I accidentally un-twisted this drill bit while working on a brick wall (X-post)
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  • 64 points stonewall1979

    This is what happens when you dont use the right equipment. Use a masonry bit with a hammer drill for drilling in brick.

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    32 points JCDU

    "I used a wood drill on masonry and it failed - damn Chinese crap!"

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    24 points Cymbal_Monkey

    Any decent standard twist drill should shatter long, long before it deforms plastically. Any drill capable of untwisting like this is going to struggle to drill through much more than soft pine and balsa.

    It was a misused drill of exceptionally poor quality.

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    0 points gugngd

    It was of high quality, because instead of breaking it overheated and deformed.

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    2 points bobattac

    Breaking or not is more of a matter of it was hardened or not... High quality ones would usually be more brittle to have higher hardness, which keeps the bits sharper for longer

    Regardless of its quality, it's not being used properly, and I'm sure even this cheap bit would have cut wood and plastic fine for at least a little while

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  • 10 points thoma5nator

    "Fuck you."

    *un-twists your drill bit*

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  • 9 points MarianCR

    Art

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  • 5 points NekrozVallkyrus

    Now you can hammer it into the brick wall! 👍🏻

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    2 points Diligent_Traffic_106

    And then go the other way and re-twist!

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  • 11 points Lzrd161

    Thats drill is for wood only, Don’t blame Chinese for that temu brain

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  • 3 points MagicOrpheus310

    That's not meant for brick work mate haha

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  • 1 points argefox

    That's not for bricks mate.

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  • 1 points Turbodaxter

    Now it’s a plug. An anti hole bit

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  • 1 points Revenga8

    Supposed to use masonry bits on brick walls. Regular bits will just get trashed. The more expensive the bit, the more expensive the trash

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  • 1 points Apprehensive-Ask8206

    I bet that got a little hot while drilling!!!

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  • 1 points Mcboomsauce

    damn!

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  • 1 points MrMaselko

    Now drill in reverse to fix it

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    1 points temporalwanderer

    Brilliant!

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