round file
Britishnoun
verb
Example Sentences
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For very accurate work it is sometimes desirable to grind on a round file, a flat place forming a safe edge.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Lubricators.—These are short pieces of tubing hollowed at one end by a round file of the same diameter as the bearings.
From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald
After this is done, take a small half round file and smooth the edges into shape and good form.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
These corks are pierced with the necessary holes for receiving the tubes by means of a round file, as in Pl.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
The same difficulty occurs in a round file, and the surfaces of curvilinear files do not therefore present, under ordinary circumstances, the same uniformity as those of flat files.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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