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

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• EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    The drill is the shit you insert

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  • tiramichu@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• Lembot_0006@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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