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

The ram, or slotting bar as it is sometimes termed, is counterbalanced by the weighted lever shown, so that the ram is always held up, and there is no jump when the tool post meets the work, because the tool motion is always taken up by the lever.

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The surface e at the top of the tool post slot is curved so that it will bear upon the top of the tool at a point only.

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Both these rests are provided with tool post clamps, to hold tools made of round wire, such clamps being shown in position in figure 657.

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In cutting threads with a tool in the front tool post the tool is set by moving the tool rest as usual, and at the end of the cut the cam lever serves to quickly withdraw the tool and lead screw nut so that the carriage can be run back.

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The angle plate will here again serve to hold the work true one way, and all we have to do to set it true the other way is to fasten a pointer in the tool post and bring it up to just touch the corners of the work at the outer end, as at k.

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