tool post
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tool post
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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It is more usual, however, to employ a chaser set in the tool point in the same manner as a single-pointed tool, or in a holder fixed in the tool post.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The holder a fits the lathe tool post, carrying the cutting tool b, which is bolted to the holder and has at f a piece cut out to form the cutting edge.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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
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
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 Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)
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