I sometimes wonder about the economics of that kind of single machine manufacturing. What is the cost of that machine, what is its per minute charge out rate? That part was not particularly complex and could be done in three operations; one lathe and two on a mill in pretty close to the same total time of around four minutes, with the correct fixturing. How was this part made before that dual spindle life tooling machine was available?
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