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madcratebuilder · August 24, 2011, 07:28 AM

Believe it or not they did have lathe's back then. Not the modern cnc equipment of today, but manual operated lathes that could hold tolerances to .001 or better, depending on the operator. The lathe dates back to about 1300bc.

August 24, 2011, 07:28 AM	#5
madcratebuilder Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2007 Location: Northern Orygun Posts: 4,923	Believe it or not they did have lathe's back then. Not the modern cnc equipment of today, but manual operated lathes that could hold tolerances to .001 or better, depending on the operator. The lathe dates back to about 1300bc.