From: pc+usenet@asdf.org   
      
   ~misfit~  writes:   
   > 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.   
      
   Steve Mould did an interesting vid on the accuracy and precision of wire   
   EDM a while back:   
     https://youtu.be/watch?v=f9zyenX2PWk   
   Spoiler: the two bits that fit together perfectly aren't cut from the   
   same block, as some material has to be lost.   
      
   Phil   
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