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==Casting==

*Centrifugal casting
*Continuous casting
*Die casting
*Evaporative-pattern casting
**Full-mold casting
**Lost-foam casting
*Investment casting (lost wax casting)
**Lost-foam casting
*Low pressure
*Permanent mold casting
*Plastic mold
*Sand casting
*Shell molding
*Slush or slurry
*Spray forming

==Molding==

*Powder metallurgy
**Compaction plus sintering
**Hot isostatic pressing
**Metal injection molding
**Spray forming
*Plastics (see also rapid-prototyping)
**Injection molding|Injection
**Compression
**Transfer
**Extrusion
**Blow molding
**Dip Molding
**Rotational molding
**Thermoforming
**Laminating
**Expandable bead
**Foam
**Rotomolding
**Vacuum plug assist
**Pressure plug assist
**Matched mold
*Shrink fitting
*Shrink wrapping

==Forming==
*End tube forming
**Tube beading
*Forging
**Smith (metalwork)|Smith
**Hammer forge
**Drop forge
**Machine press|Press
**Impact (see also Extrusion)
**Upset
**No draft
**High-energy-rate
**Cored
**Incremental
**Powder (substance)
*Rolling (metalworking) (Thick plate and sheet metal)
**Cold rolling
**Hot rolling
**Sheet metal
**Shape
**wiktionary:ring|Ring
**Transverse
**Orbital
**Cross-rolling
**Screw thread|Thread
*Extrusion
*Machine press|Pressing
**Embossing
**Stretch forming
**Die (manufacturing) (Blanking)
**Drawing (manufacturing) (pulling sheet metal. wire, bar or tube)
***Bulging
***Necking
***Nosing
***Oil-canning
**Deep drawing (sinks, auto body)
*Bending
**Hemming
*Shearing (metalworking)
**Piercing (metalworking)
***Trimming
***Piercing (metalworking) (Shaving)
***Notching
***Perforating
***Nibbling
***Dinking operation
***Lancing (shearing)
***Cutoff (metalworking)
**Stamping
***Stamping (metalworking)
***Leather stamping
***Progressive stamping
**Coining (metalworking)
**Straight shearing
***Slitting
*Miscellaneous other
**Redrawing 
**Ironing (metalworking)
**Flattening
**Swaging
**Metal spinning
**Peening
**Guerin process
**Wheelon process
**Magnetic pulse
**Explosive forming
**Electroforming
**Staking (manufacturing)
**Seaming
**Flanging
**Straightening
**Decambering
**Cold sizing
**Hubbing

==Machining==

*Milling machine
**Grist mill
**Hammer mill
**Ball mill
**Buhrstone mill
**Disc mill
**Saw mill
**Steel mill
***Blast furnace
***Smelting
***Refining
***Casting
***Reduction mill
***Annealing (metallurgy)
***Pickling
***Passivate
***Coating
*Milling machine
**Cut
**Shearing (metalworking)
**Shredder (device)
**Fiberize
**Pulverize
**Crusher
***Jaw crusher
***Gyratory crusher
***Rollers
***Edge runner
**Granulate
**Crack
**Rub
**Curl
**Fluff
**Twist
**Husk
**Blend
**Refine
**Atomize
**Centrifugal disintegration
**Peripheral (slab)
**Face
**Chemical
*Turning
**Lathe
**Facing
**Boring (mechanical) (also Single pass bore finishing)
**Metal spinning (flow turning)
**Knurling
**Hard turning
**Cutoff (parting)
*Drilling
**Reamer
**Countersink
**Taps and dies
*Sawing
**File (tool)
*Broach (metalworking)
*Shaping (metalworking)
**Horizontal
**Vertical
**Special purpose
*Planing (shaping)
**Double housing
**Open-side
**Edge or plate
**Pit-type
**Abrasive jet machining
**Water jet  ting
**Abrasive belt
*Honing (metalworking)|Honing (Sharpening)
**Electro-chemical grinding
*Finishing
**Abrasive blasting (sand blasting)
**Buffing
**Burnishing (metalworking)
**Electroplating
**Electropolishing
**Etching
**Linishing
**Mass finishing
***Tumble finishing|Tumbling (barrel finishing)
****Spindle finishing
***Vibratory finishing
**Plating
**Polishing
**Superfinishing
**Wire brushing
*Wood router|Routing
*Hobbing
*Ultrasonic machining|Ultrasonic
*Electrical discharge
*Electron beam machining
*Electrochemical
*Chemical
*Photochemistry
*Laser beam
** CO2 Laser cutter
** Argon Laser cutter
*Grinding (abrasive cutting)
*Gashing

==Joining==
*Welding
**Arc welding|Arc
***Manual metal arc welding|Manual metal
***Shielded metal
***Gas metal
****Pulsed
****Short circuit
****Electrogas
****Spray transfer
***Gas tungsten
***Flux-cored
***Submerged arc welding|Submerged
***Plasma arc
***Carbon arc
***Stud
***Electroslag
***Atomic hydrogen
***Plasma-MIG (metal inert gas)
***Impregnated tape
**Oxy-fuel welding and cutting|Oxyfuel gas
***oxygen|Oxy-acetylene gas
***Methylacetylene propadiene (MAPP)
***Air-acetylene
***Oxyhydrogen
***Pressure gas
****Carbon dioxide|CO<SUB>2</SUB>
**Resistance welding|Resistance
***Spot welding
***Shot welding
**Projection
**Seaming (metalworking)|Seam
**Flash butt (flash)
**Upset (butt)
**Percussion (manufacturing)
**Solid state (manufacturing)|Solid state
***Ultrasonic
***Explosive
***Diffusion
****Machine press|Hot press
****Isostatic hot gas
****Vacuum furnace
***Friction welding
***Inertia
***Forge
***Cold welding
***Roll
**Electron beam welding
**Laser welding
**Pencil
***How Pencil made
***Solid state (manufacturing)|Solid state
***Axial-flow gas
***Cross-flow gas
**Thermite
**Induction welding|Induction
***Low frequency (50-450 Hz)
***High frequency (induction resistance; 200-450 kHz)
**Other types of welding
***Friction welding
***Heated metal plate
***Solvent
***Dielectric
***Magnetics
***Ultrasonic
***Radio frequency welding
***High frequency resistance
***Electromagnetic
***Flow
***Resistance welding
***Infrared
***Vacuum
***Hot-air-welding
*Brazing
**Torch
**Induction heating|Induction
**Furnace
**Dip
*Soldering
**Iron
**Hot plate
**Oven
**Induction heating
**Dip
**Wave
**Ultrasonic
*Sintering
*Adhesive bonding
**Thermosetting plastic
**Epoxy
**Modified epoxy
**Phenolics
**Polyurethane
**Adhesive alloys
**Miscellaneous other powders, liquids, solids, and tapes
*Fastener|Fastening wood and metal
**nail (engineering)|Nailing
**Screwing
** (By material fastened)
***Machine (Metal)
***Wood Screws
** (By slot type)
***Phillips ("Plus sign" in Canada)
***Straight ("Minus sign in Canada)
** (By shape)
***Round head
***Flat head
***Box head
***Hex
***Lag
**Nuts and bolting
**Riveting
**Pining
***Cotter pin|Cotter
***Groove (machining)|Groove
***Tapered
***Roll
***Retaining rings
***Quick-release
*Stitching
*Stapling
*Press fitting

==Rapid manufacturing==
*Stereolithography
*Selective laser sintering
*Fused deposition modeling
*Three dimensional printing
*Laminated object manufacturing
*Laser engineered net shaping

==Other trades==
*Mining
**quarrying
**Blasting
*Woodworking
**Joinery (see also joining above)
***Lapping
***Morticing
***Wood routing (see above)
***Biscuit (woodworking)