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Subject:
nomenclature, and its importance

Bill Tindall
I had a supervisor that was a sticker for language to the point that he could be annoying. One day he said "it is important to speak correctly to think correctly". The comment was in relation to someone calling something by an incorrect name relative to its function. The wisdom of his comment stuck in my mind.

This thought keeps coming up relative to the thing that deflects shavings. When working correctly it most certainly doesn't break chips nor is its proper function to break chips. "Chip breaker" is misleading in terms of function. "Cap iron" or "double iron" doesn't provide any clue as to its important function, but at least it isn't a misleading name.

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Reach and impact of Kawai-Kato video
Cap Iron Effect and where do we go from here
Re: Cap Iron Effect - Breaker vs Brake
nomenclature, and its importance
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I provide all lots of opportunity to admonish *NM*
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Medium = message
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Re: my beginner and non-beginner meltdown *LINK*
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Historical evidence *PIC*
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Hero
Heros and Villains
Boy, you boys are weird. *NM*
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difference is in setback distance
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Your irony is misplaced
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Re: Irony - 101
I have to agree
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Illustrations ..
Jeff failed to discover the Cap Iron Effect
correction
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Reports of Jeff's death are exaggerated
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Did he mention if he's dead or not? *NM*
I think the difference...
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Maybe I'll go to ebay..
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We're going to excerpt the discussions...
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Still pondering this one
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