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Piercing

Producing an openwork design by drilling holes in sheet steel with a bow-drill, and then filing away the areas between the drill holes. The rough edges left by- the initial filing have then to be smoothed off, though often this is done only on the front of the object to save time and effort. In such cases the remains of the small circular holes made by the bow-drill bit are usually visible.

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