lathe
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The military released what it said was drone footage from inside the tunnel, which showed several rooms, a bathroom, rocket casings and a lathe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
To do the work, the team used a large lathe to spin a detached brake rotor and caliper.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024
In an enclosed box, a computer-controlled lathe machines a metal rod, turning and shaping an airplane cockpit doorknob.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2023
The Light Gas Gun at the University of Kent is an unwieldy device which, to me, looks more like a lathe than a gun.
From BBC • May 18, 2023
The foreman showed Lefty how to take a bearing from the conveyor, grind it on a lathe, and replace it.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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