machine shop

Example Sentences

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Paying her $2,200 monthly mortgage has gotten easier now that her partner, who runs a machine shop, is sharing the burden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 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

He really grew up in the agricultural machine shop, as my tagalong in the fields, supervising and servicing machinery.

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

He worked in a machine shop on the Hill, helping to build the super-precise explosive molds needed for the implosion bomb.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin