Eli5 How was the first industrial machine made without the precision of machinery?

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How do you make a machine that has perfectly flat/plumb/level metal components without the aide of a machine to begin with?

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Really, really, really good craftsmen with years of experience spending hundreds of hours working on it.

Need a piece of metal perfectly level/smooth? Pay a man who is really good at what he does to sit there with a handheld level and file and slowly file away at it.

The same thing goes for intricate carvings or massive structures. When you have enough time, money, and manpower, you can get it done.

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