live centre
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It can, however, be driven on the live centre by a driver or dog, and supported at the other end by the cone plate without any trouble, and with an assurance of true work.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The sea lies all about this long-necked cape— There come the dogs, straight for me every one— Me, live despair, live centre of alarms!—
From A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul by MacDonald, George
Boring Tapers with a Boring Bar or Attachment.—In cases where the degree of taper is very great a live centre may be bolted to a chuck plate, as in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Another method employed on small lathes is to drill a hole through the live spindle to receive a taper pin p, the live centre end being shown at c.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
If the live centre does not run true the following difficulties are met with.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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