tailstock
tailstock
Definition
tail·stock (-stäk′)
noun
Mech. the adjustable part of a lathe, containing the dead center which holds the work
tailstock
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- lathe: Jacking up the headstock and tailstock of a lathe is nothing new, as shown by this late 1920's machine.
Converse of object
- taper: The No. 4 Morse taper tailstock was fitted with a rack drive and two clamping plates.
Adjective modifier
- adjustable: The sketch also shows an adjustable tailstock with a threaded cranked handle.
Modifies a noun
- chuck: Buy a tailstock chuck, or how else are you going to drill central holes in your work?
- barrel: The tailstock barrel was lever operated through the simple expedient of peg passing through a slot cut through the top of the casting.
- spindle: I had to reduce the tailstock spindle slightly to fit the chuck capacity of the Unimat.
- end: These are 9-inch " Workshop " machines each with a build sheet hanging from the tailstock end of its bed.
- center: The blank for the body is drilled with a pilot hole for the screw on the mark made by the tailstock center.
- casting: Unfortunately the barrel was locked by a pinch bolt closing down a long slit in the metal of the tailstock casting.
Noun used with modifier
- lever-action: Available as extras were an electric motor with a drive pulley, a round foot stand for bench mounting and a lever-action tailstock.
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