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boring bar

American  

noun

  1. Metalworking. a bar holding a tool for boring a cylinder or the like.


Etymology

Origin of boring bar

First recorded in 1835–45

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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

Rumford was engaged in superintending the boring of cannon in the military arsenal at Munich, and was struck by the amount of heat produced by the action of the boring bar upon the brass castings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

In b is carried the boring bar g, having the rack shown. p is a pinion to operate the rack. w is the feed-rod driving the worm h, which drives the worm-wheel i.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

An excellent form of boring bar and cutter is shown in Figs.

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

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