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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

An excellent form of boring bar fixed head, employed by Messrs. Wm.

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

The boring bar is counterbalanced by a weight within the frame.

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

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