Drilling Tempered Steel (Hammerhead) & Bit Damage
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Equip Expo 2025 Millner Tool Booth
What happens here
Garren attempts to drill into a hammerhead, which is made of tempered steel. He uses a high speed and heavy feed without proper technique for this extremely hard material. As he drills, the bit chips, highlighting the difficulty of drilling such tough materials without specialized bits or very careful control. He removes the damaged bit from the drill to inspect it.
Goal: Illustrate the challenge of drilling tempered steel and potential for bit damage.
Tools and materials
- Drill Bit Millner-Haufen — The bit that gets damaged
- Drill Millner-Haufen — Attempting to drill
- Hammerhead Rockwell — Demonstrating drilling tempered steel