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Russian Billionaire Buys World's Largest Drill, Swears He Won't Drill To America

The following is not the plot to an upcoming Bond film: Russian bootstrap billionaire and Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich announced that his construction company, Infrastruktura, would spend $160 million on the world's largest drill. The drill, five meters wider than the current champ, built by the same German concern, Herrenknecht, would be used to improve the grounds around the Black Sea resort of Sochi, site of 2014 Olympics and favorite hangout of both Stalin and Putin. The company says it will not be used to drill a subterranean roadway from Far Eastern Russia to Alaska. Not yet, at least. More »

1:20 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Wilson Rothman
8,817 views, 34 comments

Latest by RebootEDC: LOL! Maybe he wants to emulate Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and make some EPIC DRILLS. more »

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Dual Bit Drill

We're suspecting this is as old as my grandma, but it's still cool. It's a dual-bit drill: you just flip the next bit into place when you're done with the first one. Perfect for countersinking then screwing in stuff, I suppose. Any other potential uses for this high-tech hyrda-like drill? More »

1:08 PM on Tue Feb 14 2006
By johnb
389 views, 8 comments