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A machine for electrochemically assisted are machining which comprises a machine tool essentially consisting of endless steel band mounted on a vertical band drive having two end pulleys connected to a prime mover, the said machine tool being mounted on an electrically insulted frame capable of horizontal movement to enable contact of steel band with a job to be machined, the said job being mounted on a vice, which is mounted on a electrically insulated bed, the contact surface of the said steel band and the said job being characterized in the provision of specific electrolyte supply having dual property of electrolyte dissolution of the said job and the formation of arc on the job surface respectively and the said electrolyte supply through means such as one or more nozzles connected to an electrolyte tank through a conventional chemical pump, the said steel band and said job being electrically connected to negative and positive terminals respectively of a DC power source.