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  1. May 28, 2024, 10:51 PM #1
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    Percussion drilling - GIF

    Percussion drilling.




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  2. May 30, 2024, 09:32 AM #2
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    What's the advantage over conventional drilling?

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    Looks very similar to the Tallboy bomb...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallboy_(bomb)

    which was used for a very similar application.
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  4. May 30, 2024, 11:39 AM #4
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    How do they get it back out of the ground? There must be a energy efficencie advantage over drilling.



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