Compared to traditional subtractive manufacturing, EDM is a very gentle affair. That’s what makes EDM attractive to the home lab; where the typical metal-capable CNC mill requires huge castings ...
The manufacturing of products by machine tools that reduce a solid block of metal or other material by any combination of drilling, turning on a lathe and grinding. Contrast with additive ...
Subtractive synthesis won the War of the Synthesis Technologies that raged during the 80s. It didn't look that way at the time, mind you, with so many established analogue synth manufacturers ...