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Originally Posted by Joe G.
Get a small metalworking lathe. You won't know how you lived without it. We've made many tool purchases over the years growing from a team that built robots with hacksaws and hammers, but our little Atlas 618 lathe revolutionized our build process and capabilities like nothing else has.
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I can't wait until I have enough money to properly seed my 501(c)3 Lathes 4 Kids. An
Atlas 618 or its Craftsman equivalent can be had for $500 or less on Craigslist and really opens the machining world. Getting one in rough shape running is also a great team project.
The milling attachments are available on ebay (but are typically overpriced) and then it can be your one-stop machining stop. Once you've got the lathe, this
tooling package from Little Machine Shop is a great add-on.