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Re:The N95 mask shortage America can't seem to fix by TylerE on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @10:12AM (#24567271)
Manufacturing has changed. Back then everything was done by hand - vast changeovers were much easier..

Plus the machines already existed. They weren't making tanks in textile mills....they were making them in car plants.

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Re:The N95 mask shortage America can't seem to fix by formerly_proven on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:07AM (#24567978)
Making rifles involves literal tons of highly specialized tool machines that are only used for making rifles. Just look at a barrel or action and try to figure out how these were machined accurately in the 1920s.
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Re:The N95 mask shortage America can't seem to fix by Ancapistani on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @12:18PM (#24568699)
Absent those specialized machine tools (like a rifling machine), any machine shop could produce components.
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Re:The N95 mask shortage America can't seem to fix by TylerE on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:41AM (#24568332)
And rifles continued to be made by.... armories.
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