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Re: Requsting your opinions on this CNC mill

I've used mills of that size in manual form and they can handle aluminum reasonably, but do not count on removing a lot of material quickly.

Also note that you'll need CAM software with either one to generate tool paths unless you plan on doing that manually.

You may want to consider buying a manual machine that can be upgraded to CNC later if you discover that you really want CNC control, just a thought. I've found the manual machines work for many things an FRC team would want to do.
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