tool post

American  

noun

1. an upright for holding a lathe tool.

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tool post British  

noun

1. the rigid holding device which holds the cutting tool on a lathe and some other machine tools

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Etymology

Origin of tool post

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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tool post

This mandrel is journaled in a hinged frame supported by a block replacing the tool post, and is adjusted as to height by a screw passing through an arm projecting from the supporting block.

From Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

Don't have the tool curved at the bottom; it must lie perfectly flat in the tool post.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin

To afford a fulcrum for the piece of wood, a lever or rest of some kind, as either a hand rest or a piece fastened in the tool post, is used.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

When, however, the position of the tool post is fixed it has the disadvantage that the point p, Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

The front end of the holder has a face a, whose height is level with the line of lathe centre when the holder is set level in the tool post.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose