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Re:How to Build a 50K Ton Forging Press by spenczar5 on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @01:23PM (#41312329)
Yes, I said “impractical”, not “impossible”.
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Re:How to Build a 50K Ton Forging Press by IshKebab on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @04:19PM (#41313855)
You said

> The spokes are really hard to make precisely with machining

That is not true.

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Re:How to Build a 50K Ton Forging Press by jessebro on Thursday August 22, 2024 @09:36AM (#41320130)
Back in the days of manual machining it was definitely true. CNC, especially modern 5+ axis high speed high rigidity machines are god level cheating.
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