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  • drill press
    machine tool
    / Turret lathes

    …first is a multiple-sided main turret, which takes the place of the tailstock on the engine lathe. A variety of turning, drilling, boring, reaming, and thread-cutting tools can be fastened to the main turret, which can be rotated intermittently about its vertical axis with a hand wheel. Either a hand…

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    …first is a multiple-sided main turret, which takes the place of the tailstock on the engine lathe. A variety of turning, drilling, boring, reaming, and thread-cutting tools can be fastened to the main turret, which can be rotated intermittently about its vertical axis with a hand wheel. Either a hand…

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