Farrar Corporation has increased revenues by a factor of five since it devoted itself to becoming a one-stop ductile iron casting supplier in 1988. World War II-era metal cutting lathes, mills and shapers turn endlessly in a corner of the old machine shop at Farrar Corp., Norwich, Kan They crank away with mind-numbing repetitiveness, carving grooves into gears over and over again, just as they have done for 70 years They are noisy, but not as noisy as their considerable size and heft portends, giving off a monotone drone. The amount of oil they require is startling, large basins of it sitting just beneath castings as they are cut by vertical lathes Old as they are, the lathes still work like - literally - well oiled machines.
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