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 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 Rose, Joshua

The cutting edge of the tool should be kept as close as the work will conveniently admit to the slide rest tool post, 1⁄4 inch even of this distance being important.

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

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

Thus the devices for holding and releasing the tool post or hand rest and tailblock are each so constructed that they may be set without the use of detached wrenches.

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

This stand at c sets over the tool post, and is secured by a bar passing through c and through the tool post, whose set-screw therefore holds the stand in position.

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