Sept. 25 marked 39 years to the day since I first stood in front of a Hardinge hand screw, scratching my head over the knobs and handles and wondering what I'd gotten myself into. To say that machine tools have improved since then is like saying this year's computers are only slightly more powerful than those of a decade ago or that salted caramel ice cream is marginally more flavorful than vanilla. Today's machine tools rock.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2018-09-28
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