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Re: Advice/recommendations about new equipment for our machine shop
The lathe and mill will be signifigantly more useful to you than a laser cutter, especially in that price range.
I completely agree with other posters in this thread: lathe should be first priority. Getting a lathe revolutionized our team's build capabilities more than any other tool we own.
The used market is your friend. Look on craigslist, you should be able to find a decent sized lathe, and a bridgeport knee mill, for about 2 or 3 thousand quite easily. These kinds of tools last a long, long time when maintained correctly.
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