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Geometry

Dimensional Accuracy (+/- 0.001 inches per inch)
Too Low: 0.4
Easily Achieved: 1 or higher

Surface Roughness (microinches)
Too Low: 8
Easily Achieved: 64 or higher

Bounding Box Volume (cubic inches)
Low: 0.1 - 1
Just Right: 1 - 10,000,000
High: 10,000,000 - 10,000,000

Wall Thickness
Uniform Walls Preferred: No
Max Wall Thickness (inches): 12
Min Wall Thickness (inches): 0.2
(over a 5" inch span)

Rounded Corners Preferred: No

Compatible Shapes:
Turning processes are versatile and capable of producing a wide variety of shapes. Typical products include brake drums and brake disks, valve parts, nozzles, pipe and tube fittings ( including tees and elbows ), rollers of various kinds, hubs, crankshafts, pins and axles, and gun barrels.

Most compatible shapes are surfaces of revolution.