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HSS Twist Drill into Aluminium with Lubricant

 * Reason:The image doesn't intend to display what a twist drill bit looks like. It does convey useful information in how the drill bit works however. The control of the highlights is pretty good considering the lustrous nature of metal.
 * Articles this image appears in:Drill bit, Drilling
 * Creator:Noodle snacks


 * Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 13:02, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Why am I worried Robert Patrick is going to congeal out of that? It's a well done and very unusual macro... might be helpful to state the magnification if it can be approximated.  If that is a standard drill bit it looks to be quite high mag., in which case my biggest concern about softness of surrounding metal fragments is probably forgivable. Fletcher (talk) 14:40, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose for technical reasons: The drill flute is almost totally black, contrast is too high - loses enc. Easy to shoot a better one. Suggest using a nitride-coated drill, easier to see flute(s) because of its lighter, yellow color. --Janke | Talk 15:09, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Janke, I also think it feels a little busy which would be corrected with a slightly looser crop. Mfield (talk) 18:07, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - easy to shoot another one? Good luck :) I do find it a bit oversharpened and difficult to see what's going on. And I don't see what the lubricant has to do with anything - can you even see it? Stevage 23:21, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Regretful oppose Per all above, and a lack of context. I've spent a fair amount of time in a machine shop and it took me a moment to figure out what I was looking at.--HereToHelp (talk to me) 00:23, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Overy sharpened, takes a while to figure out what it is, the contrast is to high and all of the above -Adam (talk) 07:10, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Could at least say what size drill bit it is. —Pengo 14:08, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

. --John254 03:20, 30 November 2008 (UTC)