tooling
Manufacturing gear setup
Tooling refers to the process of designing, making, or equipping with tools, especially the specialized machinery and equipment needed for manufacturing.
In industrial contexts, tooling includes dies, molds, jigs, and fixtures required to produce parts: The tooling costs for a new car model run into millions.
The term extends to software development, where it describes the suite of programs and utilities that support coding, testing, and deployment: Modern JavaScript tooling has become increasingly complex.
Tooling can also mean decorative impressions made on leather or bookbindings using heated tools.
Making or generating something
- assemblyConstructing from components
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- automationSelf-operating system design
- roboticsAutomaton design field
lathe · milling · drilling · machining · factory · industrial · conveyor · hydraulics
Curing hides or bronzing
- saddleryHorse gear trade
- cobblingFixing or making shoes
- shoemakingCrafting footwear by hand
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
hides · embossing · stitching · awl · burnishing · skiving · riveting · grommets
Wood construction trade
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
- planingRemoving surface material
- turningAct of rotating
lathe · chisel · gouge · sanding · joinery · router · sawing · shaping
Pointed engraving implement
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- incisingCutting into material
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
- scrimshawEngraved whale ivory art
linocut · woodcut · stipple · drypoint · stylus · inscribing · monogramming · aquatint
Furnace for shaping metal
- foundryMetal casting facility
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
- castingShaping through liquid form
stamping · extrusion · metallurgy · hammering · forming · bending · pressing · grinding
Long-distance fluid transport tube
- buildCreate a structure
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- integrationCombining into a whole
- workflowSequential task progression
automation · scripts · configuration · debugging · profiling · versioning · compiling · linting
production
Making or generating something
- assemblyConstructing from components
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- automationSelf-operating system design
robotics · lathe · milling · drilling · machining · factory · industrial · conveyor · hydraulics · pneumatics
tanning
Curing hides or bronzing
- saddleryHorse gear trade
- cobblingFixing or making shoes
- shoemakingCrafting footwear by hand
harness · hides · embossing · stitching · awl · burnishing · skiving · riveting · grommets · holster
carpentry
Wood construction trade
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
- planingRemoving surface material
turning · lathe · chisel · gouge · sanding · joinery · router · sawing · shaping · woodcraft
burin
Pointed engraving implement
scrimshaw · linocut · woodcut · stipple · drypoint · stylus · inscribing · monogramming · aquatint · mezzotint
forge
Furnace for shaping metal
casting · stamping · extrusion · metallurgy · hammering · forming · bending · pressing · grinding · polishing
pipeline
Long-distance fluid transport tube
- buildCreate a structure
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- integrationCombining into a whole
workflow · automation · scripts · configuration · debugging · profiling · versioning · compiling · linting
- Mechanical Engineeringmechanical engineer, design engineer, valves, motors, aerospace engineer
- product designCAD, prototyping, design process, design iteration, specifications
- maintenancepreventive maintenance, maintenance schedule, scheduled maintenance, handyman, repair
- manufacturingfactories, factory, car factory, assembly plants, electronics factory
- operationsoperation, operations, military operation, joint operation, workflow
- craftsmanshiphandcrafted, craft, handiwork, stitching, welding
toolinghandcraft
Create something manually
handwork · manual labor · handicraft · cottage industry · hand finishing
toolingdecommissioning
Withdrawing from active service
dismantling · shuttering · shutdown · mothballing · unequipped
toolingundecorated
Without added ornament
plain · smooth surface · unworked · unembossed · blank
- tooling aroundDriving without destination
- tooling upPreparing equipment for production
- leather toolingDecorating hide with impressions
- hand toolingLeather decoration without machinery