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shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Did not know that so I looked on Google.

AI Overview That statement is incorrect. Drilling a countersink bit into plywood (or any wood) produces a smooth, conical hole, not a hexagonal one.

Followed by every article talking about why the bits make hexagons, with videos and pictures.

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LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Haha I love AI! We’re so close to AGI I swear bro!

Interesting, I’ve only had the hexagon thing happen to me in plywood, but it seems it can happen in regular wood as well.

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- naught101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Presumably to do with vibrations at a harmonic of the RPM?
  
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  - LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Yeah apparently it has to do with the bit sort of sliding in behind the holes it carves out with its blades. Doesn’t happen with a regular drill bit because those don’t have sticky-out parts.
    
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DempstersBox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Incredible.

When my drill bits are super, super dull, they make smooth triangles. Like triangular shaped holes, with no true points or flat edges. If I get crooked while laying on it and drilling (not uncommon with a dull-ass bit) two lobes will stand out more clearly than the side I’m not leaning towards.

Not hexagons, and sure as hell not cones.

Now if they’re sharp, it’s just a fucking hole. Circular. Like they’re supposed to be

Buy me new drill bits. for science

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