machining

You'll see cast or hammer-forged parts with a little finish machining, and the machining will almost always be a flat or circular surface.

Well once you have a CNC mill the only difference between machining the full LR and finishing a blank is in run time.

Aluminium is cheap material and machines really well, there's not much downside to machining the whole piece.

But it take choosing the exactly correct parts, custom machining and a fair bit of bodging stuff together (eg[1]).

Traditional machining processes have become very efficient due to the enormous industry and many years of innovation.

The difference between programming the 20% finishing and machining the whole part is not that large.

His closing lines at the last link could be applied to corporate IT (or machining in general) across the board.

But in reality, one of the notches hogs all the tension, due to imprecise machining.

Plus a lot more machining involved; as I understand it, a drill press can finish an 80% receiver.

That said, you can do some insane things with a 5-11 axis machining center.

But when I was working I actually did get a certification in a completely different field of welding/machining.

The thing that a lot of people don't realize about traditional machining operations is just how long they take to set up.

Manufacturing a conductive "ring" on a pin would be difficult with machining, so using a conductive paint on top of an insulating paint would be the best option.

What I think elevates this article above the level of clickbait is that beyond any firearms related issues, it is a really interesting point of comparison for different "maker" related technologies: traditional machining, 3d Printing and desktop CNC.