Roadbuzz, this also makes old school machinists more valuable, because there is less and less emphasis on hand skills and more on computer skills. Makes it hard to find a guy who can make one replacement part.
Tulio Campagnolo, did his machine work with files.
MichealW, I remember seeing many a Kooka crank, aCNC'd crank, fail right through the K in the logo on the arm. This could partially be attributed to the foolishness of milling a stress riser into the middle of the arm.