In article , yourname says...

No machine with an acme thread can just dial to a number, there is
always operator intervention. The ability to intervene is the point.

Moore jig borer? Of course that still requires somebody to
dial the dial.

I think the guy just wants a machine that is better than he is, which is
what we all want, right? The Jet is not that machine.

Nope, he used a number, he said he wanted to make parts with
+/- 0.0001 tolerances. Unless he a) doesn't know what he's
asking for, or b) made a typo, that does put him a whole
'nother realm for machines. IF that's what he really wants,
and IF he has the ability to inspect the stuff he makes,
to verify that it meets that exacting tolerance.

Like you say, the jet just isn't going to get where he wants to go.
g

I tend to think you're right of course. He doesn't know what
he's really asking for when he says "one tenth." And that
he just wants a machine that's better than he is.

Jim


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