Lathe Idea

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Originally Posted by LedLover96

My team has no lathe.

We do not have the money, nor the space for it. On top of that, we would not know how to use one to its full potential, as out robots are mostly COTS and aluminum extrusion, so we do not feel the need to get a lathe, we prefer to spend the money we do have on other tools.

We actually do have a cheapo chinese CNC mill/lathe combo that we bought several years ago, but is currently inoperable.

I don't think we've really run into a situation where we would need the lathe though. Besides maybe the occasional end-drilling of some round stock, which can be done on a drill press accurately enough too.