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BADGERPEDE 11 points ago +12 / -1

I'll be that guy...

What's a CNC machine, and what did POTATUS say that would make me buy one?

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Based_in_Space [S] 3 points ago +3 / -0

used to machine parts. what used to take many machines like lathes, mills, punching machines in a large machine shop (back before computers) over many steps with lots of labor involved can now be done with one or 2 CNCs. This is one of many things that has made manufacturing productivity rise is that a company can make shorter runs of different types of parts on CNCs rather than set up a whole production line with special tooling to make millions of same part over and over again which is not as flexible.

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Based_in_Space [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

he wants to ban making of ghost guns, something you can do with a CNC machine.

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zooty 1 point ago +1 / -0

You can also do it with a 3D printer (though the strength isn't there, at the moment, there's room for improvement) and I bet you could have a pretty good go with hand tools.