Crossword-Solution: TAILSTOCK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tailstock | n. | The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle. |
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Hint 1 meaning
A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or
grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous
silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular
variety.
Hint 2 anagram
LTAC
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Care must be taken to get the tailstock center vertically over the bed, else taper turning will result.
But the headstock subclass is not superior necessarily to the tailstock subclass simply because the headstock is commonly more complex than the tailstock.
Dead spindle (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe.
Therefore, it is not surprising to find on the later machine an outboard or "tailstock" support for the work.
Also visible in the same illustration is a rectangular projection at the other end of the spring which engages a mating hole in the "tailstock" spindle to prevent its rotation.