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Re: New season, New tools

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Originally Posted by Chief Hedgehog View Post
Holy Crap. That is a lot of money. I can't speak for 4536, but $19k is way out of our budget (FRC 4607 CIS - Becker High School). Are there other options?
We also can't afford this on a team budget. We got this through a grant and we also purchased our CNC mill through a grant as well.

There are other options out there such as DIY (FRC973 has a great setup) and cheaper end models that use steppers etc... I don't happen to know off the top of my head but this thread has more info:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ght=cnc+router
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