boring bar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of boring bar
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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An Underwood portable boring bar machine from the 1890s was recently used to bore out one of the locomotive’s cylinders.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2016
The common form of the smaller sizes of boring bar is that shown in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
An excellent form of boring bar fixed head, employed by Messrs. Wm.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
In the case of the vertical spindle the boring bar may extend down and have journal bearing in a block, or bearing secured to the base plate i.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Sellers and Co. form the cutters for their celebrated car wheel boring bar machine as in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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