machine shop

Example Sentences

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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

Hampton leaves prison with a head full of scripture and plans for a self-sharpening drill, cooked up during his time in the machine shop.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

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 supervised twenty-one Okinawans in a machine shop and rose in rank from private first class to corporal.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson