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Re: CNC Machining Bearing Blocks

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Originally Posted by magnets View Post
We're making an offseason drive base, and we'd like to make our own bearing blocks on our CNC mill, but I can't think of a good way to hold down these parts for machining.

Does anybody have a clever way to make these parts?
What kind of mill do you have?

The cost of materials, tooling and then machine time (that does "cost" something) versus $20 a piece from vex is sometimes hard to justify.

It's quite a bit of material removal as well.
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