From: shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com   
      
   On 29/10/2025 8:39 am, Ar wrote:   
   > We know that F1 teams over the years have gone through lots of fancy   
   processes and materials to cut   
   > the weight of parts and still be strong. I've been looking on Youtube and   
   found a process called   
   > "electric discharge machining", which gives tolerances of the thickness of a   
   thin wire.   
   >   
   > Would an F1 team use such machines to give effectively zero tolerance   
   cutting for mechanical parts?   
   > Looking at it it is amazingly accurate cutting, far better than a CNC   
   milling machine, but   
   > massively slower.   
      
   EDM has been around for quite a while now and I dare say that if it brings a   
   benefit to anything an   
   F1 team is doing they'll certainly be using it.   
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