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Re: Mill or Lathe...

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Originally Posted by nnfuller View Post
Well my team has sets it's fundraising goals, and one of them is to increase the functionality of our small machine shop. Right now our shop contains:

-Benchtop Drillpress
-Freestanding Drillpress
-Miter saw
-Bench Grinder
-Bandsaw
-Files... Many Files

So my question is if we have to decide between a mill or a lathe, which do you feel is better for a robotics team. I am not an educated enough machinist to know the full capabilities of either machine so i would love to hear people's reasoning.
Do you have access to any other machines such as a water-jet? If you do, that plays a large role in this decision.
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