emery wheel
Example Sentences
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His energy was abrasive, and where it touched the world, it threw off hot, stinging little sparks like an emery wheel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Asked how the emery wheel business was now, the General admitted: "Not so good."
From Time Magazine Archive
Under an emery wheel it sent off a shower of hot, brilliant sparks; an acetylene torch wouldn't melt it.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the bar has passed over the emery wheel more than half of the bar length, its end f, Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Motion to the emery wheel is conveyed through the belts f and g.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
