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Re:Drilling a Square Hole (with a rotating bit) by silentOpen on Tuesday September 01, 2009 @01:16PM (#798404)
That's only the Rouleaux bit. The article details a bit that produces sharp (vs. rounded) squares.
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Re:Drilling a Square Hole (with a rotating bit) by uuilly on Tuesday September 01, 2009 @08:26PM (#799189)
It was confusing b/c the pictures didn't show that the bit's axel had to orbit independently of the bit. This animation cleared that up for me even if it wasn't the exact case.
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