1.   Children try out assorted tools to shape the metal, then set the balls in motion to explore how gravity, friction, motion and inertia work.

2.   He works for a metal works in Chicago, so he has experience shaping metal.

3.   Instead, he wants to sell more of these machines, which are used to shape metal into auto and aerospace components, in the U.S. and Asia.

4.   One of its divisions is an aluminum extruder, that is, it heats and shapes the metal to provide products for construction, transportation and other industries.

5.   Service centers cut and shape metals to customer specifications and deliver the products on a just-in-time basis.

6.   The metal is shaped against hard surfaces, brazed, soldered and buffed.

7.   They are often used to cut or shape metal when the stock is thick and where other tools, like a hacksaw or tin snips, would be unsuitable.

8.   Machine tools are used to cut and shape metal for products ranging from jets to consumer electronics and are considered a gauge of future economic activity.

9.   The trade group represents makers of tools that cut and shape metal for products ranging from toasters to jumbo jets.