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Re: Mill or Lathe...

You didn't really fix it, because as I said, we have a mill available, it's sitting right there in the shop next to the brake, over from the Rotex punch. We just can find more efficient ways of making parts using the other equipment.

If you need to make gearboxes, and you're not very good at laying out and drilling the holes with a drill press or punch, then a mill can be very helpful. Boring holes for press fit bearings can be done with a lathe, in fact you can more easily control the size of the hole. A better solution might be to figure out how to design the gearbox so it can use looser fits, like AM does.