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capstan lathe

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capstan lathe
n
(Engineering / Tools) a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations Also called turret lathe


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Steps lead to a box saying just capstan lathe operator in one and in the other a small object with what looks like a hologram of someone's face in it sits on top of four Bibles which are themselves on a draped podium, as if in a position of importance.
Companies that use a single labor/hour rate also tend to subcontract simple operations, such as pillar drills and capstan lathes, because it is easy to find subcontractors that can perform the operations for less than their standard cost rate.
She left South Street School aged 14 to work as a weaver at Britannia Mills, in Paynes Lane, before moving to Alfred Herbert's Edgwick factory at 19 to work on a capstan lathe.
 
 
 
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