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Toolmakers Tool and die makers are highly skilled workers in the manufacturing industry. Some of the job functions of a tool and die maker consist of producing jigs, fixtures, form tools, dies, molds, machine tools, cutting tools, and many other mechanical items used in manufacturing processes. Depending on which area of concentration a particular person works in, he or she may be called by variations on the name, including tool maker, die maker, mold maker, tool fitter, etc. Traditionally, working from engineering drawings, tool makers marked out the design on the raw material (usually metal or wood), then cut it to size and shape using a combination of lathes, milling machines, grinding machines and precision cutting machines. Many tool makers now use computer-aided design and CNC machine tools to perform these tasks. Some tool makers specialise as machinist tool makers, others as tool maker fitters, and some as tool repairers. |
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Machine Tools
A machine tool is a powered mechanical device, typically used to fabricate metal components of machines by machining, which is the selective removal of metal. The term machine tool is usually reserved for tools that used a power source other than human movement, but they can be powered by people if appropriately set up. Many historians of technology consider that the true machine tools were born when direct human involvement was removed from the shaping or stamping process of the different kinds of tools. For instance, they consider that lathe machine tools were invented around 1751 by Jacque de Vaucanson because he was the first to mount the cutting instrument on a mechanically adjustable head, taking it out of the hands of the operator. |
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