tool steel

noun

any of various high-carbon steels capable of being hardened and tempered to meet special requirements for machining, etc.

tool steel

any of various steels whose hardness and ability to retain a cutting edge make them suitable for use in tools for cutting wood and metal

Two bits of tool steel are softened and turned on the lathe, one convex and the other concave.

Take a bar of tool steel and cut it a little longer than the radius of curvature required.

When the carbon percentage is high, the steel is called "high carbon" steel, and it is used in the shop as tool steel.

Presently his friend Derec came to see him in the tool-steel cell in which he had been placed.

Tool steel should be held in a perpendicular position when it enters the water to cool all sides alike.

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