Thread: ShopBot Desktop router up for the challenge?
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Re: ShopBot Desktop router up for the challenge?
We have both a ShopBot Buddy 2'x4' router and a Tormach 1100. Both are fantastic tools. If I had to choose one, though, I'd choose the router without a second thought for FRC. With that tool with a 2'x4' build volume you can fabricate an entire FRC robot. Sure, there are 3D things you'd have a hard time doing without the CNC mill but you just design your robot for the tools you have. Being down the road from ShopBot sure doesn't hurt either. Check out the 2016 reveal video of Zuko which was build entirely using the ShopBot buddy, no other CNC tools and no outsourcing.
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