Hey Savoy,
I am also a PLTW IED Teacher and my district is ordering me a CNC router to cut the cars for the competition, I have a quote on the Shopbot Desktop waiting to go through do you think its a good CNC router to use for F1 in Schools?
I did not order the indexer, I was planning on doing a 2 sided cut as well. (can the indexer be bought later? Might be good for wheels)
I use Autodesk Inventor to model and then I use their CAM software to get the toolpaths.
What do you think about the Shopbot Desktop for the competition is what I am getting at.