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		spenczar5 on Aug 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to build a 50k ton forging press Yes, I said “impractical”, not “impossible”.

IshKebab on Aug 21, 2024 [–]

You said

> The spokes are really hard to make precisely with machining

That is not true.

jessebro on Aug 22, 2024 | [–]

Back in the days of manual machining it was definitely true. CNC, especially modern 5+ axis high speed high rigidity machines are god level cheating.

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