"Iron Man's suit has a specialized armor made for tunneling that has its forearms transform into drills. Considering that Tony managed to dispatch a bunch of Mecha-Mooks with them they are also pretty effective weapons."
When did he use that one? All i know is the giant Argonaut suit (which used repulsors instead of a drill) and the animated series one (which if that's it, then this really shouldn't be under comics)
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Googling says the original suit had a drill
and the second suit both had hand drills.
I'd say that it's a general example since there's Animated, Film, and toy-exclusive armors that all have drill hands, but the fact they're citing a specific example makes me figure he's either referring to a specific one or the animated series.
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Didn't this page used to have a TTGL image on it (the obvious choice)?
Is there some sort of bizarre initiative to change all the images on the site to more obscure ones lately? I've noticed quite a lot of images have been subbed out in favour of less reputed* alternatives.
(* = Often sub-par dreck.)
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Is the image you're thinking of this one
◊? It was changed in Nov. 2010. Personally, I think the current image illustrates the trope better.
No, there isn't; the only initiative there is is to make all the images better and clearer. If that means changing them to more obscure stuff, fair enough.
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
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But you don't screw screws with drills...
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I want to see a drill attached to the sonic screwdriver now... just to prove you wrong.
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Do chicks also dig petite lolis with drills and hammers? :D
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Tunnel Boring Machines or TB Ms, are Awesome, but Impractical drills. The terrain must be soft enough to be cut by the usually Diamant-studded hardened heads, but stable enough to dig at least a couple of meters without collapsing over the machine head. Too hard rocks would mean the machine can't progress without damaging the cutting heads, too soft and the tunnel would collapse constantly over the machine, endangering itself and the personnel on it.
The gap created by the head is then is covered with shotcrete, as in, a mass of concrete is ejected at high pressure to adhere to the walls, and then several circular slabs of pre-shaped concrete are attached to each other and the previous layer until a ring is formed. Then a section of rails is added to the bottom, exactly because the TBM lays on train tracks, and the process resumes.
It is easy to align the machine with a laser light guide, given that the machine can steer the drilling head with hydraulic actuators, to make turns, and changes in elevation.
If the terrain conditions are perfect for TB Ms, they are the safest, most efficient way to dig a tunnel. Drilling holes and using explosives on harder terrain is extremely dangerous and labored work. Terrain that is too soft even for TB Ms is usually dug with other methods.
Looking up close, the cutting head doesn't even look like a hand-operated drill, they look a collection of giant rollers or hammers. Have a look here:
https://www.akkerman.com/equipment/tbm-cutter-head-attachments/
Edited by Gonemad