—geologists core drill to study underground layers.

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excavate · cylinder · geological · countersink · masonry · boring · mining equipment · construction site · power tool · coolant system · bit · penetration · shaft · motor · water · sample · sleeve · dust

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Spiraled metal-boring tool

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Power tool for breaking concrete

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G