I bought a Tormach last May 2009 and have not yet used it because I am a
"newbee" at this. I have put it together and made two visit to Waunakee
for great workshops. I have turned it on and it works, but I cannot use coolant because I work in cast acyrlic, so I need a compressor to cool the bits.
I am making detailed molds of photo images and the molds are 8x8 inches square and the acylic is 1" thick. The images are .125in. deep at the most, so they are very shallow and the bits are round endmills, 1/32, 1/16, and 1/8" to mill out the images. I will be making some large things. I do have to use a 1-1/2" facemill to initially mill the parts for the first operation. The result is a very light relief.
I have been told to use a vortex with an air compressor. Some of my files
are running up to 3 hours because the resolution of the photograhs (turned to mesh) are 80dpi. They were larger, but the files were taking so long to
run with detail that they were not cost effective.
Any suggestions on the correct air compressor that I could use for
the Tormach and connect to the (120 coolant outlet). Matt Doeppers
from Tormach said the Forum would be a good place to get
suggestions.
I would greatly appreciate any information. I want to get started on
my mill before I am old and gray.
Thanx in advance