"Ed Huntress" wrote:

It appears to, but I'm not counting on appearances. Germany has been very
strategic in building its machinery export industries from back in the days
when I was at _American Machinist_, over 25 years ago. They're very good at
that work and it may just be that it's paid off in a world that needs their
particular expertise.

You obviously haven't had to repair a Chiron VMC or a first generation Index
G200. The freaking Index doesn't have wire numbers on the wires and the
Chiron only about half of them. GRRRR

Wes