toolmaker
toolmaker
Definition
tool·maker (to̵̅o̅l′māk′ər)
noun
a machinist who makes, maintains, and repairs machine tools
tool′·mak′ing noun
toolmaker
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- help: A tool leasing scheme has been started by the Gage and Toolmakers Association to help both toolmakers and molders.
- give: It helps to give the toolmaker the dimensions in the form that he will actually use them.
- include: Clamping Mechanisms Typical clamping mechanisms include toolmakers clamps, G clamps, screw clamps, clamps based on cams.
Adjective modifier
- skilled: Why have your skilled toolmakers frittering away their time on machine tools?
- other: Modifications and repairs are undertaken on a range of tools, including its own and those of other toolmakers.
Noun used with modifier
- apprentice: He started his working life at 16, training as an apprentice toolmaker.
- precision: Phoenix Tooling and Development is a well established and privately owned precision press toolmaker.
- press: Benjamin became a cycle builder, as did Jack, and my father served an apprenticeship as a press toolmaker.
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