Realize, that by asking your question in this forum, that you are talking to a bunch of people who have stood in your shoes and made the very decision you want to make. It is unlikely that you will find any serious Tormach nay-sayers here. I hope you are asking in the other forums as well.
I bought my Tormach for several reasons:
1) I really appreciated the balanced design that is documented with engineering white papers about the trade-offs they made.
2) I could buy as much of the complete package as I wanted, including a decent deal on a CAM package and a coffee mug.
3) I hung out here and saw lots of good information about the machine and the company. I also watched a lot of videos of machines working.
4) I could buy it from people who speak english as a primary language (but I really don't know the status of the other companies, so don't flame me). All I know is that I called Tormach almost a year before I bought and they were very nice to me. I spent the rest of that year evaluating CAM programs, because I didn't want to buy until I knew how to drive it (CNC is kind of worthless without the C).
I think that the best question you could ask is, "would you buy your machine again?" In my case, the answer is definitely yes.
Regards,
- Just Gary  |