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Originally Posted by Dr.Gusta
Team 5107 just finished their rookie year and is looking to expand. We are getting ready to move from the garage to an actual work space. We have quickly realized that CNC machining would greatly help us and it is put just below a work area on the priority list. We were wondering machines that other teams own and examples of the work they produce. Thanks for the help
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Given your request for examples, I may be jumping the gun—but do you know what you'd like to produce with it? If we have some idea of the kinds of parts you're aiming for, we'll be able to steer you more effectively.
For example, a gantry mill or CNC router are good for sheet goods and large parts with low overall accuracy, but fairly high precision (in a relative sense). By contrast, knee mills with CNC conversions are good for quickly adapting formerly-manual processes to CNC. Dedicated CNC mills and vertical machining centres are great for prototyping (on the small ones) and production (on the big ones), but are substantially more expensive than other options.
What does your budget look like, and what kind of constraints are imposed by the facility in which it will be located (space, power, noise, heat, drainage, security, etc.)?