What will it cost to get a Tormach running?
Does it have ball screws?
How well does it perform compared to a Bridgeport CNC knee mill.

Thanks, Rick

You will need a pc, a stand, coolant system, tooling, fixtureing and metal :)

If you look through their site, you'll see all of the answers you seek - and then some.

The only problems that I see with it is that it doesn't rapid very fast, but considering the work envelope - it's not too bad. It doesn't support rigid tapping, but you can get a floating tapping head.

Search on Youtube.com for "tormach" and you'll see quite a few videos of it in action. I've worn them out myself.

It seems to be a great machine for it's size and cost, it just depends on what kind of work YOU have planned for it.

I think my invoice came in right around 10K with the tooling system, delux stand and Sprutcam.

You can beat the price and work envelope size with either of the mill/drill units from Microkinetics. This is the better of the two units they offer:

http://www.microkinetics.com/cncdmill.htm



Tiger

You can beat the price and work envelope size with either of the mill/drill units from Microkinetics. This is the better of the two units they offer:

http://www.microkinetics.com/cncdmill.htm



Tiger


i am a complete noob with it comes to machining and cnc so please correct me if i am wrong. i see the tormach has a travel of 18"x,9.5y,16.25"z. the microkinetics you linked has a travel of 17"x,7"y,5"z. wouldn't the tormach have the larger work envelope?

also it seems to me for only $800 more you are getting a much more rigid machine with the tormach vs. the round column on the microkinetics. i have only heard good things about the tormach and quite a few bad things about microkinetics. if there is something i am missing please let me know as i am very close to spending $11k with tormach. feel free to pm me if this thread isn't the best place for it.

robert.

Robert, I feel your evaluation is on target.

My only suggestion might be to be careful on your choice of CAD and CAM software. Nothing beats spending several hours with demo software, trying to draw and generate G code for something you actually want to make.

Other than that, I think the Tormach is an easy choice if you are willing to spend that kind of money.

Also, think about a fogbuster instead of the flood coolant... A lot less messy.

-Jeff

Search on Youtube.com for "tormach" and you'll see quite a few videos of it in action.

You can download Tormach's Youtube videos in their original high-resolution format from the Tormach website too.

Best regards,

Randy

i am a complete noob with it comes to machining and cnc so please correct me if i am wrong. i see the tormach has a travel of 18"x,9.5y,16.25"z. the microkinetics you linked has a travel of 17"x,7"y,5"z. wouldn't the tormach have the larger work envelope?

also it seems to me for only $800 more you are getting a much more rigid machine with the tormach vs. the round column on the microkinetics. i have only heard good things about the tormach and quite a few bad things about microkinetics. if there is something i am missing please let me know as i am very close to spending $11k with tormach. feel free to pm me if this thread isn't the best place for it.

robert.

I have a Syil X3 NC Mill - I been studying the small NC Mill options for some months now and have decided the Tormach is the clear leader - I have now ordered one.

A convert RF30 clone doesn't even come close to a Tormach. They're not even in the same league.

Regards
Phil

You can beat the price and work envelope size with either of the mill/drill units from Microkinetics. This is the better of the two units they offer:

http://www.microkinetics.com/cncdmill.htm



Tiger