Thread: New Member - Stockton On Tees
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24-04-2022 #2
Hi Lockwodi and welcome.
I was at Mach 22 as well and was surprised that Tormach wasn't there, the choice for small Mills was quite limited with only 2 people I could see, and both, in my opinion, were too expensive for what you got. For instance, the Ajax machines at £28k and £30k for what were essentially just small manual mills turned to CNC and ATC then put in a cabinet.!
I didn't get time to see George and the SYIL machines as he was always busy when I passed but again I suspect those will be well over £30K and nearer £50k.
Regards training then it really boils down to what kind of training.? If you want training on how to use the machine then whoever you buy from will or should give you training on the control and how all its functions work and provide handholding support. Because there are so many different controllers available you will always struggle to find one company or college etc that offers training, usually the machine supplier provides the controller training.
If you want general training on Milling then usually colleges offer night courses but obviously not in your area, so my best suggestion and to be honest the one I prefer myself is the university of Youtube and just get on and try, learning as you go along.
Really after you learn the control all you need to learn is how to create the part and G-code and these days this is mostly done in CAD/CAM software like Fusion 360 and Youtube is brilliant for this with loads of tutorials. Things like speeds n feeds can be learned as you go along and the tool manufacturer will supply cutting data to help with this.
Now if you are in the market for a machine I have a friend with a very very very nice Tormach 1100 series 3 with ATC, 4th axis, and loads of tooling, the machine has done very few hours and is lightly used, it's very much like new.
The ATC is a home-built unit, I made the bracket and disc, etc for it and helped with the installation and in my opinion, it's better and much stronger than Tormach's own unit and offers more tools at 12, all controlled from the Tormachs Pathpilot software.
If you are seriously interested get in touch and I'll put you in touch with him. My email address is below or PM me.-use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.jazzcnc.co.uk
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