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

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.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

The Light Gas Gun at the University of Kent is an unwieldy device which, to me, looks more like a lathe than a gun.

From BBC • May 18, 2023

The injury would end his relatively comfortable job as a camp mechanic and lathe operator.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden