Originally Posted by
Steve Seebold
Before I bought my 1100, I considered a 770 because of the 10K RPM spindle. Then I did a little more reading ant I learned the 770 only had 1 horsepower. My 1100 has 1.5 horsepower but it only has a 5140 RPM spindle. I have no complaints with the 5140 RPM spindle. I can still do anything you could do on a high dollar machine, it just takes me a
Originally Posted by
Steve Seebold
I bought my 1100 as a stop gap machine between my 3600rpm 4HP rate (5hp motor) Hurco KMB1 and my 24,000 RPM 2HP Speedmasters. A "liitle" slower is right. LOL. Its not really rigid enough or powerful enough for hard steel machining or fast enough for aluminum machining, but it does them. Its very much a compromise machine. High dollar is a very misleading comparison. You rig a Tormac 1100 out like a VMC and its only about 6 grand less than a Haas Mini Mill. Trust me I wish had bought the Haas, but to be honest the other Haas machines I had looked at where to much further out of my price range. I didn't realize they had a machine in my budget range until after I bought the 1100.
I make my posts about what I can do and to honestly help others. I may not always be right, but I try not to mislead. Saying a Tormach 1100 can do anything from aluminum to titanium is true, but you can say the same thing about a Taig. I know. I pushed my Taig far further than it was ever designed for.