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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
A drilling machine with a drill mounted above a work table, allowing the rotating drill bit to be lowered into secured material.
Used by Edexcel and Eduqas
Specification 5.7.2 · Paper 1
A drilling machine with a drill head supported above a work table, allowing controlled drilling into secured material.
Revise: Shaping Techniques for SystemsA handheld electric drill can be used, but a pillar drill provides a supported machine arrangement for more controlled work.
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Link each tool choice to the task: for example, a coping saw can follow a curved outline, while a pillar drill produces a controlled hole of a chosen diameter.
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A fixed drilling machine that feeds a rotating drill bit into securely held material to produce a hole.
On a pillar drill, a machine vice holds the component during drilling.
A machine with a drill mounted on a vertical column, used to drill controlled holes into securely held material.
A drilling machine with a supported, rotating drill bit and a table on which the workpiece can be secured.
