CNC for Model Making

Tormach Model Making Success Stories

Keeping Scale Locomotives on Track: NorthWest Short Line Expands Product Catalog

When Dave and Lynda Rygmyr purchased NorthWest Short Line in 2008, they became the new owners of the world's largest manufacturer of model railroad upgrade and repair parts. NorthWest Short Line manufactures wheels, axles, and gearboxes. If you've got a model locomotive that's 50 years old, odds are the Rygmyrs can help you find a spare part.

Model Railroading with PCNC
After seeing an advertisement for a PCNC 1100 in Livesteam Magazine, Dick Hofsheier of Banks, Oregon scheduled a demonstration with a mill owner registered in the Tormach referral network.
Howell V-4 IC Engine

Terry Mayhugh of Round Rock, Texas used his Tormach PCNC 1100 to build a Jerry Howell 4 cylinder twin cam 4-stroke engine—a project two years and approximately 3000 hours in the making.

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