Tormach machines have been used in countless small businesses. We’ve seen tons of customers start up machine shop businesses in their garage or basement (or anywhere there is free space to fit a PCNC 440). But sometimes a Tormach mill is the perfect fit for unique, niche businesses.

The “Set Start Line” function in PathPilot can save you a lot of time and effort when running a complex program. It allows you to start a program from a specific spot (e.g. to run a single operation in a complex program), or to stop a program run, make an adjustment, and continue from where you left off. This can help in a wide variety of situations like replacing a broken tool, adjusting a fixture location, or even making corrections or minor edits to a program.

If you come from the world of fabrication, you may already know the ins and outs of plasma cutting. Regardless of your experience, it helps to understand the details of how plasma cutting works, especially when adding CNC to the mix.

Many Tormach owners find opportunities to make money with their machines. Whether that’s doing an occasional part for a friend, starting a business with a part they designed, or going full-on machine shop and producing batches of the same part for a client.

Jason Pohl started his career working in 3D modeling and animation, but found himself as part of the team of designers at Orange County Choppers, making regular appearances on the American Chopper TV series. Since then, he’s gone down the rabbit hole of not only designing, but making and manufacturing unique parts for a number of different clients.

Most routers are designed to work on larger, flat work - think MDF board and the like. Routers are generally less rigid than mills of the same size, and the real advantage emerges with scale. That’s why Tormach created the 24R Router - to provide a router with the more robust capabilities of industrial scale routers without breaking the bank.