Yes, you need all three, eventually. The three machines complement each other. A 3D printer can only make parts out of plastic, not metal. Metal 3D printers are available but prohibitively expensive. So for metal work the only choice in low cost machines is - a mini-lathe and a mini-mill.
One more point - 3D printers, particularly extrusion type, are quite crude and not very accurate. Much higher degree of accuracy is achievable with lathe and mill. SLA type 3D printers are a lot better but have limitations. Just sharing my own experience. YMMV
Prasad
Eastern PA
On Sunday, October 13, 2019, 02:23:55 PM EDT, Harvey white madyn@dragonworks.info [GrizHFMinimill] <GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Does a 3D printer have a place in a machine shop?
If you have one, do you need a mill or a lathe?
What do you think?
Harvey
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