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Here it is for those interested! It is also attached as a PDF file for easier reading.

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[FONT=&quot]Crossword puzzle[/FONT]




[FONT=&quot]Across[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3. STEADYREST — Keep it steady[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]6. BANJO — Alternative to cross slides[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]7. FACEPLATE — Tossed on a shelf[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]8. BED — Double or full[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]9. LOCKKNOB — Keep it from moving[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]10. SPINDLE — Imparts motion to the workpiece[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]13. COLLET — More precision[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]18. MOTOR — Contains magnets[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]19. TAILSTOCK — The loose head[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]20. LIVECENTER — Pointy spinny thing[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]22. MORSETAPER — Relies on a heavy preponderance of axial load over radial load to transmit high torques[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]24. DEADCENTER — Chunk of steel[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Down[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1. HEADSTOCK — Contains high-precision bearings[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2. VARIABLEFREQUENCYDRIVE — VFD[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]4. TOOLPOST — Connected to the tool rest[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]5. HANDWHEEL — Powered by hand[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1[/FONT][FONT=&quot]. EGYPT — Birthplace[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]12. SPURCENTER — Ride 'm cowboy[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]13. CHUCK — Type of roast[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]14. TOOLREST — Short or long?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]15. BELT — Some have them, some don't[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]16. MANDREL — So yesterday![/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]17. WAYS — Keep 'em clean[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]21. CORD — Potentially shocking experience[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]23. STAND — Uncomfortable after a few hours[/FONT]
 

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Anyone want to comment on the ones they found hardest? Since I came up with this one and thought it would be pretty easy but got lots of comments that it was real hard, I would love to know the particularly hard ones!
 
Morse taper was the last one for me. And the cowboy to spur took longer than it should have.

Oh... It wasn't a problem to figure out but "so yesterday" is much more opinion than fact. ;)

It was weird seeing the ones people were stuck on because the easy/hard or me didn't line up at all.
 
The funny thing is, a good many of the words used came directly from a single Wikipedia article. The morse taper was word for word from wikipedia! Here are the ones from Wiki...in red
[FONT=&quot]Across[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3. STEADYREST — Keep it steady[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]6. BANJO — Alternative to cross slides[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]7. FACEPLATE — Tossed on a shelf[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]8. BED — Double or full[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]9. LOCKKNOB — Keep it from moving[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]10. SPINDLE — Imparts motion to the workpiece[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]13. COLLET — More precision[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]18. MOTOR — Contains magnets[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]19. TAILSTOCK — The loose head[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]20. LIVECENTER — Pointy spinny thing[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]22. MORSETAPER — Relies on a heavy preponderance of axial load over radial load to transmit high torques[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]24. DEADCENTER — Chunk of steel[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Down[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1. HEADSTOCK — Contains high-precision bearings[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2. VARIABLEFREQUENCYDRIVE — VFD[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]4. TOOLPOST — Connected to the tool rest[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]5. HANDWHEEL — Powered by hand[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1[/FONT][FONT=&quot]1[/FONT][FONT=&quot]. EGYPT — Birthplace[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]12. SPURCENTER — Ride 'm cowboy[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]13. CHUCK — Type of roast[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]14. TOOLREST — Short or long?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]15. BELT — Some have them, some don't[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]16. MANDREL — So yesterday![/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]17. WAYS — Keep 'em clean[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]21. CORD — Potentially shocking experience[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]23. STAND — Uncomfortable after a few hours[/FONT]
 
The most difficult one for me was CORD... was almost at a point of trying every four letter word with r in the third position...Also EGYPT stumped me, did try every 5 letter word starting with E and ending with T before it clicked.

The wikipedia site for lathes help me find the items you highlighted and the rest were found searching for lathe terminology.
 
I found Egypt looking in a thesaurus for "birthplace"

tucked there, in the very last entry, was Egypt. So I said..."WTF...Egypt?!"

and sho'nuff, it worked.

I found the wiki article after that - and then it made sense.
 
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