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Unread 22-11-2015, 22:18
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Re: CNC Mill or Router?

I too agree with Adam here, if you would like help finding good deals on machine please PM me and I can go over details with you.

The issue with a CNC router is that it will not replace an actual mill, but you can do milling with it with effort if you really are heavily inclined to get a CNC first. I would pick a manual mill+lathe and find a laser cutting sponsor(even just paying a shop to laser cut sheet for you is cheap enough to be well worth it) over a CNC router every day of the week.

BTW you can follow G-code on a manual mill by hand via DRO(just try and avoid angles and curves that can be finished by hand later)

I'm almost infamous around central California for buying lots of machines on the super cheap.

EDIT: you are not far from our shop in Davis, I would be more than willing to meet sometime over the next week or two to go over the many options you have before you and the methods 1678 has used to build up our shop in the last few years.
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