capstan lathe

She seemed to have got her act together and held down a steady job as a capstan lathe operator in a local tool factory.

Further time was spent in the machine shop operating power presses, fly presses, and capstan lathes.

No distinction between "turret lathe" and "capstan lathe" persists upon translation from English into other languages.

The term "capstan lathe" overlaps in sense with the term "turret lathe" to a large extent.

There is a tremendous variety of turret lathe and capstan lathe designs, reflecting the variety of work that they do.

The machine shop has turret lathes, capstan lathes, CNC lathes, and other machine tools.

In 1940 a strike took place when women replaced men on capstan lathes, the workers' union insisting this was a skilled labour job; however, the men returned to work after 10 days.

This interpretation would lead Americans to treat "capstan" as a synonym of "turret" and "capstan lathe" as a synonym of "turret lathe".

Turret lathes and capstan lathes are members of a class of lathes that are used for repetitive production of duplicate parts (which by the nature of their cutting process are usually interchangeable).

In the nearby valley was located a foundry, together with a number of other workshops necessary for the production of engines and the various other products offered, including a machining shop, capstan lathe shop, engine assembly lines, and a coopers' shop.