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	=====Description=====		=====Description=====

	'''Tank and Washer Cutters''' are traditionally used by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumber '''Plumbers'''] to drill large holes in thin sheet materials - sheet metal storage tanks for example ''(their use for this is now largely superseded by '''[[Hole Saw\|Holesaws]]''')''.		'''Tank and Washer Cutters''' are traditionally used by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumber '''Plumbers'''] to drill large holes in thin sheet materials - sheet metal storage tanks for example ''(their use for this is now largely superseded by '''[[Hole Saw\|Holesaws]]''')''.


	Light weight, similarly designed tools are known as '''Compass Cutters''' or '''Circle Cutters''' and are used by hand in conjunction with a '''[[Cutting Mat]]''' to cut circles in paper and card for example.		Light weight, similarly designed tools are known as '''Compass Cutters''' or '''Circle Cutters''' and are used by hand in conjunction with a '''[[Cutting Mat]]''' to cut circles in paper and card for example.


	=====Features and Uses=====		=====Features and Uses=====

	'''Tank and Washer Cutters''' comprise a pilot drill gripped in an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrel '''Arbor'''] around which an adjustable cutter is rotated to cut the hole. If two cutters are fitted to the '''Arbor''', washers can be cut out. '''Arbors''' are available with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Brace_shank '''Square Tapered Shank'''] to fit a '''[[Carpenter's Brace]]''' but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Hex_shank '''Hexagonal Shanks'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Straight_shank '''Parallel Shanks'''] ''(with or without flats)'' are also available for use in '''[[Portable Electric Drills\|Power Drills]]''' - <span style="color: red">'''but use at slow speed!'''</span>		'''Tank and Washer Cutters''' comprise a pilot drill gripped in an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrel '''Arbor'''] around which an adjustable cutter is rotated to cut the hole. If two cutters are fitted to the '''Arbor''', washers can be cut out. '''Arbors''' are available with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Brace_shank '''Square Tapered Shank'''] to fit a '''[[Carpenter's Brace]]''' but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Hex_shank '''Hexagonal Shanks'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Straight_shank '''Parallel Shanks'''] ''(with or without flats)'' are also available for use in '''[[Portable Electric Drills\|Power Drills]]''' - <span style="color: red">'''but use at slow speed!'''</span>

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			=====Description=====
	'''Tank and Washer Cutters''' are traditionally used by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumber '''Plumbers'''] to drill large holes in thin sheet materials - sheet metal storage tanks for example ''(their use for this is now largely superseded by '''[[Hole Saw\|Holesaws]]''')''.		'''Tank and Washer Cutters''' are traditionally used by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumber '''Plumbers'''] to drill large holes in thin sheet materials - sheet metal storage tanks for example ''(their use for this is now largely superseded by '''[[Hole Saw\|Holesaws]]''')''.

			Light weight, similarly designed tools are known as '''Compass Cutters''' or '''Circle Cutters''' and are used by hand in conjunction with a '''[[Cutting Mat]]''' to cut circles in paper and card for example.

	~~They~~ comprise a pilot drill gripped in an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrel '''Arbor'''] around which an adjustable cutter is rotated to cut the hole. If two cutters are fitted to the '''Arbor''', washers can be cut out. '''Arbors''' are available with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Brace_shank '''Square Tapered Shank'''] to fit a '''[[Carpenter's Brace]]''' but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Hex_shank '''Hexagonal Shanks'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Straight_shank '''Parallel Shanks'''] ''(with or without flats)'' are also available for use in '''[[Portable Electric Drills\|Power Drills]]''' - <span style="color: red">'''but use at slow speed!'''</span>		=====Features and Uses=====
			'''Tank and Washer Cutters''' comprise a pilot drill gripped in an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrel '''Arbor'''] around which an adjustable cutter is rotated to cut the hole. If two cutters are fitted to the '''Arbor''', washers can be cut out. '''Arbors''' are available with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Brace_shank '''Square Tapered Shank'''] to fit a '''[[Carpenter's Brace]]''' but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Hex_shank '''Hexagonal Shanks'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Straight_shank '''Parallel Shanks'''] ''(with or without flats)'' are also available for use in '''[[Portable Electric Drills\|Power Drills]]''' - <span style="color: red">'''but use at slow speed!'''</span>


	They are sometimes also referred to as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning_(drilling) '''Trepanning Tool'''].		They are sometimes also referred to as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning_(drilling) '''Trepanning Tool'''].


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'''Tank and Washer Cutters''' are traditionally used by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumber '''Plumbers'''] to drill large holes in thin sheet materials - sheet metal storage tanks for example ''(their use for this is now largely superseded by '''[[Hole Saw|Holesaws]]''')''.

They comprise a pilot drill gripped in an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrel '''Arbor'''] around which an adjustable cutter is rotated to cut the hole. If two cutters are fitted to the '''Arbor''', washers can be cut out. '''Arbors''' are available with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Brace_shank '''Square Tapered Shank'''] to fit a '''[[Carpenter's Brace]]''' but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Hex_shank '''Hexagonal Shanks'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit_shank#Straight_shank '''Parallel Shanks'''] ''(with or without flats)'' are also available for use in '''[[Portable Electric Drills|Power Drills]]''' - <span style="color: red">'''but use at slow speed!'''</span>

They are sometimes also referred to as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning_(drilling) '''Trepanning Tool'''].

[[Category:Drilling and Boring]]