Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a lathe, a holder or support for the cutting-tool.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mach.) The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.
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Examples
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Remember this is a boring mill tool and will stand out in the tool-post, and if you do not have a high thorough lemon heat, your tool will snap off at the dotted line.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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-- Be sure that the tool is absolutely straight at the bottom, so as to lie flat in the tool-post.] [Illustration: FIG.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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