On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:28:42 GMT, Ignoramus23461
wrote:

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:50:15 +0400, Gil HASH wrote:
'lo
Xcuze me for the newbie's strange question of the day :
Can a lathe be replaced by a milling machine for quite all metalworking?
In another terms, a milling machine is more universal than a lathe or not?
(It's for me : buying first lathe or milling machine?)

You cannot do threading on a mill... Difficult to make conical things
also... (unless I am missing something)

i
Ah...yes you can.

Gunner

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