20-05-2016, 17:41
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Active Alumni
 FRC #5492 (Robo Jockeys) Team Role: Alumni
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Rookie Year: 2009
Location: USA, Kentucky
Posts: 119
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Re: Lathe Suggestions
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When I was on my older team I got to lead a group of my fellow students to rebuild a lathe and a jig bore, which can be used as a mill.
These machines were honestly, really cheap. For this lathe we paid $700 ( and fixed it up for about another $150 most of it was spent on the paint, oil, and a ACME tap) and the same amount for the jig/mill. http://imgur.com/a/BZheX (I could not find the mill unfortunately)
Here's the website we got it from, this company can be negotiated with to lower the price, https://hgrinc.com
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so if you want a slightly above average Lathe, and want to build immense knowledge then this is the path to take 
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2009-2011: (FLL) Robot Builder / Operator
2012: (FRC Team 2783) Fabrication / HumanPlayer / FLL Ref
2013: (FRC Team 2783) Fabrication / HumanPlayer / FLL Ref
2014: (FRC Team 2783) Fabrication Student Lead / HumanPlayer / FLL Ref
2015: (FRC Team 2783) Fab Student, Teacher / HumanPlayer / Backup Driver / FLL Ref / FLL Mentor of 6 Teams
2016: (FRC Team 5492) Fabrication Student Lead / Driver / FLL Mentor of Crestwood Elementary
Past Alliance:(2783, 1208, 4154)(2783, 1002, 4265)(2783, 1182, 3868)(2783, 451, 4028)(2783, 1208!, 1288)(5492, 63, 1014) I Will Never Forget
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