Myford 7s are small by most standards :-)
Certainly there have been many robots made without ever seeing a machine tool. I would consider a mill and lathe to be a very worthwhile investment from the point of view of getting a workshop that you can use for everything. If the objective is to build a robot, then getting the precision bits made by someone else is your best bet. As for gears- its one of those difficult answers- the stiffer and more accuratelly the gear box is, the better the performance youll get. I would recommend getting a couple of gearbox plates machined up- it should be too expensive as its a fiarly simple operation on a mill. It really is worth doing it properly.
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