Shop tools, any suggestions?

[briholton]

Originally Posted by NoodleKnight

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Are there any other tools which would be useful for a robotics team? Note, we do have a price limit, not sure what it is, but we can't ask for radical things like a bridgeport CNC.

Thanks in advance,
Jonathan

Team 752 has a limited budget as well, but we bought a grizzly lathe, bandsaw and milling machine. We got the smaller, cheap versions of all these since not only is our budget limited, but so is our space. I would not want to use these tools every day to make a living, but for our use, they are fine. Last year we didnt have them, and life was very difficult. You might want to consider something to weld with and a press.

[sanddrag]

First I would recommend a horizontal bandsaw. It is very useful for cutting down long lengths of any size material. We use it more than the vertical. We have also found an arbor press (manual, not hyrdraulic) to be very useful. Also, a cold saw like what they use on American Choppers comes in handy sometimes but they are expensive.