A drill technically becomes a screwdriver when you insert a drill bit into it

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• actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The device is the drill.

  The driver or bit is the thing you insert into the end of the drill.

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  • tiramichu@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If the attachment is what makes it a screwdriver, then the attachment is also what makes it a drill.

    An electric kitchen mixer is not a drill. At least, it wasn’t designed to be one. But I could weld a drill bit on there and turn it into something which can maybe drill - if terribly.

    Similarly, the ‘device’ part of what we call an electric drill can’t drill anything, not until you put the drill bit in. It’s not a drill in its base form - just a useless handheld spinny thing waiting for a purpose.

    But I could add a whisk and turn it into a kitchen mixer…

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    • actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If we’re speaking philosophically, do we really know that an electric kitchen mixer, when fitted with a bit, would make a terrible drill? It’s probably not something that’s been tested or studied much, if at all.

      For all we know, if would make an excellent one.

      Maybe we should apply for grants, talk to labs. Set up some experiments.

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  • Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The drill is the shit you insert

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    • actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sir, if you are inserting actual shit, you’re not going to have much success either turning screws or making holes in things.

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• EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Most drills that I’ve seen do have a screwdriver setting on them. It differs from normal drilling in torque.

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• Lembot_0006@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Both are just an engine with spindle. They are the same if you ignore nuances like torque, speed, etc…

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  • Mpatch@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s right. Every tool is a lathe one way or another.

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    • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      you can unironically use a drill as a makeshift lathe and it works surprisingly well

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• Test_Tickles@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So does a hammer if you hit a screw with it.

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• altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And a hole saw, and a grinder!

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