Slide Rest
The slide rest is a tool holder to be used on a lathe; it is so universally used by all watchmakers that a full description is superfluous. Fig. 288 is a Waltham, and is a fair example of a modern slide rest for watchmakers' use. The tool holder varies with the different makers, but the rests proper are all made on the same general principle: that of two sliding beds working at right angles to one another and carrying a tool holder, which is capable of being raised or lowered, or set at any desired angle.