My New Tormach CNC Machine - Vlog #58

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[@yukisoma76]

I suspect most of the Tormach haters have never tried to get a small business loan, never tried to bring a new product to market, and probably work for somebody else. I bought a Tormach in cash when I barely knew the difference between a mill and lathe. This was after getting turned down for loans and not being able to find CNC job shops that would make small runs of my 'invention'. My business is now very successful thanks to that little machine and I have the credit and sales history to finance industrial machinery, hire employees, and grow. I just wish Titan had started his Academy a few years earlier. Thank your for helping the next generation of entrepreneurs and students!

[@CMBuchanan]

Guys, forget the choice of machine here, Titan is trying to teach folks how to adapt and understand machining. I've been machining 1" aluminum for 10 years on CNC "routers" with unbelievable results, and I can tell you the ability to adapt as a machinist is the take away here. No recipe will work across all machines especially low HP mills / routers and that's reality. You've got to know how to adapt to get the best results for the given circumstances. Personally I would save my tormach $ until it gets me closer to a nicer machine but the fact Titan is using one to teach earns him mad respect from me. I totally get where he's coming from. This guy is a true educator.

[@philiphawkins4684]

The US needs to adopt metric SI , living in the past with imperial system guys...

[@rwford73]

Wow, a lot of haters, guess they don’t understand that people have different ideas and requirements for purchasing machines. If you are a business that needs to make parts and lots of them then yes this is not the machine for you, nor if you have critical tolerances. But maybe for people like me that want something that no one manufactures and don’t want to spend 150k on a machine , well it’s fine for me! I’ve been able to learn cad/cam (fusion 360-free$) purchase a machine (tormach 1100) for less than beater car, hit the you tube university (free) and within a year build a rather complex model. About 300-400$ worth of broken endmills, learning curve, one soft crash, And this machine sits in my shop, doesn’t have to make me money, just makes me happy. Now I have something that no one on this planet was manufacturing. Yes I would like to have a haas vf3 (money is not an issue) but practicality is, $30 tool holder vs $130. Space, power requirements, am I going to actually use it? I don’t need to finance or do I? Am I expecting to pay less for a machine and not willing to put in the effort to learn how it works?, set it up? Adjust it? Or am I going to pay travel expenses for the tec to on my $150k machine? I’m happy with what I have and I also have realistic expectations. I think the haters are just not willing to accept the fact that in business you have to be working and have to keep employees and machines working or you will no longer be in business and someone will be wanting that expensive machine back you financed.

[@davynolan182]

Question, how is a student affording a $15,000 dollar machine? There cheapest being $6000 I am an engineering student, I literally built my cnc from scratch out of aluminium extrusion, steel plates and a chinese spindle. It cost me $2,000 all in all and I thought that was a lot of money... Is there some kind of student grant I'm not taking advantage of here?

[@MeadesKnives]

Thanks for getting a tormach. I have one and still need to learn how to use my machine efficiently. Appreciate that you are pitching the learning at the everyday man in the street level. Forever grateful for the academy. Perfect. 👌🏻

[@colinbastien8389]

Good for Titan owning a successful company with plenty of top of the line machines yet getting a Tormach just to relate to the people he’s trying to educate. Great options for schools and such, much less likely you will seriously hurt yourself with one of these, but my advice to someone looking at one for anything other then strictly education is spend the same money and shop out a used vmc. No comparison and you’ll be happy in the long run you did!

[@glennedward2201]

And I paid $8,000 for a 2006 bed mill including shipping, phase converter and bt40 tooling and Gibbs cad/cam package. Oh and it came from a school where it was hardly used. Now tell me about Tormachs $15,000 price? I just cant do it. For $15k I can get 3 different 6000lb bed mills and in fact that’s what I’m doing. Anyone want some cnc bench mills or manual mills hit me up I gotta get rid of all these toys. By the way the school that i obtained the bed mill from upgraded to a 5 axis vmc and we talked about Tormach and they said they would never consider using those for instruction. Perhaps a high school metals class but not an actual college teaching engineers and machinists.

[@xray1292]

The guy talks like cheap TV advertising "call now and take two for the same price" and add the potato peeler and cheese grater. This sounds like advertising.

[@SplicesAndCelluloid]

I understand why people aren't a fan of Tormach, and that's fine. But like you said. There's a place for every machine, and this just isn't comparable to the higher end ones. This allows you to enter CNC machining, but it's not intended for mastering it. Thanks for getting this out there Titan.

[@cdmgearllc9510]

Bought my 1100 for prototype work in 2013 but ended up pressing it into production, not very fast production, but it was "do or die" for my business then. The Tormach did and we didn't die. Five years later we built a shop and are looking at our first HAAS. 5 years we ran the Tormach and I've had a full time guy supporting his family for the past 3 years. No complaints.

[@ExMachinaEngineering]

Thank you for covering the entire spectrum of CNC machining and manufacturing in general. You are adding real value to your viewers professional, and dare I say, personal lives. Thanks!

[@Creslin69]

I’ve used a Tormach 1100 series 3 for three years, anywhere between 12-60 hours a week depending on the requirements. Making one off parts, prototypes, and full on production for products used in woodworking.

[@mobius972]

Im glad you got the Tormach, I got a PCNC 1100 about a year ago. I have to say that I underestimated the difficulty of Fusion 360 and actually making a part from beginning to end. Your Building block series has helped me A LOT. I have recently completed the 10M and I was even able to modify it into a part I can use. Thanks for recognizing that a lot of us use these smaller machines. Again, thanks for the BB series, it made it all possible for me.

[@joshuahedgepath5120]

I’m so happy to see you scale it down to a perspective where anyone can make parts and it can still be affordable without breaking the bank. Hope to see more videos of the tormach in the future, problem solving, maintenance, preferred tools, working around a smaller work envelope, and most other general problems one may face when dealing with a smaller machine. Thanks again Titan!

[@mikepeterson8663]

This is an absolutety beautiful way of helping out the little guy Thanks Titan your an awesome teacher and educater. Showing that great things can be done with lower costing machines, Thanks again

[@johnhaynes8033]

I would love this man as my boss. Forward thinking , investment thinker , loves machining , what a man !! Keep it going, keep teaching. Love from uk.

[@thearcherylab330]

I am Active Duty Air Force, and run a business on the side in the archery industry. I picked up a used PCNC 1100 so I can start prototyping some products I would like to eventually bring to market. Like you said in the video, what makes these machines great is you can plug them in inside your garage. Excited to see you with a tormach on your floor.

[@WesMakesStuff]

I run a fab lab at a college. We have a 770m and in a few weeks are going to be taking 20 students through a cnc class with it. I was planning on using the 1m. Thanks for this Titan

[@automan1223]

You can eat an elephant in small bites ! Glad to see you welcomed Tormach into the fold. Took me over a year to decide to pull the trigger on an 1100M..& I have been happy thus far.. Tormach has reduced the barrier to entry for CNC. Kennametal tooling and servos might let you run 60>ipm, but I run 40ipm all day long with much less. They are great little machines !