Ed Huntress fired this volley in
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I thought they were talking about the latter. If so, I believe the
most common use for that is drilling holes off-axis on large
workpieces. Mold makers also used it for machining various off-axis
features where then didn't want to play with sine tables and such.


We're talking about the latter, although his comment has validity. For a
second-ops machine, I'd want both features.

Lloyd