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Re: CNC Mill or Router?

For standard sized shaft work, the mill can easily be used as a lathe. Put the part in the spindle and clamp the tool in a vice.

This is assuming you can't have both.


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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
I would vote 7x12 lathe and Bridgeport. If you shop around on Craigslist you can get the latter for $1500ish, and a DRO/ tooling for another $1500. Then Spend $1000 on a lathe and tooling and possibly $1000 on a Shapeoko 3 if you really want a CNC.
The Shapeoko is nowhere near the quality of an industrial CNC router, but for FRC use it's fine.
Shapeoko is going to be pretty underwhelming for FRC for bulk production compared to a $5-20k router. For a few parts it will work just fine (or if you're okay running it 24/7 all build).

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