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A tailstock, also known as a foot stock, [1] is a device often used as part of an engineering lathe, wood-turning lathe, or used in conjunction with a rotary table on a milling machine. It is usually used to apply support to the longitudinal rotary axis of a workpiece being machined.
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NMTB/CAT, BT and HSK are examples of the self-releasing variety. For light loads (such as encountered by a lathe tailstock or a drill press), tools with self-holding tapers are simply slipped onto or into the spindle; the pressure of the spindle against the workpiece drives the tapered shank tightly into the tapered hole.
Domestic cat (Felis catus) The toyger is a breed of domestic cat , the result of breeding domestic shorthaired tabbies (beginning in the 1980s) to make them resemble a "toy tiger ", as its striped coat is reminiscent of the tiger's. [ 1 ]
The Ithaca Kitty was inspired by a gray tabby cat named Caesar Grimalkin in Ithaca, New York.The cat's owners, William Hazlitt Smith and Celia Smith, had the cat photographed and had Celia's sister-in-law, Charity Smith, paint a likeness of the cat onto a three-piece pattern designed by Celia.
One day, the cat came to her in a dream and told her that if she made an ornament of the cat, she would be blessed with good luck. The old woman made an ornament of the cat out of Imado ware, a local speciality, and sold it at the Asakusa Shrine, where it became very popular and made her rich, and the maneki-neko was created. [11] [12]
Powell Cat made [students] late to a lot of 8 a.m. classes," Brown said. The last time Brown saw Powell Cat, one week ago, her legs fell asleep because Powell Cat lay on them for so long.
The Manx cat (/ ˈ m æ ŋ k s /, in earlier times often spelled Manks) is a breed of domestic cat (Felis catus) originating on the Isle of Man, with a mutation that shortens the tail.