Silverdrgn,
I am a ex-owner of a real CNC shop. I had a FADAL 3016 and a Haas TM1. I sold my shop in January 2008 due to some major health issues.
In July 2011, I took delivery of my Tormach PCNC1100 Series II. I have found that the Tormach will do everything my FADAL or Haas would do, it just takes a little longer.
My FADAL had a 10,000 RPM, 22 horsepower spindle and the Haas had 7.5 horsepower and 6,000 RPM. The Tormach has 1.5 horsepower, so naturally you can't take a cut with it like I could with the FADAL or the Haas.
I do the same type of work with the Toemach, but like I said, it just takes a little longer.
One BIG advantage the Tormach has over the other 2 machines is it didn't cost $75,000.00.
You mentioned Mazak. I worked in a shop that had 2 Mazak mills.
I looked at Mazak before I bought my FADAL in 2001, and for the price of the Mazak, I could have bought 4 factory remanufactured FADALs.
I am in San Clemente, CA. If you'd like to see my machine, send me a PM and we can set something up.
You can buy GOOD PARTS or you can buy CHEAP PARTS, but you can't buy GOOD CHEAP PARTS.