.~.~> Balanced with respect to axis of tool advance
DEFINITION
Classification: 173/32
(under subclass 31) Apparatus in which the work engaging means comprises a structure adapted to positively engage the material being worked at a point in the face being worked (e.g., the face perpendicular to the axis of tool advance), in such a manner as to resist reactionary movement of the means causing forward movement of the tool into the work.