I would like to take your F360 class. I looked on NexGen and didnt see it....?

Really good video! Tormach owes you for this.

The castle in Heidelberg is very cool. Go see it. I went 30+ years ago when I was in grade 10 when I went to Germany as an exchange student

@38:14 sounds like someone's cat was doing their business in the back ground. The scratching of the litter box is a familiar sound 🤣

Thanks for the tip! I had no idea Fusion 360 did this. What metrology tools do you have for measuring surface finishes?

Looks like a cool machine, but they are positioned so awkwardly in terms of pricing. For a little more, you can have a Haas, and for around the same price, a Syil. I'm not a fan of Syil for personal reasons, but I have to admit their machines are nice. With Haas, you have excellent customer support (at least in the UK) - and yes, this can be pricey, but at least you are protected. This machine looks well built, but it does look light-duty compared to the Mini Mill. Especially compared to the new Mini Mill, which has a fully cast frame as opposed to the steel bottom which mine has. I do like the levelling system, and the epoxy granite though - that's excellent! I'm not sure what Tormach's customer service is like now, but historically there have been some not so nice stories. I don't think it's fair to put that on them now if it's improved though!

Enjoy your new Doosan!!! Nothing like a brand new machine...

i have a 2004 ec400 and the chip auger run none stop and have never been an issue , the idea to run it every 10 or 15 minutes is so it has time the coolant to drain.

Congratulations on the expansion and growth. Keep aiming up. Onwards and upwards as they say. I am very pleased for you. It’s great to see this. Thank you both for the videos. I wish you both the very best that each day has to offer.

Adding my thoughts as I watch: SVM isn't a touch on the haas. VF vs DNM, the dnm wins all day. SVM vs a new VF, you're not going to see much value Dual Contact: The holders are so much more expensive, it's never worth it. 210psi tsc is a killer. I'd have the haas 1000psi vs doosan all day. OMP400 only gets you about 0.001mm extra accuracy when probing in XYZ. On angled surfaces it makes about 0.015mm diff.

wow, coolant leaking all over the floor after only half of one part cut.

My biggest problem with this cool machine is the almost 0.001" accuracy.

That machine is way overpriced for what you get.

nb: 12pack of tweezers

The chips backing up and coolant leak can be solved but that surface finish with the circles/swirl marks looks pretty bad.. bad tool or programming?

Everything was encouraging except that coolant leak dripping at 1:28. I have ops that will run for 3-4 hours at a time and that would be a massive problem. Hopefully mine has no leaks. That would be a problem. I'll know in a few days.

That facing cut was 100% spindle load? Or over 100%? The 1500 looks like a cool machine, but it's still pretty slow and under powered compared to a Syil. I guess it was a sacrifice they made going with single phase power?

lmao, no you can't do it faster on a bridgeport.

really called us out with the engraving

What a massive improvement from their earlier machines.

Appreciate the footage. The in-depth video is great. I will be getting a new mill soon and the 1500mx is at the top of my list. I have been waiting on more videos of this thing in action. I assume with absolute encoders its pretty accurate and repeatable. The tool change speed looks fine for me, onesy twosy xometry stuff.

why do machine tool manufacturers insist on storing important stuff in volatile memory instead of on solid state storage!? :P

Did i get it right, that the z-ballscrew is in a pushing configuration, rather than pulling the headstock against gravity?

Very interesting, thanks for showing it up close. Looks decently built but I’m admittedly late to the party as my syil arrives next month

Can't wait for more videos! People who bring the cost into this I don't think are exactly the demographic, this is about the best you can get on single phase in your garage. (converters be damned)

Definitely looks like a improvement over some of the junk they shipped previsiouly lol. But in the 40-50k range there are some real machines available that would run circles around it.

Mine arrives next week. So excited.

This is fantastic! A very specific and weird question you may be able to help with having seen the machine up close: How much wire slack is there in between the electrical cabinet and the base of the cable chain, and if it's not much, how simple do you think extending them would be? I am looking to get a machine, and have a very low ceiling in a tuck-under garage, which is frustratingly close to fitting 3 different machines in this class. The newest MiniMill is about 2 inches taller than the subfloor, even if you put the spindle head in between joists. The Syil X7, with its cable chain slotted besides the spindle head, is 1/2" too wide to fit between joists. Boxing out joists has been vetoed by co-owners of the home. 1100MX feels a little light for what I want to do with it, OMs are hard to find used with the options I'd like, and new CMs are a bit out of my price range. The tormach 1500MX WOULD fit absolutely perfect....except that they made the choice to orient the cable chain at 90 degrees relative to the machine. I've been trying to figure out how viable it would be to modify the machine such that the cable chain runs oriented inline with the Y axis like most other mills, as this is pretty much the singular dealbreaker. This is the first time I've been able to see the back of the spindle head, and it's VERY encouraging to see that it's basically mounted into open empty space, and that all the cables need to do a 90 degree bend anyways to get to where they're going. Looking to get a clearer picture of how viable the mods would be at the electrical box end. Fine with modifying things mechanically, somewhat sketched out by swapping out a bunch of electrical stuff on a brand new machine if it takes that. The word from Tormach support has been boilerplate language about how they aren't able to officially support modifying the machine this way without voiding warranty, and vague noncommittal answers about if it's technically feasible at all. But I want to know about the practical viability from the perspective of someone very unafraid to void warranties and do sketchy things that work, like your woven zip tie air line cable chain extension on your OM

That was great!

100% on syil. If they had better customer service other than shitty Titan of CNC I would give them a chance. The syil is built way better than the other two. Period. We own 16 cnc machines here and the syil is built just like the real machines. The haas mini mill is 1/2 plate welded together frame.

Would've liked to see it with the z axis cover off. Could then see how easy the draw bar actuator is to remove to bring the height down for fitting through a low (7ft) garage door

dudes pretty chill. seems like a pretty cool bunch.

I'm glad to see that Tormach is trying to break into the "real" machine space. I hope they continue to improve and succeed, more competition is always better! I would love to hear your (and/or someone on behalf of Tormach) take on PathPilot. To me, it's kind of a scummy move to have taken Linuxcnc which is very clearly licensed under the GPLv2 and they don't disclose and release their code. As a very active contributor and owner of several open source projects including linuxcnc itself, that really sucks. PathPilot is great, but they have clearly broken the terms of the license for Linuxcnc in my non-lawyer opinion.

Thank you for your efforts! It's nice to see "under the hood".

man that wire and tube management could be better

I have 20 of the same part. Xometry requires 5 inspections of the 20. Whats the best workflow for that? Thank you

helpful video. but you have a face best suited for voiceover. so, please, in the future...

Just as a tip, I run batches of small parts also, leave them all connected, in the Op1 you shouldnt have cut them off, you should have cut a strip of plastic below them, and left them all one strip. Then in OP2 you just load the entire strip in the jaws, but you have to cut the jaws with the same spacing you have on the strip. Because the strip has flex, you have to make sure each part is down all the way, I usually use a double station vise, and have a strip in front and one in back, and I use a precision ground hard jaw to place over the strips to tap them down evenly. Hope this helps. (Tool and Die Engineer/Machinist)

Hey Guys - in regards to stock transferring between operations, it works as long as you have the same *component* selected in each operation. It can be different instances of the same component. For example, you can have two of your part in each side of a double station vise exactly how you'd actually machine it and still have the stock transfer. Here is a short write up with pictures: docs.google.com/document/d/1r3CvZysk4o6ByuCbu5eNiVYanKic1zTTcjgTb9DSgK8/edit?usp=sharing

Hey, buy tweezers.

Single flutes are your friend when cutting plastic. I use Datron tooling, their 4n1 endmills are very expensive, but they are pretty awesome for plastics and aluminum. Not having a high RPM isn’t ideal for single flutes, but the sharpness they can achieve is unmatched against 2 and 3 flutes endmills

Uhmw is my least favorite plastic to work with. Especially when turning larger parts. It will warp over night and do a lot of funky stuff.

I use the blue painters tape and superglue to just glue scrap materials to a regular vise to make softjaws

remember to buy tweezers

Hey, great job on the B-roll footage and music overlays. Thanks for sharing!

Bro clean your macheen !!!

Tips from the machinists at my client (we work mostly in plastics). 1) 3d print custom vacuum hose nozzles to mount on the spindle with a mag base. This works in combo with air to clear chips and prevent recutting. 2) don’t ramp down in the material, plunge off to the side the feed in at each Z depth. 3) use Harvey tools specific plastic cutting end mills.