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Michael 4499 Michael 4499 is offline
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Re: Team 4499's first Homemade Gear!

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Originally Posted by frcguy View Post
That's pretty awesome! We're looking at doing something like that when we move in to our new building next fall. Either a used Haas or something newer like a toolroom mill.

Got some photos of the Haas for us machinery geeks out there?
Ya, here are some pictures of the Haas and the setup for cutting gears if anyone was interested. I would personally suggest an old Haas if you can find one over a newer one just because you can get more for less money. It is really nice to have a large x-travel to work with while making long tubes for robot chassis.
Here are the photos:



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