Mine was ordered some where around February 2006 and is numbered 033 or 037, I'm to lazy to check. So I think it probably started at 001. I think mine was in Tormach's second shipment from China. At the time I figured they where shipping something like 20 to 30 units every three months so it looked like averaging 100 in 2006 (but they were continually back-ordered. If they reach 300 + by the end of this year it will be more like 200 for 2007.
I figure the average spend is around USD10,000 so that would be a revenue of USD 2,000,000 in 2007. Assuming an operating margin of 20 to 25% that's a gross return on investment of USD 450,000, before taxes etc. With an operating cost of say USD350,000 they would have to be buying in at 60% of their sales price. Whether the numbers are good or bad depends on how it looks as a net return on investment.
Just a piece of uninformed speculation.
Phil
Originally Posted by keen  Hi Randy
The Serial no. is 286 (does that mean they have only made 286 machines in total? if that is so, I find it hard to see how Tormach are making enough profit to support their overheads - I suppose the other parts of the business do that)?
It has a drain left and right, flat profile Y covers,(does anyone know - how do they stand blue hot chips from carbide machining)?
It has no cooling fan? Maybe I don't have the latest model? or maybe Tormach are not always fitting them?
Oh and "Chuck reamer" - thanks for your concern the other day. |