#Drills

[mammalidentifier]

Hi there! What kind of fellow is this? Thanks. <3

Hello! This is a drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)! They’re not as well-known as their red and blue faced cousins, the mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)…

But drills are pretty colorful monkeys in their own right. And by that I mean that male drills have butts that would put an unicorn to shame!

[ourladyofomega]

[goldmaster-art]

@TETOTHING made a post asking what if Teto wore pants like this and I instantly knew what I had to do

[murderhold]

shitty drill stimboard for your pleasure

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[wuxiaphoenix]

Worldbuilding: This is a Drill

Never underestimate “old”. Some things are old for a very good reason. They work.

Horseshoe crabs have lived visibly unchanged for over 300 million years. Sharks are an age-old “fish predator” shape. Books have reliably kept and passed down information for over a millennium; we’re still investigating remedies in Bald’s Leechbook.

One of the oldest complex tools we have is the drill. What’s interesting about that is that we’re not sure which function of it as a tool came first. Humans being humans, odds are we did both at once.

The best-known modern function is that of creating a hole through, or partly through, another object. What we do with the hole afterward is up to your imagination. Stringing neat things as jewelry goes back as long as Homo has been sapiens; likely longer, check what anthropologists have dug up lately. Fastening things together, drilling out things we don’t want (knots in wood, bad teeth, etc.) or just putting holes in things for the heck of it are all common uses.

(Never underestimate the human ability to do things Because. We poke things. It’s a species thing.)

But when we drill things, we also create friction. Modern drills employ several methods to try and reduce it, everything from lubricants to timed bursts to heat-resistant gold oxide drill alloys. If all we want is a hole, generally we want as little heat to damage the material as possible.

In some ancient tools, though, making heat was the entire point. I’m talking about the original fire drill.

Now, when it comes to making fire, I am firmly in Camp Matches. I’ve also worked around Bunsen burners enough that I’m okay with flint and steel. But we’ve only had steel for, oh, say around 2500 years, plus or minus depending on where you were on the planet. Matches have only been around a few centuries. And if you’re really in dire straits - cast up on a deserted island formed from a coral atoll, or something - you might not even have flint.

In which case you’d better have ingenuity and patience. Given a bit of materials and time, you can drill fire into existence.

Note, have absolutely all your fire materials and very fine tinder set up in advance, and protect everything from the wind as much as possible. It’s going to take a long time, you’ll only get one ember at a time, and it’ll be a cold night sleeping if you miss.

So. Have everything you can think of set up, sit down, and drill. Be prepared for hours of pulling your bit back and forth.

No, longer than that.

Longer.

Eventually, it works. And if you get it to work once you will understand why ancient hunter-gatherers would set up fire-pouches and horns to carry a hot ember with them at all times. Because augh.

So. That’s a drill. And it will almost definitely be useful in your world, for one reason or another.

Fun fact: one of the first human uses of diamonds was industrial, diamond-tipped drills to make fine holes in pearls! They were imported from India to drill pearls in China in the Yuan Dynasty. Cool!

[cordlessdrill20volt]

exactly nine gifs of drills i guess

[2nd-book-of-lamentations]

Dirges of the Damned

XIV

Can You hear us? Can we be heard Who will shear us? Fold to the herd? From our temples shorn Gnarled weight of the scorn

Where could You be? Wondering where You went Maybe to France? but not Versailles Maybe to Germany? but past München

Maybe You moved to the Holy Land But You are not in Jerusalem or Akka Nor on the roads to Rome or Makka Maybe You are even further away But no... not Out There either

Maybe every land, every nation Every eye and idea Becomes graced with holy airs With every drill, every drive, Every pin, bomb, and sin Until It's all bored to tears

[cherishedverses]

i love drills

[maze-of-tones]

Hi everyone! Coming back with a throwback Thursday. Check it out! :)

[craftmasterplans]

🛠️ Essential Power Tools for Carpentry and DIY Success 🔧

Stepping into woodworking or taking your projects to the next level? Mastering power tools is key. Here’s a brief overview of must-have power tools:

Drills: Versatile tools for drilling holes and driving screws. Opt for a cordless drill for mobility or a corded one for unlimited power.

Saws: From cutting lumber to detailed shapes, saws do it all. Choose a circular saw for straight cuts, a jigsaw for curves, and a table saw for ripping long boards.

Sanders: For that smooth, polished finish. Use an orbital sander for general sanding, a belt sander for tougher jobs, and a detail sander for corners.

Equipped with these power tools, you’re ready to tackle a variety of projects with efficiency and precision. 🪚

[delcat177]

I need help reading this listing...

[digitalfossils]

[blakedoesdoolethings]

I think i’m in love

[arcthebreeder]

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01/24/2024, 15:22 (GMT-5)

Been doing some research recently, mainly about when the goddamn buttons I need to fix my dock will come, but I really have no election on that so I decided to do things the old way and explore the internet with my Digimon like I used to when only Guilmon was on the team.

While I was writing some notes my Digimon found an account similar to that one we found being run by a Devidramon long time ago where violent and gross images were being shared, so we decided to act.

This time it was an account dedicated to post threads on how to rob small businesses and other despicable things I'm not willing to describe here. So we decided to take a deeper look into what may be happening there, the account was being run by a girl on another part of my continent, she wasn't even 18 and was already doing these things and not alone, she had a digimon partner, Mephismon X, who greeted Filmon (who was conducting the operation) and the others with Hermannia, a dark incantation part of its movement poll, seeing that we were greeted with hostility, Kuzuhamon rised a Taizōkai Mandala and with Helloogarmon and Filmon running to the attack, Kuzuhamon showed the results of her training with Soloogarmon and Arcturusmon, she changed into Miko Mode, or priestess mode in english, a mode where Kuzuhamon retains some of its combative power to invest it in increasing her power that allows her to exorcise Evol spirits, fitting for a fight against a digimon based on Mephisto, Mephismon X is a highly intelligent tactician, despite being a being that constantly needs to fill it's hunger for destruction, that's why I wonder if this one was being ordered by its tamer or it was just acting by itself.

While Helloogarmon was trying to reach Mephismon X who was hovering over him, mocking his inability to fly, Filmon felt confident to perform a surprise attack from the back using the Crimson Slash, trying to target the umbrella that Mephismon X uses as a weapon to cast its spells with, however, Mephismon X dodged the attack and also the Lighting Stinger that came afterwards, movement that created an opening Spinomon took advantage of to shoot the Sonic Slash Rain, that unfortunately bounced off the umbrella due to the protection spells Mephismon appears to have casted on the umbrella to protect it, however, it did make it flinch, allowing Siriusmon to suplex it and trow it to the ground, while we thought that that would've been just enough, Mephismon X casted the Black Sabbath, praying for a "festival of death" Mephismon X raised a barrier that protected it from the attacks.

This "Festival of death" thing is supposed to be a deadly virus that eats out the data of the computer it has infected, which, of course, was mine, this would obviously also mean that my Digimon would also be affected by it, so we had to act quickly, at this point, I considered calling Arcturusmon to the battle, since he could easily turn the barrier into dust by injecting it with GRB Factor, however, we didn't know of Mephismon X could make the ricochet into us with a spell, thus infecting my digimon and other files with it.

Out of impotence, Filmon ran into the barrier and began punching it, trying to pierce it with the Crimson Slash, this however, was in vain, but then is when Kuzuhamon had an idea. Using her demon-exorcising power, she could weaken the barrier for a minute, which in theory, would allow Filmon to pierce it using the Lightning Stinger to inject energy into it and make it explode "safely"

Using a strange prayer, Kuzuhamon created an opening in the barrier, weakening it and allowed Filmon to stick its claws and fur into the foggy wall, and discharging energy into it, generating a weird pattern that surrounded the barrier, and ultimately allowing Siriusmon to stick its Sylvia into one of the openings, and opening it, releasing a black fire tower that trapped Filmon, we don't actually know what happened in the little more than 5 minutes that Filmon spent fighting Mephismon X inside those flames, but whatever it was, it made her evolve into Stiffilmon, that sent Mephismon X flying using the Vermillion Vortex, shooting the crimson drill shaped spears that come out out its body at Mephismon, breaking it's umbrella, and then throwing herself into it with the Giga Crimson Dive, a move that she was already (allegedly) knew how to use as a Filmon, but perfected as a Stiffilmon, and finally defeating Mephismon X.

In the end, Kuzuhamon used Kuda-Gitsune to report the account along with the report I made with my account on the social media this was taking place in, and after the battle I saw that the buttons are finally in my country, so they may come either this week or the next (I hope) which means will be back in action like we used to.

And even before they arrive, I'll keep you updated.

ATT: ARC