headstocks

Lathe spindle housings

Headstocks are the fixed ends of lathes that house the spindle and driving mechanism—the part that holds and rotates the workpiece.

In stringed instruments like guitars and violins, the headstock is the section at the end of the neck where the tuning pegs are mounted: The guitar's headstock snapped when it fell.

The term also appears in mining for the frame structure above a shaft.

stringed-instruments

tuners

Frequency-selecting devices

  • nutHard-shelled seed
  • pegheadTuner-mounting section of neck
  • neckHead-body junction

strings · fretboard · scroll · guitar · bass · banjo · mandolin · ukulele · violin · cello

lathe

spindle

Rotating rod for thread

  • chuckThrow carelessly or informally
  • tailstockLathe component opposite headstock
  • bearingsAwareness of one's position

carriage · bed · turret · turning · boring · threading · milling · drilling · machining · workpiece

mining

winding

Curving repeatedly, sinuous

shaft · drum · pulley · rope · cage · elevator · derrick · frame · tower · winch

Opposites
lathe component position

headstockstailstock

Lathe component opposite headstock

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headstock

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