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I'm assuming we're talking about a precision CNC machine tool and not a hunk of WWII-era cast iron with thou scales.
by formerly_proven 4y ago
I'm assuming we're talking about a precision CNC machine tool and not a hunk of WWII-era cast iron with thou scales.
- jbay808 4y agoThese machines were perfected in the '60s and '70s. They are not only exceptional for their ability to make a hole perfectly located and perfectly sized, but also for making it perfectly round. Their ways being perfectly straight and perpendicular, and metallurgically stable, they are often bought just as a platform for converting into special tooling (for making air bearings, diffraction gratings, metrology and semiconductor equipment, and so on).
- elteto 4y agoNo, no, it clearly must be a WWII relic. That’s clearly why they would arrest these people. The guy on HN that has private knowledge about the indictment said you could find the same ones on ebay for $5k. /s