New Tormach makes my first part!

[cheetahcnc]

Met some of the great Tormach crew at the Cabin Fever Expo in York, PA, about a month ago. It was a real nice show, though most of my time was spent at the Tormach booth. They were running some cool parts, one right after the other on a fully loaded 1100. It is an awesome chunk of fantastic I just had to sink my teeth into. Though it will be a while chewing on so much at one time, I'm getting the hang of it, and loving every minute. Here are a few pics of my Tormach 1100's first offspring - manually loaded as I'm new to Mach3 and haven't quite figured out the ATC yet.





Jim

[BIG IGG]

Nice's part. Background mess's with my eye's LOL

[tbaker2500]

Nice. Have fun with it!

[Jaynboom]

Congrats!

[TXFred]

Nice work. Does it do anything, or is it a test piece?

Frederic

[Gerry Sweetland]

Yes, looks good.
What is that material, HDPE or nylon, or something else?
I just ran some parts from HDPE. Cuts nice but if your not quick with the vacuum hose it goes all over LOL
Gerry

[RTP_Burnsville]

Looks good for a first part, much nicer than the first one I attempted! Welcome to the club.....


Robert

[cheetahcnc]

Thanks guys. Not sure on the material, selection criteria were: in stock, easy machine (first part), low cost, and no finish/paint required. Last night I finished six of these. Just ran them dry, hitting the other five with a air nozzle every once in a while - will be setting up my vortex cool gun soon. I have run the same material on a CNC router, but the finished product from the Tormach is really great.

These are clamps for mounting things to the poles in my shop. The u-bolts are stainless 3 1/2" ID. Here is a pic of a finished one.




Jim

[Sp-4renegade]

Nice. Sent out the check for my 1100 Tormach series III. March 2nd. Gotta wait though till they get some in. As a manual machinist I noticed there are no knobs or cranks on the Tormach, I best start learning the lauguge CNC guys speak.

[MichaelHenry]

This add-on:

30616 - Shuttle Jog Controller

has just about eliminated my need for handwheels. The MDI can also be very useful when setting up for simple jobs or operations.

Mike

[Bob La Londe]

MIDI is great. Just tell it where to go.... I haven't quite been able to justify an MPG pendant just yet, but it may be the ticket for manual positioning. I use my computer keyboard like a pendant all the time though for zeroing to a work piece.

[cheetahcnc]

Nice. Sent out the check for my 1100 Tormach series III. March 2nd. Gotta wait though till they get some in. As a manual machinist I noticed there are no knobs or cranks on the Tormach, I best start learning the lauguge CNC guys speak.

Awesome! Did you add on any extras?

This add-on:

30616 - Shuttle Jog Controller

has just about eliminated my need for handwheels. The MDI can also be very useful when setting up for simple jobs or operations.

Mike

This is a very useful add on.

Jim