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Originally Posted by Cory

Most importantly it's going to give you a much straighter cut than a vertical purely because the material is static and the blade is moving. This is important for anything going on a mill/lathe.

Why? A lathe or mill that is properly trammed should be setting the standard for machined surfaces both parallel and at a sever. A ground surface is a level above that for flatness.

I would think the only way that is true is if your cut is very close to target material size leaving nothing to further true-up.

We've been known to rough drive train plates on the CNC plasma cutter because it's fast but the cuts are nasty. We then clean up on the mill.