metal shop

Industrial arts space

A metal shop is a workshop equipped for metalworking—cutting, welding, bending, and machining metal.

In schools, metal shop is a class teaching these skills: I made a toolbox in metal shop.

Commercially, a metal shop fabricates parts or repairs metal equipment.

fabrication

welding

Heat-fusing metal pieces

milling · lathe · grinding · drilling · forging · casting · punching · shearing · riveting · soldering

education

vocational

Related to skilled work

blueprints · safety training · journeyman · certification · curriculum · instructor · demonstrations · hands-on · workbench · project-based

retail

hardware store

Retail outlet for tools

bolts · screws · aluminum · copper · brass · tubing · angle iron · welding rods · abrasives · safety equipment

Categories
Opposites
primary material worked

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Lumber crafting facility

woodworking class · woodshop · carpentry class · woodworking · cabinet making

educational approach

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Room for academic presentations

study hall · computer lab · theoretical physics · book learning · library

Family

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