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Serjeant Snubbin
Feb 1, 2002

Pillbug
Thanks, those are some impressive photographs.

I recently bought some brass valves for water and never really considered how they had been milled. I guess this makes more sense that you'd have a gigantic machine doing it automatically.

Now, talk to me. What are the tolerances here on the machining? (Not that I'd understand but I'll just nod politely.)

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Serjeant Snubbin
Feb 1, 2002

Pillbug
Once you have it programmed, how easy is it to run? Could an idiot select the right program off a menu and just let it run?

There's a Men's Shed which just received an old CnC machine. ("Men's Shed" is an organisation that finds warehouses in different areas and sets them up with a charter, machinery, tools, and materials for retired folks to make things.) The guy who donated the machine gave them a quick tutorial but it's all too complex. They're just going to use it as an old fashioned drill press.

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