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Originally Posted by commodoredl
Patrick, would you mind sharing more information about your "machine cart?" Pictures, product information, etc.
Being part of a team that has never done much machining with the students, I'd love to find an economical solution to get them started in that area.
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If you want to come down and check it out any time, you're certainly welcome -- Naples isn't that far from Fairport. (I first heard about FRC while student teaching at Fairport, if you didn't know...)
We'll have it at FLR, too -- it's the same one we had last year.
The lathe, mill, and some tools came from Micro-mark.
http://www.micromark.com/microlux-7x...athe,9615.html
http://www.micromark.com/microlux-hi...hine,9616.html
Looks like prices went up a bit since we got ours, but not a whole lot. In addition to the machines themselves, a good collet set, center finders, parallel bars, cutters, etc can run several hundred to thousands and thousands of dollars depending on what you choose to get. I can't elaborate on those exactly because they were sourced and donated by others -- a machinist willing to donate some time could suggest what a good starting set of stuff would be.
The arbor press was picked up at a garage sale. New ones run under $100 for the same tonnage.
For lathe practice, delrin works great because it's easy on your tools, and if you go this route please don't buy any. I think I have 20934870974326204987 lifetime supplies of 1.5" delrin rod in 12' sections that were donated to us last year.