A Little CNC History

Manual machining has been around since two-man lathes in 1300 BCE. While the history of milling machines is a little foggy, some historians credit the first motorized milling machine to Eli Whitney, while others claim other inventors like Captain John H. Hall of the Harpers Ferry Armory, Simeon North, Roswell Lee, Robert Johnson, and Thomas Blanchard.

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Stronger, Lighter Parts for Faster Racers with a Tormach

There are a number of Tormach customers that use their PCNC mills to help race cars and motorcycles go faster. In fact, we have a whole customer success story section dedicated to just that. Adam Silver is a race enthusiast who fabricates vintage race car parts.

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Droves of Makers Flock to the PCNC 440

We welcomed our new PCNC 440 into the world last week, and then immediately hit the road to get to World Maker Faire in New York.

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Probing Routines Walkthrough in PathPilot

Brennan Williams, a systems and technical support specialist at Tormach, walks through various probing routines on a Tormach PCNC 770. Probing routines like these are important for fast, accurate part and fixture setup, to help ensure your parts come out right every time.

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Introducing Tormach’s New Era in Desktop CNC

Today, Tormach welcomes a new member to the personal CNC family, the PCNC 440. As we strive to grow Tormach’s culture of enabling ideas, the PCNC 440 was a natural next step.

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University of Toronto Micro-Engineers with Tormach

As the technology used in medical research continues to shrink, so does the engineering surrounding it. Edmond Young, Ph.D., who is the director and supervisor at the Laboratory of Integrative Biology and Microengineered Technologies (IBMT) at the University of Toronto, focuses on developing technologies that rely on the flow of fluids at the microscale (a length scale of less than one millimeter – typically tens to hundreds of microns).

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