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		doubleg72 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How bad can a $2.97 ADC be? Surface grinders generally don’t use CNC, they are a simple machine.

jacquesm 6 months ago | [–]

In the 1950's, yes. But these days they definitely are CNC based.

https://www.rooy.nl/en/areas-of-expertise/surface-grinding/

Dries007 6 months ago | [–]

This is a fun playlist of a conversion of a manual machine to CNC:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDlWKv7KIIr9rlCwZ9K43...

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