Originally Posted by
sansbury
A Taig could theoretically handle the drilling and thread milling, but I'm not sure about the tapping. There aren't any benchtop machines with ATCs that I know of, other than homebuilt rigs which might not stand up to 1000 tool changes a day. This really sounds like a job for a VMC like a Robodrill.
wouldnt something like a Haas machining center be a bit more economical? Robodrills are crazy expensive, havent checked the used market on them but even a Ti13 new is around 300k fully outfitted if im not mistaken...(maybe a bit more)
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