Breaking a stud or a bolt is a pretty common shop catastrophe, but one for which a fair number of solutions exist. Drill it out, shoot in an extractor, or if you’re lucky, clamp on some Vise-Grips and ...

Rescuers in Chile are increasingly frustrated over their inability to pull out a broken drill bit stuck deep inside a shaft which is being drilled to rescue 33 trapped miners. If the part cannot be ...

SANTIAGO, Chile – SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — When the drilling stops, the 33 miners who have been trapped underground for weeks in northern Chile notice. And they are not pleased about the progress above.

SANTIAGO, Chile – SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's mining minister acknowledged that a problem has stalled the most advanced of three tunnels being drilled to 33 miners trapped underground and said ...

It's rare, but screws can snap off at the head, particularly with old screws. Reddit user funisher reports that using a cheap drill chuck set on reverse can remove the problem screw easily. You won't ...

SOMERSET, Pa. -- Rescuers worked desperately to overcome equipment failures Friday in their efforts to drill through hundreds of feet of solid rock to reach miners trapped since Wednesday by the ...