The term "toolmaking" (sometimes styled as "tool-making" or "tool making") may refer to:
* The act of making tools of any kind, from the simplest handtools made of plant fiber or stone, to the most technologically advanced tools. This form of toolmaking is a topic of interest in
* Tool and die making
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toolmaking — UK US (also tool making) /ˈtuːlˌmeɪkɪŋ/ noun [U] PRODUCTION ► the activity of producing tools: »a toolmaking factory/workshop »the toolmaking industry »Some of the materials were unsuitable for tool making … Financial and business terms
toolmaking — noun Date: 1848 the action, process, or art of making tools; also the trade of a toolmaker … New Collegiate Dictionary
toolmaking — See toolmaker. * * * … Universalium
toolmaking — noun The art or craft of a toolmaker … Wiktionary
toolmaking — n. invention or creation of tools … English contemporary dictionary
toolmaking — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the act, process, or art of making tools … Useful english dictionary
toolmaker — toolmaking, n. /toohl may keuhr/, n. a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop. [1835 45; TOOL + MAKER] * * * … Universalium
hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… … Universalium
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Warner & Swasey Company — The Warner Swasey Company was an American manufacturer of high quality machine tools, instruments, and special machinery. Originally founded as a partnership in 1880 by Worcester Reed Warner (1846 1929) and Ambrose Swasey (1846 1937), the company … Wikipedia
