Front-tool. A tool having its cutting edge in front, and used for plain surfacing work.

Fuller. A blacksmith’s tool for spreading the metal in any particular direction.

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Gang-drill. A drilling machine on which a number of drills may be used simultaneously.

Gang-edger or gang-edging machine. A machine in which a gang of saws are employed to trim the edges of boards or cut them to width.

Gang-mills. Milling machine cutters that are placed in gangs and side by side on the same arbor.

Gap-lathe or break-lathe. A lathe having a gap in its bed to enable the chucking of work that would not otherwise pass over the bed.

Gauge. 1. A standard of measurement. 2. A standard of shape.

Gear. A term applied to a piece of mechanism that accomplishes a single object: thus a valve-gear operates a valve; a steering-gear steers the vessel.

Geared. Placed in gear or connected together.