Originally Posted by allennella  Thanks for the replies. I had been waiting for a Roland to popup on Ebay for about a year and lost one auction on a 650 for 14K. Now that I have sold my ZCorp I need to move forward and get something on order. I’m 90% sure I will purchase the Tormach w/the router attachment for small plastic parts and the option to machine metal will be a step-up over the Roland. I realize their might be some speed trade-off’s but some of the case studies I’’ve read on the Roland had 20hr run times for complex 3D parts. The ZCorp was kind of slow too, typically 6 to 10 hours for 6” x 6” parts.
Thanks again,
Allen |
Want the Tormach be even slower (not kicking on the machine). But the ability to cut metal for me would be a big plus. But that is what I would mainly need it for & then the attachment for doing the smaller stuff would just be a extra that would get me buy on some smaller stuff when the need came up ( but slower than a machine disigned for such a thing). But maybe still fast enough for you also.
IMHO the Tormach is a great machine for its designed purpose & pricing but it sounds like your needs may fall in a differnt area than this machine fits. Just trying to get you thinking about it, your the one that knows what you need and want.
I myself would love to have this machine stting in my shop but my needs are metal parts with maybe a piece of plastic here & there. But the whole setup seems to be a well setup package that would fit my needs & budget very well.
Have you watched any of the vids on this machine in action? That might help knowing how fast it would go. You probably know all this & its abilities for you to be considering its purchase & if so your a head of anything I am thinking about or can offer as far as advice. But just talking can get one
sometimes about something you may missed
or over looked.
Jess
Jess