compound rest

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compound rest [′käm‚pau̇nd ′rest]

(mechanical engineering)

A principal component of a lathe consisting of a base and an upper part dovetailed together; the base is graduated in degrees and can be swiveled to any angle; the upper part includes the tool post and tool holder.

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No references found			Tool Post: The tool post is mounted on the compound rest. Chapter 5 turning methods and machines. (Applied Cutting Tool ... by Schneider, George, Jr. / Tooling & Production The compound rest allows the tool to be hand fed at an oblique angle to the lathe bed and is required in operations like screw-threading and the machining of short tapers or chamfers. Chapter 4 turning tools & operations. (Applied Cutting Tool ... by Schneider, George, Jr. / Tooling & Production			compound field winding compound fracture compound generator compound gland Compound Interest Compound Internal Combustion Engine compound key Compound Labor compound layering compound leaf compound lens compound lever compound magnet compound microscope compound modulation compound motor Compound Nucleus compound number compound order compound pendulum Compound Periodontitis compound pier compound pillar compound pistil compound rafter compound rest compound ripple marks compound screw compound shaft compound shake compound statement compound sugar compound tubular gland compound tubular-acinous gland compound twins compound valley glacier compound vault compound volcano compound wall compound wave compound winding Compound Word Compound, Chemical Compound, Natural compounding COMPR Comprador Bourgeoisie compregnate compregnated wood comprehension COMPREHENSIVE			compound pistil Compound Poisson Compounded by Poisson Truncated at Zero Model Compound Poisson Geometric Model Compound Poisson Maximum Likelihood Estimate Compound Poisson Non-Linear Regression Compound Poisson Process Model Compound polygon compound presentation compound presentation compound presentation compound presentation Compound proposition Compound proposition Compound proposition Compound proposition compound protein compound protein compound protein Compound Pulse Wave Generator Compound quantity Compound question Compound raceme Compound racemose glands Compound racemose glands Compound radical compound rafter Compound Rate of Return Compound Rate of Return Compound Rate of Return Compound ratio compound rest compound return compound ripple marks Compound screw Compound screw Compound Semiconductor Device Laboratory Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium Compound Semiconductor Research Laboratory compound sentence Compound sentences compound shaft compound shake Compound Sodium Lactate Compound Specific Adjustment Factors Compound Specific Analyzer for Combustion Products Compound Specific Analyzer-Combustion Products Compound Specific Analyzer-Hydrazines Compound Specific Isotope Analysis compound statement compound stomach compound stomach compound stomach compound stomach Compound Submission Form compound sugar compound sugar Compound Technology Services Compound time compound tracing stick compound tracing stick compound tracing stick

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