Originally Posted by
Flybiker7000
The precision of modern tools isn't due to the digital programming as much as the invention of extreme fine electronic measuring devices to control the tooling!
Indeed, plus the ability to do time-based critical movements - which have been back then just not possible on pure mechanical ones (say, pre NC).
When I did my degree in mechanical engineering (mainly about surfaces) we've been put into a non-(C)NC workshop for three months to learn that three axis exist even outside computers
(early 90s). Students later on
didnt had that and they really had struggles about it - full 3D visualization
wasnt available yet.
CNC saves time, not clue.
