lathe
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A farmer who owned a Model T didn’t need a forge or metal lathe to fix his engine; he could simply order a replacement part—or cannibalize one from a wrecked car in a junkyard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
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.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024
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
Returning from the lavatory later, he found the word “RAT” written on the side of his lathe.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Mechanical Engineering
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