Drilling, reaming and boring are the basic holemaking operations of machining. In simple terms, drilling creates a hole in a workpiece where there was no existing hole. Reaming and boring accurately enlarge holes that already exist.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2017-04-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/choosing-right-boring-tool/
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