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centre punch

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noun

  1. a small steel tool with a conical tip used to punch a small indentation at the location of the centre of a hole to be drilled

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He kept a toffee hammer and a centre punch in his car.

From The Guardian Apr. 24, 2016

The point a of the centre punch shown in Fig.

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

Half an inch from one end make a mark with the centre punch; then measure off exactly the distance between the shutter spindles, and make a second punch mark.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald

Make a dent with a centre punch in the centre of the top plate for the top to spin in.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald

These are made within spaces about three-sixteenths of an inch square each, by a styles which resembles a small, dull awl or centre punch.

From The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl by Day, Mary L.

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