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Originally Posted by bs7280
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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That is a bit on the small side, but still better than nothing
. With a CNC of that size, you can still do almost any custom gearbox, all your gussets, half of you box tube, and a lot of your misc. parts. The rest should be able to be done on your other equipment.
Here are some great albums showing detailed photos of 254's 2012 and 2013 robots. I would start here to find ways of incorporating your new equipment into your manufacturing process.
https://plus.google.com/115829622106274402945/posts
https://plus.google.com/115829622106274402945/posts
As others have said before, the materials that you will find yourself using most is 1"x 1" box tube, 2"x1" box tube, 1/8" plate, and 1/4" plate