amolado de cuchara

English translation: hollow grinding/ground

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Spanish term or phrase:	amolado de cuchara
English translation:	hollow grinding/ground
Entered by:	Gilbert Ashley

04:48 May 10, 2002

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / rail welds and grinds

Spanish term or phrase: amolado de cuchara

Not a good thing to do when grinding rails. Not likely to be spoon grinding either...miracles don't happen at 6:00 am. Who can say this in English??? Deadline looming too, misère...
Thanks :-)

Paul Roige (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 339 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 1936 Spain
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hollow grinding/ground

Explanation:
spoon-shaped grind. The link given doesn't rtefer specifically to rail welds, but gives the term and tells you why one should avoid overgrinding in order to not weaken the weld. Try a search using 'hollow grind weld rail' and I think you'll find more references
[PDF] CHASSIS AND FRAME
PDF/Adobe Acrobat - HTML-Version
... be taken not to hollow grind" the weld. Small depressions can greatly ... IS HIGHER BY
BOTTOM OF RAIL IS LOWER BY 11 ... centerlines, from the ground to the top of ...
216.45.19.226/vocrefguide/VRG/Condor/ ST1-VNS3-ChassisFrame.pdf

Selected response from:

Gilbert Ashley

Grading comment

Gilbert, that makes so much sense. Pressed by the deadline I went for "circular grinding" but I'll try sending a note with your option. Thanks so much, also to Jane and Rick. Cheers :-)
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Summary of answers provided

sharpening

RSI EN-ES (AA)

rod grinding or grinding rod

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)

hollow grinding/ground

Gilbert Ashley

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

2 hrs confidence:

sharpening

Explanation:
of whatever the cuchara turns out to be.

Here's what I got:

{Ter. Técn.} grinding
{Ter. Técn.} whetting

whet (hwèt, wèt) verb, transitive
whetted, whetting, whets
1. To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone.

cuchara
{Ter. Técn.} clamshell
{Ter. Técn.} clamshell automatic bucket
{Ter. Técn.} coal scuttle
{Ter. Técn.} grab
{Ter. Técn.} spoon

· cuchara de valvas mordientes para cáscara de naranja » orange peel

· tractor con cuchara »motor scraper

· puente de cuchara excavadora » grabbing

· encargado de la cuchara » ladler

amolador de cuchillos m
ING MECÁ, PROD knife-grinding machine

amolado de herramientas m
ING MECÁ, PROD tool grinding, tool sharpening

cuchara f
C&V para el rodillo en vidrio rolado dish
CARBÓN sondeos auger
CONST excavadoras, maquinaria bucketful, ladle, bucket
CONTAM MAR scoop
MINAS sludger, (cf cuchara limpiadora Esp) pozo de sondeo cleaner
PETROL perforación de sondeos bailer
PROD ladle
TRANSP MAR dragado bailer, grab

RSI EN-ES (AA)
Other
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in pair: 221

11 hrs confidence:

rod grinding or grinding rod

Explanation:
Check it out! A cuchara could be a rod?
It used in welding railroad stuff...Gees, que sofrimiento...Paul
http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:dNy7oblHMvYC:www.zena.n...

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 7709

14 hrs confidence:

hollow grinding/ground

Gilbert Ashley
PRO pts in pair: 184

Grading comment

Gilbert, that makes so much sense. Pressed by the deadline I went for "circular grinding" but I'll try sending a note with your option. Thanks so much, also to Jane and Rick. Cheers :-)

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