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

But this day, moments after departing a machine shop in WSF’s Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility, his childhood dream of becoming an airplane pilot was complicated by his new skill.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024

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

He kissed his wife and girls good morning and went off to the kibbutz machine shop, which is about 200–250 yards from his home.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023

In the following days, I quit building rockets, quit studying my book, and quit going to the machine shop.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam