| KERF | The width of cut made by a Saw
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| KEY | One of the several types of small metal objects
designed to fit mating slots in a shaft and the hub of a
gear or pulley to provide a positive drive between
them: also, the name of the T-handle wrench used on
chucks.
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| KEY SEAT | A recessed groove (slot) machined into a
shaft or a part going on the shaft (usually a wheel or
gear).
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| KEYBOARD | The
keys
of
a
teletype-writer
which
have
the
capability
of
transmitting
information
to
a
computer
but
not
receiving
information
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| KNEE | That part of a column of a knee-type milling
machine which carries the saddle and the table and
provides the machine with vertical feed adjustments.
Also, the name of a precision angle plate called a
“toolmaker’s knee".
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| KNURL | A decorative gripping surface of straight-line
or diagonal design made by uniformly serrated rolls
called knurls.
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| KNURLING | The process of finishing a part by scoring
(pressing) patterns on the surface of the work.
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