Meaning & use
toolmaker
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A skilled craftsperson who designs, builds, or repairs precision tools, dies, or machine parts.
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The factory relied on a single expert toolmaker to maintain its aging machinery.
She trained for years as a toolmaker before opening her own machine shop.
A note on using this word
Toolmaking is considered one of the more demanding trades within manufacturing, requiring precision to within thousandths of an inch.
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machinistdie maker
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