Pricking Awls

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Pricking Awls

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Synonyms: DE: Vorstecher, Spitzbohrer
Type: hand tool
Material: wood
Used with: drills
Location: drilling table
Access Requirements: read this page
Similar (More or Less): center punch, scriber

Use a pricking awl to mark hole locations in wood so a wood drill bit or a self-tapping wood screw will have a place to start!

Simply push the awl into your workpiece at the desired spots - and pull it out again ;-)