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    What does your shop do? Input please.

    Jamie (Aerospace & Automotive) It might help if you indicated what geographic area you’re in and what customer base you serve? (Seattle tool shop may not really be comparable to one outside of Jo’burg serving a tractor plant) First, as a general remark and without knowledge of your customer...
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    New Machine Analysis

    Hi Kaizad, Assuming you already know the size of parts / range of parts you want to machine (machining envelope), there are many other variables you need to look at. Example: 5-axis can be achieved by utilising a CNC head (Z-axis, C-axis, W-axis) plus the other (linear) axes, or by a Z-axis...

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