facing tool


nounMetalworking.
  1. a lathe tool for smoothing a plane surface at right angles to the axis of rotation.

Origin of facing tool

1
First recorded in 1880–85

Words Nearby facing tool

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How to use facing tool in a sentence

  • To break the seal, a hollow reamer or facing tool, fitted into a drill press or breast drill, is slipped over the post.

  • A facing tool, shown in the working position in Fig. 36, is placed at this station of the turret, being held in the turret hole.

    Turning and Boring | Franklin D. Jones