slide rest

British  

noun

1. engineering a stack of platforms that sits on a lathe saddle and carries a tool post, and is adjustable in rotation and at right angles by a lathe operator

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slide rest

The Americans had no choice but to leave trails in the snow as unambiguous as diagrams in a book on ballroom dancing—step, slide, rest—step, slide, rest.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

The L lever carries a pawl which operates a ratchet wheel, placed on the handle end of the slide rest cross feed screw.

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

If the lathe bed has raised Vs there are usually provided two special Vs for the tailblock to slide on, the slide rest carriage sliding on two separate ones.

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

Next to the hand slide rest lathe comes the self-acting or engine lathe.

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

A compound slide rest has above the cross slide, a second slide carrying the tool holder, this second slide pivoting to stand at any required angle, as in Fig.

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