Slack tub

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A slack tub is usually a large container full of water, brine, or oil used by a blacksmith to quench hot metal. The term is believed to derive from the word "slake", as in slaking the heat.

Metalworking

Tools

Cutting machines	Water jet cutter · Band saw · Cold saw · Laser · Miter saw · Plasma

Cutting tools	Broach · Burr · Chisel · Counterbore · Countersink · End mill · File · Guillotine shear · Hand scraper · Milling cutter · Nibbler · Reamer · Throatless shear · Tipped tool · Tool bit

Forming tools	Brake · Die · English Wheel · Flypress · Hydraulic press · Machine press · Punch press · Stamping press

Hand tools	Clamp · Combination square · Drift pin · File card · Hacksaw · Hammer · Hand scraper · Machinist square · Magnetic base · Needlegun scaler · Pipe and tube bender · Pliers · Punch · Saw piercing · Scriber · Tap and die · Tongs · Vise · Workbench · Wrench

Machine tooling	Angle plate · Chuck · Collet · Jig · Fixture · Indexing head · Lathe center · Machine taper · Magnetic base · Mandrel · Rotary table · Wiggler

Measuring instruments	Bore gauge · Caliper · Comparator · Dial indicator · Engineer's blue · Feeler · Center gauge and fishtail gauge · Gauge block · Gauge · Go-NoGo · Machinist square · Marking blue · Marking gauge · Marking out · Micrometer · Radius gauge · Scale · Sine bar · Spirit level · Straightedge · Surface plate · Tape measure · Thread pitch · Height gauge · Vernier scale · Wiggler

Smithing tools	Anvil · Forge · Fuller · Hardy hole · Hardy tools · Pritchel · Slack tub · Steam hammer · Swage block · Trip hammer