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Re: New Workshop...Tool Advice Needed

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Originally Posted by CENTURION View Post
As others have said, 40k will get you a lot farther in manual machines than CNC.

A lot of the FRC parts that need CNC work tend to be sheet material. To that end, a CNC router can be a very good choice. Compared to a mill they're very cheap, and they have large work envelopes for doing panels, belly pans, etc. They're more accurate than plasma, and cheaper than waterjet or laser. They're also more versatile than those machines, as they can do "2.5D" work like pocketing, counterboring, champfering, engraving, etc. Also, you can build one yourself, they're not exceptionally complicated for FRC-trained people, as long as you put in the research time (CNCzone.com is your friend)
I know that routers that have the proper controllers can do true 3D routing.

Not to be a TOTAL nit

I agree with everything else.
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