1 sentences with 'clamps'

Example sentences and phrases with the word clamps and other words derived from it.

• « I hold my breath as the cutter clamps the pea-sized diamond in a press and lowers it onto the lathe, a horizontally rotating tungsten disc. With a steady pulse, he makes the diamond touch the lathe; a squeak is heard and a facet is made. Then he looks at the gem against the light with his magnifying glass. »