Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Used in cutting screws.
- See cut under
center-gage . - Same as
screw-cutting machine .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Adapted for forming a screw by cutting.
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Examples
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Internal turning tools single-point boring tool; internal side cutting turning tool; thread groove plunging tool; right undercutting tool; internal screw-cutting tool
3. Structure and types of lathe tools Horst Kth 1990
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The screw-cutting and polishing are very simple, and executed with great rapidity.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various
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The boring and screw-cutting machine is a convenient portable hand drill-press, the use of which is readily understood by any machinist.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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To set the cut during screw-cutting operations, the ingenious device shown in our engraving is provided.
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A subclass to receive a screw-cutting lathe is superior to a subclass to receive a lathe-headstock, a locomotive class is superior to a class to receive steam-engines, for the reason that the lathe is a whole of which the headstock is a part, and the locomotive is an organization of which the engine is an element.
The Classification of Patents United States Patent Office
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In that heap of rubbish he had found a lathe for turning irregular forms, and a screw-cutting engine once used by Peter himself: specimens of his unfinished work were still in them.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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W. Dorland, Hamden, N.J., a 52-inch bicycle for a screw-cutting lathe.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various
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Foundries, lathes, dynamos, steam-hammers, hydraulic presses, cupola furnaces, screw-cutting machines, and drills had been set up and were in continual work.
The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Winston S. Churchill 1919
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In his system of screw-cutting machinery, and in his taps and dies, and screw-tackle generally, he set the example, and in fact laid the foundation, of all that has since been done in this most essential branch of machine construction.
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885
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His screw-cutting lathe was moved by combination wheels, and by its means he could, by the one Guide screw, obtain screws of every variety of pitch and diameter.
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885
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