Hi,


I'm still looking at buying the Tormach. I'll probably finaly make the big step in a few days. I'd just like to see what other members have made with theirs so far. There hasn't been a lot of work shown on here yet. What types of finishes people are able to maintain and accuracy. Anything of the sort.

thanks

OK this is not that big of a deal for most of you but its a big step for me. I was given a curved aluminum angle 1.5" x 1.5" x9" approx. that was curved in one plain 169" radius. I had to scan the actual part into Alibre express then trace the curved edge with a curved line to figure out the radius (I was not given a drawing). I was able to draw the rest of the angle after that. Then imported it to Visual Mill, put the blank in the vise and 6 starts and stops reajusting the feeds, speeds and size of the raw stock later the part was done. This is a major step for me and I am very happy with the mill so far. This is an aircraft part and I know the customer will be very happy. I am on the tip of a major learning curve here.

Aloha Dave,

I am considering getting the Tormach mill and so I will be following your adventures. I am an utter newbie, but I've spoken with Greg Jackson at Tormach and I'd doing as much research as I can. I used to be intelligent, so perhaps it'll come back to me.

I want to make watch cases from exotic materials like titanium...so I am interested to see the surface finish on your pieces.

(It occurs to me that learning CNC skills at home on a fairly straightforward machine like the Tormach is actually training yourself to be a real CNC operator - so it could be an additional value when you look at it like this).

Best of luck to you and your aircraft part biz.

Cheers,
John

Titanium is very easy to work with dont think of it as a hard metal think or it as a soft chewy metal and the gummy part will be your adventure in machining it. It will give a great finish on most machines but take small bites or you will find out the hard way.