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Is a gimlet a boring tool that you bring directly to the work, or do you bore a clearance hole first and the gimlet expands it? I bought a set and they look like a snail, similar to an auger, with a fluted shaft above the snail that is supposed to cut, but the flutes do not look sharp. Since the snail is the same diameter as the shaft, it seems like the snail compresses the fibres out of the way and then the spiral shaft just passes by. So, I’m not sure I understand this tool after all.
@dave Similar to these? http://www.garrettwade.com/set-of-seven-steel-twist-gimlets-gp.html
I should say, I just used them to fix my cell phone. 🙂 Wood chips got into my pockets and then into the headphone jack. When I plugged in the headphones, it smashed the chips down into the jack. I tried using a 1/16″ drill bit in my fingers to extract the chips, but it did not work. Then I tried my smallest gimlet and the snail quickly grabbed the chips. The trick was to pull out the chips without sinking the gimlet into the jack hardware. This was probably not an intended application of the gimlet, but it worked. So, they are good for at least one thing. With luck, they will be good for pilot holes for brass screws in maple, too.
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