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  2. Disc cutting lathe - Wikipedia

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    Presto 8N Disc Cutting Lathe (1950) used by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to record radio programs. A disc cutting lathe is a device used to transfer an audio signal to the modulated spiral groove of a blank master disc for the production of phonograph records.

  3. Acetate disc - Wikipedia

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    Presto 8N Acetate disc engraver (1950) used by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to record radio programs. Before the introduction of magnetic tape for mastering, disc recording was done "live" (see direct to disc recording), although sometimes intermediate disc-to-disc editing procedures were involved. [2]

  4. File:Presto 8N Acetate engraver, 1950 (24639289438).jpg

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    Presto 8N Acetate Engraver - 1950 The CBC recorded radio programs on 16-inch acetate transcription discs. Made of glass, metal or even paper with a thin layer of acetate fixed to the surface, these discs were used until 1966.

  5. Metal spinning - Wikipedia

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    Metal spinning, also known as spin forming or spinning or metal turning most commonly, is a metalworking process by which a disc or tube of metal is rotated at high speed and formed into an axially symmetric part. [1] Spinning can be performed by hand or by a CNC lathe.

  6. Automatic lathe - Wikipedia

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    Fay automatic lathe, 1921. [1] Bullard Mult-Au-Matic, a vertical, multispindle automatic lathe, 1914. [2] In metalworking and woodworking, an automatic lathe is a lathe with an automatically controlled cutting process. Automatic lathes were first developed in the 1870s and were mechanically controlled.

  7. Presto - Wikipedia

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    Presto! Recording Studios, in Lincoln, Nebraska; Presto Studios, a computer game development company; National Presto Industries, manufacturer of kitchen appliances; Great Taste Coffee Makers, a.k.a. Presto, a Philippine Basketball Association team; Presto AB, Swedish manufacturer and international reseller of protection against fire and accidents.

  8. Machine tool - Wikipedia

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    Important early machine tools included the slide rest lathe, screw-cutting lathe, turret lathe, milling machine, pattern tracing lathe, shaper, and metal planer, which were all in use before 1840. [12] With these machine tools the decades-old objective of producing interchangeable parts was finally realized. An important early example of ...

  9. Maharashtra Council of Ministers - Wikipedia

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    The Maharashtra Council of Ministers, [1] also called State Cabinet is the principal executive organ of the Government of Maharashtra, which functions as the senior decision-making body of the executive branch. It is chaired by the Chief Minister and consists of the heads of each of the executive government ministries.