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Re: How do you fund your big machinery purchases?

FRC11/193 got the CNC plasma cutter and HAAS TM1P mill through a combination of: school support, private sponsors and team budget. We had a HAAS TL1 lathe we were kind of holding onto for the tooling company, but it has since been returned.

With the exception of some of the lathes most of the metal shop was already in the school.

The wood shop was also a fixture of the school but, is by comparison to when I was a student, not in as good a shape.

My long list of tools for my Makerspace are entirely out of my budget. Including now: 2 MaxNC 15 mills with CNC rotary tables, 2 MaxNC T2 lathes and 1 MaxNC 10 mill. Also 2 Up Plus! printers and the 14 other designs I've got laying around.

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