lathe

Example Sentences

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The military released what it said was drone footage from inside the tunnel, which showed several rooms, a bathroom, rocket casings and a lathe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

Or looked down at the raw concrete underfoot, or around at unadorned columns and brick walls that never were meant to be seen, sheathed originally with lathe and plaster and decorative molding?

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

When her River Rock lamp, an elegant piece composed of two stacked wooden ovals turned on a lathe, was chosen as a finalist at last year’s Etsy Design Awards, her profile got another boost.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2023

Just as John-go-in-the-Wynd had said, it was harder to turn the keys on the lathe so they would fit exactly.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli