machine shops

Where parts emerge

Machine shops are facilities equipped with machine tools—lathes, mills, grinders, drill presses—for cutting, shaping, and finishing metal parts.

They produce custom components, repair equipment, and manufacture precision parts for industries from aerospace to automotive.

A machinist works in a machine shop: The prototype was fabricated at a local machine shop.

Related
  • swarfMetalworking scrap particles
  • grinderCrushing or sharpening device
  • toolmakingCreating implements for work
  • latheRotating shaping machine
  • millGrain-crushing facility

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Categories
Opposites
production method

machine shopsassembly lines

Sequential manufacturing arrangement

factories · production lines · sweatshops

manual vs. mechanized fabrication

machine shopsblacksmith shop

Metalworking tradesman's workplace

artisan workshop · woodworking shop · foundry

industrial vs. non-industrial work

machine shopscorporate offices

Firm's administrative workspace

law firms · accounting firms · financial services · consulting firms · think tanks

Family

shop, machine, workshop, machinery, machinist, machined, machination, machinations, machinists

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G