• nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 months ago

    They do indeed really cut square holes. They’re called mortising bits. Like the other commentor stated, they’re basically a combination of a chisel and a drill. The drill does most of the work in waste removal while the square blades give you 90° corners.

    One could also potentially consider a rotary broach to be a “square drill” (supposing that it is a square and not a hex or other shape).

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          6 months ago

          Well thank you for the vote of confidence, but no, your explanation is much better; mine was basically a summary, while yours is in-depth

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            6 months ago

            Due to how my brain works (ADHD), I specifically have trouble with being concise. So, despite what you may think, I find your accurate and concise explanation to be excellent.

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              6 months ago

              Well fine then, let’s both prefer each other’s answer :P

              Honestly, I am glad you liked my simplified explanation; I greatly appreciated your in-depth explanation.

              Also, Lemmy is great, here we are arguing that the other guy’s answer is better; on Reddit we’d be having the opposite argument