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TAMPONNOIR [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
  • Speleology
CONT

Unlike what you might expect, a hand-powered drill is not a tool you crank (like a brace and bit). Instead, you pound a chisel-like drill into the rock with a hammer.

OBS

This tool is comprised of a drill bit, a rolled metal sleeve [sometimes with rubber grip], and a mechanism for removing the drill bit. The hole it drills in the rock is later filled with a bolt by the climber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
  • Spéléologie
CONT

Frapper sur le tamponnoir pour créer l'expansion de la cheville. Dévisser le tamponnoir.

OBS

À l'aide d'un marteau, cet outil sert à mettre en place une cheville dans un rocher. L'usage d'un cône est nécessaire pour l'expansion de la cheville.

Spanish

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Record 2 1979-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
  • Hand Tools
CONT

Hand drilling: Rawl drill is used for drilling holes smaller than 1/4 in. in diameter in brick, stone, and concrete.

OBS

Rawl: Trademark - used for a fiber expansion insert used to fasten screws in masonry.

OBS

The Rawlplug Co., Inc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Longue pointe d'acier très dur servant à faire des trous dans une substance où les clous ne peuvent pénétrer (pierre, brique) ou bien tiennent mal (plâtre). Ces trous sont ensuite bouchés avec un petit cylindre de bois, de fibre, de plomb, appelé "cheville", dans lequel on enfonce le clou ou la vis.

OBS

«raw-plug» : Le tamponnoir porte parfois, dans le commerce, le nom de raw-plug.

Spanish

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