Thread: What materials do you most commonly use on your robots?
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Re: What materials do you most commonly use on your robots?
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Originally Posted by MichaelBick View Post
What kind of CNC mill do you have acess to? A decent sized machine can be used to machine almost every part on your robot. Based on your resources, I would reccomend using a combination of 2"x1" and 1"x1" aluminum box tubing. Look at teams like 254, 973, and 1538 for great examples of how to use these materials.
A tormach cnc milling machine. Not sure what the exact table size is but it is definitely a high quality machine.

We also have access to two grizzly mills. One is a hobby/desktop mill and another is a more professional 7 foot tall mill, also grizzly. There is also a broken bridgeport mill and grizzly lathe.
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