Unlike lathes, which have been around for thousands of years, milling machines are less than 200 years old. Because they require much more power than hand-driven lathes, the introduction of milling machines had to wait for the invention of industrial water and steam power.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2009-07-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/parts-milling-machine/
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