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Originally Posted by Lowfategg
Ok, I have no clue what is what when it comes to CNC but I do know that if we wanted to start an FRC team next year a CNC mill would come in quite handy (since we need a mill anyway). Since I am cheap and we would only be using this mill for FRC how would something like this work?
http://www.taigtools.com/cmill.html
What would we be limited to with this machine? I know some one here said bearing holes would be hard to cut and it would also take sometime to make anything. Anything else I should be aware of? |
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Maximum Travel: X = 9.5", Y = 5.5", Z = 6.0"
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That mill would work for anything up to about the size of a gearbox plate.
If I only had a few thousand dollars to put into a milling machine for a FRC team, I'd be much more likely to look into a good-condition, used manual milling machine before I would get a mini-CNC mill. CNC mills are nice if you already have manual equipment, as there are a lot of occasions where it takes longer to make "easy" parts via CNC than it does to just make them on a manual milling machine.