churn drill


churn drill

[′chərn ‚dril] (mechanical engineering) Portable drilling equipment, with drilling performed by a heavy string of tools tipped with a blunt-edge chisel bit suspended from a flexible cable, to which a reciprocating motion is imparted by its suspension from an oscillating beam or sheave, causing the bit to be raised and dropped. Also known as American system drill; cable-system drill.

churn drill

A drill whose cutting action is achieved by raising and dropping a chisel bit.