machine shop
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“You can’t throw a rock without hitting a machine shop out here. So we can be within driving proximity of just thousands of potential customers.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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
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
Planemakers and aerospace suppliers are wrestling with shortages of workers, from engineers to machine shop operators, which is holding back plans to ramp up aircraft production needed to meet soaring travel demand.
From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2023
I biked down to the big machine shop, finding the three-footer laid out on a black cloth on a table in the rear of the facility.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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