Hey Everyone!
I've had my Tormach 1100 with all the bells and whistles for 18 months now. It has almost exactly 10,000 operating hours on it. It has paid for itself more times than I can count. However I'm seeing alot more demand, and need another mill. Originally I thought to go with a Haas Super Mini Mill - but that means I would need to sell the Tormach, and be broke.
Here are some thoughts...
[*]2 Mills, no matter how slow, will out perform a Haas any day of the week in Titanium (Low SFM) which is all I machine[*]Novakon may have some bugs, but in all honesty - the Tormach may have more with their ATC version of Mach 3, and don't provide support to move to LinuxCNC[*]Novakon won't have an ATC, but that is fine, if I need an ATC I'll use the Tormach -
Ray great work on the ATC and PDB[*]Novakon is FASTER in every way than a Tormach, while being 4x cheaper than a Haas Super Mini Mill that speed will help production. Bluehandsvideo was hitting 700ipm on his Torus Pro - Maybe I'll buy 2 Novakon's
Think they will give me a deal?[*]Novakon will have Servos - while I don't think are "fully" Closed loop, atleast it it will give warning when it's losing position. (This is big for me)
[*]Tormach has lost me as a customer - After Greg from Tormach stole my manufacturer for the product I was selling on my YouTube videos (LED Ring Light that works with Tormach ATC) there has been no relationship between Tormach and I - they have cut off all communication from me and I doubt would even provide warranty support for my Tormach anymore -
That's what I get for standing up for myself. No matter what you read, Tormach is no the company you think they are.