Looks like there are several new machines coming. https://www.trademarkia.com/company-...71768-page-1-2
Looks like there are several new machines coming. https://www.trademarkia.com/company-...71768-page-1-2
So what is the "M" supposed to signify? Mill, mold, master, metric, mo money...... what??
According to the national bureau of standards:
Effective July 1, 1959, all calibrations in the U.S. customary system of weights and measures carried out by the National Bureau of
Standards will continue to be based upon metric measurement standards and, except those for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey as noted below, will be made in terms of the following exact equivalents and appropriate multiples and submultiples:
1 yard= 0.914 4 meter
1 pound (avoirdupois)= 0.453 592 37 kilogram
It follows that your inch is derived from the meter and is equivalent to exactly 25.4mm by definition. So anything that isn't already metric by design on the Tormach is already metric by definition
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If you're bored this might make your day
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https://youtu.be/SmSJXC6_qQ8
Apologies for getting off subject, but as everyone appears to be bored anyway...
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So... the big news today is that there will be a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT tomorrow.
yah.
The picture makes it look like the rumor of both a 770M and 1100M are true.
Interesting. 1100M, 770M, 440M, and 8L.
That is a whole stable of new stuff! Haven't heard a peep of a 440M or the lathe.
8L? sad I was hoping for a bit larger lathe, not a lot smaller.
Tim
Tormach 1100-3, Grizzly G0709 lathe, Clausing 8520 mill, SolidWorks, HSMWorks.
1100M/770M/1100MX/770MX info is now at https://www.tormach.com/blog/introdu...mach-m-series/
Free shipping in the continental US but I don't see any prices.
Well, there's the servo spindle. And exactly what I was thinking based on power requirements. The 770 gets a 1.5HP servo. It says there's no direct retrofit for the existing Series 3, but there will be a servo motor upgrade package. If there's anything I'm interested in, it's that.
EDIT - Ok, misunderstood. Bummer. I guess only Servo axis.
I misread this part out of context and assumed they were talking about the spindle motor:
"With the major design changes moving to M and MX, we aren’t able to provide a direct upgrade path from Series 3, but there will be a servo upgrade for Series 3 machines available, if you’re looking to add some next-generation oomph to your older machine."
They don't mention a servo spindle, just an encoder.
Motor plus encoder plus controller literally makes the definition of a servo!
Note that the new 2018 trademark is for a 15L lathe, and IS different than the 2016 trademark for 15L SlantPro
So I have hope that a lathe with some more Z travel might be in the works.
I have a PCNC1100 and if the Slant Pro had 4 inches more travel I'd have ordered one the day it was announced.
You are not the only one that things it needs more Z travel.
Looks nice! I hope they improved coolant drainback. I also wished they would have used real way covers. I hate the bellows as they trap all kinds of swarf and coolant. Depending on as-run price, might pull me away from a used Haas.