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I wanted to provide another update on this: We have decided that the spindle replacement is not something that can be done in the field, so we will be instituting a no-cost spindle rebuild program...

Unfortunately, as Keen and others have posted, we have a design flaw with the RapidTurn spindles; they were manufactured without the back bearing surface for the 5C collets. We were made aware of...

As Coffeetek mentioned, we have issued a service bulletin related to the uncommanded spindle acceleration that some PCNC 440 users have reported. To date, all field-reported instances of this issue...

In stock and shipping now.

We've added the lathe with turret option to the website today. Here is the link.

As for the pneumatic closer, we are still waiting on the arrival of a few components. Right now, the anticipated...

This was an oversight in the initial release of the manual, but it is implemented in the current lathe software release.

The actual M codes for the collet closer are “M64 P2” for ON and “M65 P2”...

Just a quick note to those interested:

We will be demoing Tormach products this Saturday (March 15) in Austin, TX, at the meetup event hosted by Z-bot LLC. This includes the new Tormach 15L...

Events - LittleMachineShop.com

Just a friendly reminder that this Saturday (October 26) is the 4th annual Little Machine Shop Open House in Pasadena, CA.

In past years, we've had a very good...

That's correct. It looks like we inadvertantly created a lot of confusion by presenting these as radius distances in the blog. Somebody also asked about spindle thru bore, which wasn't on that...

Just a quick word of caution, here. Remember - the coolant pump outlet is fused at 8A, not 15A. I'm not sure what the inrush current on this particular pump would be, but we recommend the following...

Somewhat on topic...Just got confirmation that the Little Machine Shop Open House event this year will be on Saturday October 26 from 12-4PM. Its in Pasadena, CA.

LMS Directions

We'll have...

Hi Gang:

We don't post here often, but I'd like to take a minute to clear up some misinformation in this thread about the General Configuration Waiver and Release Agreement that any Tormach PCNC...

Guys:

I'll chime in here briefly.

On suggestions from a few guys here and others, we went ahead and created a Google+ Community to test out and see if its a useful tool for Tormach Owners that...

We now have 20 tutorials available here and add more each month.

http://www.tormach.com/videos_cadcam.html

Andy Grevstad
Tormach LLC

Engineering Position Available

Tormach is looking for additional staff as we continue to expand and develop new products. This is a chance to join the leader in small scale CNC. With 3 US...

Hi CNCZone:

Tormach is going to be at the Digital Machinist CNC Workshop from June 22-25, which promises to be a very cool event for small and hobby CNC fans.

In addition, we thought we'd...

Hi CNCzone:

As many of you already know, SprutCAM 7 is now available for purchase or upgrade at www.tormach.com.

We've also added 3 new tutorials in the last week or so:

25012 - SprutCAM7...

Hi CNCzone:

As many of you already know, SprutCAM 7 is now available for purchase or upgrade at www.tormach.com.

We've also added 3 new tutorials in the last week or so:

25012 - SprutCAM7...

Thanks:

Eric Andersen is the talent behind the Sprut Tutorials, so I can't take the credit. I'll pass it on to him. Please let him know if there are other topics you would like to see at...

Thanks to everybody for your patience with the release of SprutCAM 7 from Tormach. We are working out a few final technical details to make the upgrade as easy as we can for existing Sprut users.
...

Hi 'zone:

We've just put up a new Sprut Tutorial on 4th axis programming

Check it out at: http://www.tormach.com/videos_cadcam.html

Also, we are going to hold a SprutCAM workshop on March...

Hi 'zone:

We've just put up a new Sprut Tutorial on 4th axis programming

Check it out at: http://www.tormach.com/videos_cadcam.html

Also, we are going to hold a SprutCAM workshop on March...

Hi CNC Zone:

Here is another new SprutCAM tutorial. SprutCAM 7 has a new multiply toolpath by array feature which quickly populate repitive features on a part. Enjoy!
...

Hi CNC Zone:

Here is another new SprutCAM tutorial. SprutCAM 7 has a new multiply toolpath by array feature which quickly populate repitive features on a part. Enjoy!
...

Don

Yes, we've confirmed with the developers that SprutCAM will work with Windows 7.

Andy

Hi CNCzone:

Here is some clarification on the changes in the control software made earlier today.

A small change was made in 3.12b to correct isolated problems regarding signal timing we were...

Hi CNC Zone:

We've released two new free Sprut tutorial videos:

25008 - Machining 3D Surfaces in SprutCAM

and


25009 - SprutCAM’s Text Generator

Hi CNC Zone:

We've released two new free Sprut tutorial videos:

25008 - Machining 3D Surfaces in SprutCAM

and


25009 - SprutCAM’s Text Generator

We've just released a new update of the PCNC 1100 manual, rev A3-2.

Find it at http://www.tormach.com/documents.html

Many minor fixes and two major revisions of note:

First, a new...

4th axis tutorials will most likely be in the next release group, probably Oct or Nov. Thanks for your patience, we're working on them.