Drilling

The process of drilling means making a hole in a solid metal piece by using a rotating tool called drill.
In the olden days, a flat drill was used for drilling a hole, but these days, a twist drill is universally
used. A twist drill is the cutting tool and it is used in conjunction with a drilling machine. A twist drill
has two cutting edges, hence it is a multiple point cutting tool. The drilling operation is shown in
Fig. 3.1.