lapping


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covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

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The premise behind lapping is to dress smoothly the bore metal surfaces to a high degree of refinement and accuracy, thereby allowing a more uniform bullet passage up the bore.
The better bores may only require a prescribed shoot/clean regimen, and others some form of lapping or dressing.
Barrel Bore Lapping: An effective method of bore lapping is a fundamentally sound step toward establishing or restoring rifle accuracy and overall improved performance
"I knew when you are lapping guys like Steve Kinser and Danny Lasoski, you must have a pretty good race car," Saldana said.
Saldana breaks track record en route to dominant victory
Last week, an unnamed hard-drive maker collaborating with Ventana completed the first tests of the new lapping fluid on production equipment.
A new brew for the computer industry
Enter Brownells' "Scope Ring Alignment Lap," a specialized tool for lining up a set of rings and then lapping them to remove any high spots or other manufacturing defects that can mar the surface of an aluminum scope tube.
Brownells Scope Ring Lapper
Do you have an opinion on fire lapping using Tubb's Final Finish?
Fire lapping
Patent Number 5,897,424, which was granted to Chris Evans and Bob Parks-researchers at NIST's Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory-the process distributes the abrasive over a thin film that protects the lap from destructive lapping and polishing action.
Lapping the competition. (Focus on Abrasive Machining)
Most processes for machining ceramics use abrasive grains as cutting tools, and flat machining usually is done by surface grinding or lapping. Lapping can be done on simple single-wheel machines, processing only one workpiece side at a time.
The nitty gritty of machining ceramic
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