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Mobility is the Game SWARFBLOG By Lloyd Graff

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First, to answer your question, yes, I’ve run a few Brownies in my life. David is absolutely right on his analysis of why Brown and Sharpe machines are the fastest single spindle screw machines available. It’s the overlapping of tools. The killer today is finding enough skilled people to run them. Many companies are not training new people (largely because no one wants to learn) on these older machines. Most of the people who know what to do with these machines are my age (old) or older. There are CNC options out there that are viable for longer cycle time parts, but if you can drop parts off complete on a Brownie in under 15 seconds, no CNC machines can compete.

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