Drilling Immersion Training

Skills learned:

Basic Training Exam (after 1 hour hands-on Training, 3 hours of practice):


 * 1) Understanding safety risks of drilling
 * 2) Understanding the geometry of a drill bit
 * 3) Determining sharpness of a drill bit
 * 4) Determining whether a drill bit is drilling properly
 * 5) Intuitive feed rate setting for various materials
 * 6) Sharpening a drill bit via drill sharpener
 * 7) Sharpening drill bits by hand on a bench grinder
 * 8) Sharpening a drill bit that has been broken in half
 * 9) Determining hardness of a material
 * 10) Drilling through sheets of material - steel and other
 * 11) Drilling through 1/4" and up materials
 * 12) Drilling with mag drill, floor drill press, hand drill
 * 13) Drilling with masonry bits
 * 14) Using a drill for materials mixing
 * 15) Selecting from other techniques of producing holes (torching, hole punching, CNC cutting)

Capacities Learned:
 * 1) Safe and efficient drilling through any material of any thickness either in-situ or on a working table, including ability to sharpen drill bits by hand.

Advanced Training


 * 1) Exploded part diagram description of a drill press, hand drill, and mag drill
 * 2) Drill Bit Fabrication with a grinder attachment either on a mill or lathe
 * 3) Heat treating of regular steel to make hardened steel for drill bits.