Yes, it is most comonly known as the pin drill and is used in african and australian quaries.
An ordinary HSS drill bit can not cut through glass. A diamond tipped drill bit is necessary for this.
you can cut a hole in wood using a special drill attachment. alternatively you could drill a hole then cut a hole with a jigsaw
With a high-speed drill or rotary tool - carbide or diamond bit.
Diamonds are widely used in the tool industry to tip drill bits and to edge blades that cut tile, stone and rock.
For drilling into a granite countertop, it is recommended to use a diamond-tipped drill bit. Diamond-tipped drill bits are specifically designed to cut through hard materials like granite effectively.
Diamond !... DIamond is the hardest (known) natural element on the planet. Small pieces of diamond help the drill bit cut though tough obstacles such as rock.
Affixed to the appropriate tool, there's nothing currently known that a diamond tip won't cut/ drill through/ mark. (Seventy-five percent of all mined diamonds are used in industry to cut something.)
You may be able to buy diamond chips or diamond dust -- which is sand-like -- from a diamond cutting operation. Diamond 'flakes' would be cut diamonds into a flake pattern, and you could commission such a cut from a diamond cutter.
Diamonds are used to cut other diamonds, since no other substance is hard enough to cut a diamond, except a diamond. You could find stories related to this phenomenon in India, and Antwerp, where most diamonds are cut and polished. You can read a chapter from Edward J Epstein's online book, below, where there are stories of diamond cutting.
Yes, it is possible to drill a hole through a diamond using a laser. Diamonds are the hardest natural material on Earth, ranking 10 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. However, with the use of advanced laser technology, it is possible to cut or drill through a diamond by focusing a high-intensity laser beam on a specific point to vaporize the carbon atoms, creating a hole.
Depending on the cut, every diamond weighing two carats will have different dimensions. For example, a round brilliant cut diamond could measure about 8.2MM at the girdle. Its other dimensions depend on the quality of the cut.
A pillar drill can cut through almost any material if the speed is correct and the appropriate drill bit is used.