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Example sentences for "countersunk"

Lexicographically close words:
countersign; countersigned; countersink; countersinking; counterstroke; counterterrorism; countervail; countervailed; countervailing; counterweight
  1. This gorge is countersunk into a plateau.

  2. Numerous canyons are countersunk deeply into this sunny sky plain.

  3. The gibs have holes countersunk for the screws to enter, to hold them approximately in place, and the nuts B are of brass, fitted into the filling pieces P that keep them from turning.

  4. On top the holder is spotted or countersunk with a drill to form a recess for the C-clamp.

  5. Holes are drilled, tapped, and countersunk between the blocks and the filling pieces G, in which are fitted taper head screws EE1.

  6. The sole-piece is countersunk over the beams.

  7. It is upon these small outflowing rills that most of the Nevada ranches are located, lying countersunk beneath the general level, just where the mountains meet the plains, at an average elevation of five thousand feet above sea level.

  8. The justly famous Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is, like the Colorado, gorgeously colored and abruptly countersunk in a plateau, and both are mainly the work of water.

  9. The tension of the leather washer serves to keep the countersunk against the lathe centre without a very minute end adjustment.

  10. Work that is to be hardened and whose centres are, therefore, liable to warp in the hardening, may be countersunk as in Fig.

  11. The washer should be countersunk about three-quarters of the way through the hole, the latter being left a close working fit to the pin.

  12. The taper bolts should be of steel, but those with countersunk heads may be of iron.

  13. One end of the needle is pointed for very small holes or conical recesses, while the other is countersunk for pointed work, as lathe centres.

  14. When the countersunk head bolts are fitted they should be turned down behind the head, so as to leave a part weaker than the bolt, and then screwed in until the required end breaks off.

  15. In cases in which it would not be permissible to drill so many holes through the beam on account of weakening it, we may use patch bolts with countersunk heads, as in Fig.

  16. The wheels can be made of the ends of large spools, well countersunk for a short, large screw.

  17. A small, deeply countersunk perforation has been made near the upper end.

  18. Near the end of this handle-like portion, there is a countersunk perforation, and upon the concave side of the wider part there are rudely outlined the heads of two birds.

  19. The form is unusually symmetrical and the perforation neatly made, being small, doubly conical, and slightly countersunk at one end.

  20. The bench is countersunk to allow the teeth to be driven down out of the way when a "clear bench" is required.

  21. Bore countersunk holes for 3-inch screws over the centre of the legs and half an inch from the front edge, 1 foot apart.

  22. All screws in the top of the bench are countersunk 1/8 inch below the surface.

  23. The holes should be countersunk so they can be filled with putty after the screws are in place.

  24. The end of the screw is countersunk to receive the other end of the spindle.

  25. The heads should be countersunk or else holes bored in the top boards to fit over them.

  26. The screws that hold the uprights in position should have the heads countersunk on the under side of the base.

  27. After this small hole has been drilled through both pieces, a countersink should be placed in the drill chuck and the hole in the upper piece countersunk to a depth equal to half the thickness of the metal in which it is drilled.

  28. A small hole is countersunk in one of the bars to receive one end of the spindle and a hole 1/8 in.

  29. The upright pieces, A, should be countersunk as shown in the detail, and then the frame is ready to assemble.

  30. This projection drops into an opening in the bottom of the drawer, and engages a countersunk rod which is passed through the hole.

  31. Each compartment is equipped with a follower block and countersunk rod for holding guides.

  32. Countersunk riveting is generally tighter than snapped, because countersinking the hole is really facing it; and the countersunk rivet is, in point of fact, made on a face joint.

  33. Commencing with a countersunk head as the strongest form of head, the greater the fillet permissible under the head of a rivet, or bolt, the greater the strength and the decrease in liability to fracture, as a fillet is the life of the rivet.

  34. The sod comes curving down to the water's edge, forming bossy outswelling banks, and in some places overlapping countersunk boulders and forming bridges.

  35. For inside work the joint would be glued and screwed together, the screw heads being countersunk so as not to come in contact with the cutting iron of the plane when levelling off the work.

  36. This self-contained hinge is then fixed to the edges of the screen by boring suitable holes through the laths and using countersunk screws.

  37. It is fixed in position by slightly rebating the edge of the door and fastening with ordinary countersunk brass screws.

  38. It is caused by using screws of which the heads are too large for the countersunk holes in the hinge, and may be avoided by slightly sinking the holes in the brasswork with a countersink or rose-bit.

  39. After boring, the holes may be slightly countersunk in order to insure a tight joint and the easy slipping of the pins into place.

  40. Oval-heads are used decoratively, the head filling the countersunk hole, as with flat-heads, and projecting a trifle besides.

  41. The top is to have a moulded edge on three sides, and to be fastened to under top piece by flat-head screws from the under side through countersunk holes.

  42. After gluing the joint, they bored holes and countersunk them through the sides, forcing flat-head screws 2-1/4 inches long up into the top.

  43. The cleats for the top were next made, drilled and countersunk for the screws as at b.

  44. As this process reverses the hinge, the screw holes must be countersunk on the opposite side.

  45. Solder a short piece of thin brass to the nut that is to be placed on the lower end of the bolt, and cut a recess in the countersunk portion of the hole in the base to accommodate it.

  46. All these holes should be countersunk with a 3/8-in.

  47. The screw holding the armature spring to the base, as well as the vibrator screw, should be of such a length that it will enter the base far enough to permit a connection for a wire in a countersunk hole bored in the base from the under side.

  48. Binding posts are placed in the corners of the base in holes countersunk from the under side for the screw heads.

  49. Their heads and nuts are let into countersunk holes so that no part will extend above the surface of the pulley.

  50. With a blunt-pointed knife make three countersunk holes in the edge of the mould.

  51. Of course the two pieces of this plaster mould must fit nicely together, with countersunk holes.

  52. Make the countersunk holes in the edge of the second piece as before; fill in with plaster all the remaining space between pieces 1 and 2, and we have the third piece, which completes the mould.

  53. The skeins, having countersunk outer ends, are placed on the ends of the axle, and nuts having a beveled face corresponding to the countersunk ends of the skeins, are placed on the ends of the rod, and clamp the skeins securely on the axle.

  54. The thicker flints would answer very well for this purpose, and the countersunk holes appear to indicate such an instrument.

  55. Points of this form would make the countersunk holes so common in gorgets and other flat stones.

  56. It consists of a steel shaft coned at both ends running between two countersunk bearings, one of which is adjustable.

  57. But the most experienced will be awe-struck but the vast extent of strange, countersunk scenery, the multitude of huge rock monuments of painted masonry built up in regular courses towering above, beneath, and round about him.

  58. The justly famous Grand CaƱon of the Yellowstone is, like the Colorado, gorgeously colored and abruptly countersunk in a plateau, and both are mainly the work of water.

  59. There should be a number of holes drilled and countersunk in No.

  60. If the countersunk bolt heads are carefully modelled over with putty or "mache" and colored like the antlers no one will know they are not attached to a 'bony' fide forehead.

  61. The best way I found to do this is to plant nuts in cages of galvanized hardware cloth of 2 by 2 mesh, countersunk in the ground one foot and covered completely by a frame of the same material reinforced with boards and laths.

  62. A stout frame of rot-resisting wood, such as cedar or fir should be placed on the inside of this countersunk screen.

  63. The edges of the frame should match perfectly so that no rodents can reach the interior of the seed bed without going down 1-1/2 feet under ground to burrow under the countersunk screen.

  64. It has four holes through it, one at each corner, just large enough on the rounded face to allow a fine ligament to pass through, and countersunk on the other face.

  65. Lukis discovered a remarkable oval armlet of jet ornamented on its outer surface, and with countersunk perforations in several places.

  66. One of grey slaty stone with a countersunk hole at each end accompanied an interment at Sittingbourne,[2042] Kent, and is now in the British Museum.

  67. At each end are three small countersunk perforations in a line with each other.

  68. Two holes are bored and countersunk for screws to hold the post and handle.

  69. The screws are all countersunk and as the heads all come on the side next to the wall, they do not show.

  70. Slats are fastened to the bed by screws, the heads of which are countersunk so that they may be covered over even with plaster of paris.

  71. Two holes are bored and countersunk for the screws which hold it to the mill base.

  72. The ends of the slats should be sawed at such an angle as will make them flush with the sides of the legs and small holes drilled and countersunk so that they may be attached with 3/4" No.

  73. These blocks have holes bored and countersunk for screws.

  74. This hole is countersunk on the under side.

  75. Holes are bored in the front piece of the cart and countersunk on the inner side.

  76. Two holes are bored and countersunk to receive 1-1/4" No.

  77. The upper hole is countersunk to receive a 2-1/2" No.

  78. Holes are bored and countersunk at the places shown in the drawing.

  79. This piece has two holes bored and countersunk in it for screws, 1-1/4" from the ends and half way between the sides.

  80. These are countersunk to receive 3/4" No.

  81. A hole is also bored half way between the two, as shown, and all are countersunk on the upper side.


  82. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "countersunk" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.