Answered: IS using a c&c machine to cut identical parts legal?

[Gameon2546]

My team needs two more ratchet and pawls and 3d printing is illegal. But can i cut out what i need out of a legal material with a c&c machine?

[Karthik]

My team needs two more ratchet and pawls and 3d printing is illegal. But can i cut out what i need out of a legal material with a c&c machine?

Yes, if you were to use legal materials, this would be legal. The part wouldn’t even have to be identical. The legal materials that you could use are listed in <R7f>

f. Non shattering plastic from the following list; polycarbonate, acetel monopolymer (Delrin), acetal copolymer (Acetron GP), POM (acetal), ABS, PEEK, PET, HDPE, LDPE, Nylon (all grades), Polypropylene, FEP; as cut from a single 12" x 24" sheet up to 0.070" thick.
i. Plastic can be mechanically altered by cutting, drilling or bending etc., but it cannot be chemically treated, melted or cast. Teams may heat the polycarbonate to aid in bending.