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Definition of Countersinking
1. countersink [v] - See also: countersink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countersinking
Literary usage of Countersinking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Structural Iron and Steel: A Text Book for Architects, Engineers, Builders by Walter Noble Twelvetrees (1900)
"(b) Drilling-out and countersinking.—The practice of punching holes about \ in.
less in diameter than the required size and then of ..."
2. Mechanical Engineering and Machine Shop Practice by Stanley Holmes Moore (1908)
"Drilling and countersinking. Having determined the I approximate centers, a small
hole should be drilled at each of them. Both ends having been drilled to ..."
3. Practical Metal Turning: A Handbook for Engineers, Technical Students, and by Joseph Gregory Horner (1906)
"... and countersinking—in the Lathe—Forms of Centres— countersinking—Square
Centre—Other Centring Tools—Ends of Bars —Cutting-off Machines—Lubrication of ..."
4. Steamships and Their Machinery from First to Last by John Wilton Cuninghame Haldane (1893)
"... Flanging and Stamping Operations —countersinking Process—Rapid Method of
Drilling Keel Bars— Jointing the same in lengths—Deck Plating of Ships—Shell, ..."
5. An Introduction to Metal-working by J. Charles Pearson (1904)
"The countersinking should be at an angle of 60° with the surface of the plate,
but this must of course be governed by the inclination of the 'bit. ..."
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