Peter_C
Contributor
*shrugs* Just buy the tools to do what you want.
You can put a DRO kit on most anything and for a few thousand dollars you can get a nice upright mill and put a CNC kit on it. I still machine stuff old skool, but I have a LOT to learn, and CNC would be far easier.
I am sure there are places that will run your programing for 3D printing.
The best way to do it, is to have friends/mentors
The ABS here was cut on the old router machine, their new one is really nice.
![Router table.jpg Router table.jpg](https://scubaboard.com/community/data/attachments/116/116187-04e52d2065d5b13cbbb519bc1b64574e.jpg)
FWIW few people need to work with tubing notchers and benders, unless you are building rock crawlers or race cars. I have a hydro Protools setup that I rarely use anymore, although I will need to build another receiver hitch once I get my car back from the body shop. I still have 3 20ft sticks of 1.75" DOM that is always in the way, since it doesn't fit on my metal rack as it is too long.
You can put a DRO kit on most anything and for a few thousand dollars you can get a nice upright mill and put a CNC kit on it. I still machine stuff old skool, but I have a LOT to learn, and CNC would be far easier.
I am sure there are places that will run your programing for 3D printing.
The best way to do it, is to have friends/mentors
![Router table.jpg Router table.jpg](https://scubaboard.com/community/data/attachments/116/116187-04e52d2065d5b13cbbb519bc1b64574e.jpg)
FWIW few people need to work with tubing notchers and benders, unless you are building rock crawlers or race cars. I have a hydro Protools setup that I rarely use anymore, although I will need to build another receiver hitch once I get my car back from the body shop. I still have 3 20ft sticks of 1.75" DOM that is always in the way, since it doesn't fit on my metal rack as it is too long.