Aren’t machines much more accurate in making these items?
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In general machines are able to make things much more consistent then when humans make it by hand. However even machines do make small mistakes here and there. Tools gets worn down, things shift out of alignment, vibrations and temperature changes cause variations, etc. So when machines makes two parts they never fit perfectly as both parts are slightly different from the drawing. You see this in new things as there is usually gaps of various thickness between defferent parts and things do not perfectly line up. You do often see clever designs that tries to hide the fact that things does not line up but you can still see it.
However when things are hand made there are people stopping the manufacturing process to measure each part and either correct it or compensates on the other part. They do often use the same tools and machines as the machine made parts but they are constantly correcting the errors that is being made. This means that parts fits together much better giving you better quality. On the other hand no two parts are the same which can reduce the quality.
That being said not all hand made items are of higher quality then machine made items. And machine can also measure the parts that are made and correct for any errors. So you can not automatically assume that hand made is better then machine made. But high tier items are usually man made as it would be too expensive to have machines make it to the same level of fit. That being said machine made items can usually be repaired much cheaper because spare parts will actually fit without having to be hand fitted. You also have issues with symmetry in hand made items.
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