Boring, also called internal turning, is used to increase the inside diameter of a hole. The original hole is made with a drill, or it may be a cored hole in a casting. Boring achieves three things: ...

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Next year, the first modern tunnel-boring machines ever used in New Jersey will arrive in North Bergen to begin drilling the first mile of the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel through the rocky Palisades.