lathe
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Karen’s Bernina sewing machine was struggling, so I disassembled the motor and turned down the commutator on the lathe.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
To do the work, the team used a large lathe to spin a detached brake rotor and caliper.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024
Or looked down at the raw concrete underfoot, or around at unadorned columns and brick walls that never were meant to be seen, sheathed originally with lathe and plaster and decorative molding?
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023
Standing on a blanket of sawdust in the Los Angeles Fashion District woodshop she shares with two other woodworkers, Julie Jackson puts on a protective face shield and turns on her lathe.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2023
Shin’s father, Shin Gyung Sub, told Shin that guards gave him Jang as payment for his skill in operating a metal lathe in the camp’s machine shop.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
Vocabulary lists containing lathe
Mechanical Engineering
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Visual Arts - High School
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