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Originally Posted by Tem1514 Mentor
And think, I did that by hand on a wood lathe in high school 
To see it done by CNC just takes all the fun out of doing it by hand. All that said, it is nice to see and a wonderful shop project. |
And to think it could be done on an old Craftsman wood lathe at a fraction of the cost of a CNC in a fraction of the time!
I'm a big fan of our Shopbot and CNC minimill, but I worry with all the exposure that kids get straight away with CNC they miss out on some valuable lessons learned making things the old fashioned way.
But I'm sure there are plenty of old machinists that would say (rightfully!) the same thing about my limited hands-on machining experience.
Neat project, fascinating to see how mills are becoming lathes, when back in the day you bought milling attachments for your lathe.