What have you made with the Tormach?

[SND]

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

[dave6]

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.

[KauaiKane]

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

[highspeedmazak]

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.