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Term for operations inside the material?

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tomwalz

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Is there a general term for tool operations where the cutting is done inside the material such a sawing, drilling, honing cylinder walls, etc?

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Tom Walz
 
Tom,
The closest I can think of are the terms "internal" as in "internal grooving" and the term "I.D." as in "i.d. grinding".

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