I just saw this post. I have had my Tormach since July 2011, it's in my garage and I run it the same as I would any other machine. Granted, I have to take lighter cuts, and more of them, but I don't care. My Tormach does what it's supposed to do.
I run it like a job shop machine. I still bid my work at a job shop rate like I did when I had a real CNC shop with FADAL and Haas CNC's. I just don't make as much money because my Tormach doesn't have a 20 HP 10,000 RPM spindle. BUT, it didn't cost $75,000.00 either.
I seldom take jobs that are more than 50 pieces. I took a job with 200 pieces a fer months ago. I didn't look at the 200 pieces, I looked at $2.600.00. I really screwed up and I was about 6 weeks late with the job. Anything over 50 pieces, I just can't be competitive. On onzie twozie stuff though, you can't compete. My business card actually says "one to ten pieces is our specialty".
I have a 250 piece job coming up that I think I can do well on. It has a .1565 diameter thru hole that's 3.25 inches deep that has to be straight within .001, and I can do that easily.
Would I buy another Tormach? In a heartbeat.
You can buy GOOD PARTS or you can buy CHEAP PARTS, but you can't buy GOOD CHEAP PARTS.