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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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By now the firm was importing new sophisticated machinery from America for plastic injection moulding alongside capstan lathes from Coventry, and I was one of the team.
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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.
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