machine shop
Example Sentences
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In his 20s, Woods moved east to New York, where he took engineering classes and worked nights in a machine shop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Whatever the initial spark, Kekuku refined and perfected the new technique, crafting a steel bar at his school’s machine shop to run over the neck of the guitar while his other hand plucked the strings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024
That’s what founder Sam Farrazaino hoped for when he found the first building: a 30,000-square-foot, World War II-era machine shop called Big Blue in honor of its exterior paint job.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024
He really grew up in the agricultural machine shop, as my tagalong in the fields, supervising and servicing machinery.
From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023
Using some channel iron found behind the machine shop, we built what looked like a miniature oil derrick and placed it over the scale as a brace for a tube that held the rocket.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
