That could be. I also wrote programs on an old Hardinge CNC machine while I was working my Machinist/Shift Supervisor career of almost 50 years, for metering rods and jets. This machine was so old, it was controlled by a mylar tape, which had all the G-code commands as holes punched in it in controlled patterns. the jets were made from round and hex brass rod, while the metering rods were made from brass wire as a straight piece, then the ends where they attach to the rod "tree" were bent on a fixture i made up, so the rods were the correct lengths where they insert into the jets, and attach to the "tree". I saved those program "tapes" and tooling sheets, but that machine is so obsolete now, there are few, if any, left in operation.