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Originally Posted by Gui Cavalcanti
Don't assume that all CNC and milled-out pieces are engineer-designed an machinist-made. My team, for one, has a core of machinists who are trained on manual mills and lathes, with a specialized group of three people (including me) who are trained on the CNC mill. Our sponsorship from a nearby machine shop consists of them letting us use their tools, with the stipulation that they're too busy to make parts for us. All of our parts are student-designed and manufactured, but they're very high quality.
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Same with team 93. Fox Valley Technical College has one of the best machine shops in the area. The students are trained in the off-season on how to use the manual and CNC machines, MasterCAM and Inventor, so when it comes time to manufacture robot parts, the students are experts in what they are doing! Thanks to this, 93 has come up with very professional looking parts, completely designed and manufactured by students.
Anyway: very cool, Tytus! Great way to lose some weight on the sprockets, as well - it looks much nicer than "swiss-cheesing" it.
