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rough cut

[′rəf ‚kət]
(engineering)
A heavy cut (or cuts) made before the finish cut, the primary object of which is the rapid removal of material.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Caption: Self-powered tow-behind rough-cut models can be towed with help from a UTV, ATV, tractor, or other machine.
So the next step in our journey was to take our approximate analytical techniques and extend and formalize them into "rough-cut" methods for design-for-supply-chain.
The workpiece fixture is sequentially pivoted to present rough-cut gasket lengths to the robot for programmed precise cutting and notching operations.
"You get 50% of your answers with the rough-cut analysis," says Berry.
But that's OK with Greyson: "We did rough-cut screenings, and it was great because everyone, without exception, said it took 15, 20, or 30 minutes to figure out how the characters interrelated.
Inside, the living room's fireplace wall captures the most attention with a 16-foot-long free-form walnut mantelpiece and rough-cut Yosemite slate hearth by interior designer Gere Kavenaugh of Los Angeles, a former WHA juror.
Large blanks of rough-cut catalpa share seasoning space in the rafters of his shop with more regal walnut, cherry, and oak, and partially finished carvings perch all over the shop.
However, as a rough-cut screening test during physicals, it might offer an early warning of asymptomatic cancer, he says.
The two unearthed statues seem to have been preserved in a rough-cut and had been prepared for transportation but were most probably left at Gebel El-Silsila when the larger sculpture was broken.
To qualify, a link for the rough-cut or directors cut must be available online for viewing.
He then used rough-cut pine boards from his sawmill to build the 10-foot-tall feeder, adding a gabled top enclosure that's covered by reclaimed metal roofing.
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