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If you need a machine lathe to make a machine lathe then how was the first machine lathe made?

Answer:
By hand. You can achieve incredible accuracy by hand, it just takes forever.


Also lead screws made on the new lathe will be better than the hand filed one and so on...
First answer by ID1204511600. Last edit by MAKEWRITE. Contributor trust: 1 [recommend contributor recommended]. Question popularity: 1 [recommend question].

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