[EricH]

Originally Posted by Lowfategg

So say buy a cheap used manual mill and then a mini-CNC mill or is that just over kill. How offend are you going to mill something bigger then the CNC mill could do on a standard FRC bot? From what I could see on 303 robot this year we could make everything on the mini-CNC mill.

He's saying manual. Less time programming/setting up means more parts, unless you have a lot of parts that you need identical (and then you can make a jig to set them up). Size doesn't really matter for FRC, as long as it isn't TOO small.

The mill isn't what will kill your budget, it's the tooling for it. Start with a manual and tools. There are upgrades you can get to make it at least semi-CNC, if you so desire. If Cory's right, then you may as well get a manual mill, as CNCs are useless without controllers.