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toolmaker Definition

tool·maker (to̵̅o̅lmāk′ər)

noun

a machinist who makes, maintains, and repairs machine tools

toolmaker Related Forms
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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