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lathe

noun as in turret

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Bob chats against the buzzing backdrop of whirring industrial tools and woodwork machines in the next room - a laser cutter, bandsaw, lathe and a 3D printer among them.

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Customers in Uganda want more tools and equipment, including lathes and water pumps.

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To do the work, the team used a large lathe to spin a detached brake rotor and caliper.

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Autumn, who has been working on a machine that resembles a large lathe — a ringer, which generates telephone rings — passes De Jaen and the rectifier.

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The workrooms contained metal lathes, hand tools and grey casings, but it was not possible to verify what had been made there.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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