punch press
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of punch press
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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He has one 81-year old employee still working a punch press.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2021
Her father constantly worried about his young daughter working with sheet metal and operating punch press machines.
From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2017
Gary said John, his grandfather, who died in the late 1970s, made the lure heads at home with a punch press, using a die like the one at Westclox.
From Washington Times • Jul. 4, 2014
I go through floppies fairly regularly because we'll need to access a robot or punch press or milling machine or something else that has no other form of external media access.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2010
That was when one of the boys on a punch press got the die clogged and tried to dig it out with his fingers instead of using a hook.
From Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts by Bailey, Roy Rutherford
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