Face-plate. A plate or table having a plain or flat surface for holding work.
Facing-cutter. A cutter for levelling a face or surface.
Farrar planer. A wood-planing machine in which a travelling bed is used to feed the work to the cutter head.
Feather. A key that is fast in one piece of the work, and an easy fit to the other, so that the latter may be moved along the feather.
Feed-motor. That part of a machine that feeds either the work or the tool, so as to put on the cut.
Feed-rolls. Rolls that move the work to machines or to cutting tools.
Feed-screw. A screw that is used to feed the cutting tool in a machine.
Fence. A plate in a wood-working machine, against which the work is set or moved to hold it in proper position for the cutting operations.
Fiddle-drill. A drill that is revolved back and forth by a device similar to a fiddle-bow.
Fifth wheel. The circular slideway that enables the front axle of a vehicle to turn horizontally.