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boring mill

noun

  1. Metalworking. a machine for boring large holes in heavy work, having a table on which the work rotates while the hole is bored vertically.


boring mill

noun

  1. engineering a large vertical lathe having a rotating table on which work is secured. Tools are held on a fixed post and the work is rotated around it Also called (informal)roundabout
“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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of boring mill1

First recorded in 1825–35
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His father, John, a Navy veteran of World War I, worked as a boring mill operator at an aircraft company, according to government records.

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The Hot Springs Sentinel-Record reported that capital improvements include a new boring mill that will increase the plant’s capacity and allow it to create more high-skilled manufacturing jobs.

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Look for her today, three years later, and you’ll find her on the sunrise shift running a vertical boring mill alongside crews that are mostly male and twice her age.

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Manufacturer: "Can he run a boring mill?"

Very often more than one tool is used at a time, as will be shown later by examples of vertical boring mill work.

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