"How can metal be shaped so precisely?"

He stripped off one thick glove to display his mechanical hand, its delicate joints and tapered levers precisely shaped of bright yellow metal.

Real, tough leather it was, precisely shaped, and I kept it in condition by applying a foul-smelling salve to its underside every so often.

EVENTS had shaped precisely as The Shadow planned them.

For example, a billet of PBX can, if necessary, be precisely shaped on a lathe.

The first two layers of the sandwich skin were added from the leading edge to an auxiliary spar at 70% chord and precisely shaped.

They lie with Flight 545's wings, "precisely shaped to within a hundredth of an inch."

Rhythms were propulsive and intense, attacks clean and direct, phrases precisely shaped.

But at the same time, precisely shaped to within a hundredth of an inch.

Precisely shaped and directed jets of plasma sliced six perfect circles through the tough, refractory armorplast as easily if it had been no tougher than old-fashioned glass.