Plans for a simple compressed air model engine designed for introducing kids to manufacturing methods

Model Engines, Air Engine, Rollag, Steam,Engine,SprutCAM

Custom Jewelry Designs: Stainless Steel Rings, and Money Clips made by Steelwerks, Montreal Canada.

Jewelry,PCNC

Mastercam's dynamic mill toolpath on the Tormach PCNC 1100. Done with a 3/8 endmill 3/8 depth.

Mastercam, dynamic mill, endmill, PCNC 1100

.375 four flute .66 doc .010 step 60 ipm 1018 steel .75 hex stock.

Hex Machining

Tormach Thread Milling 1018 Steel

Thread Milling, 1018 Steel,

cnc threading remington 700 bolt knob for larger aftermarket knob.

threading

cnc thread milling a remington 700 bolt knob for a larger aftermarket knob

threading

Lakeside Machine recently completed a new project. These are molds and assorted fixtures for making Nantucket Baskets. He uses a fixture plate with pins to machine the nested Ivory basket rims

Nantucket Baskets, Molds, Wood

CNC threading Remington 700 rifle action bolt knob for larger aftermarket knob.

CNC Threading, remington 700, bolt knob, rifle action,Gunsmith

CNC threading remington 700 rifle action bolt knob for larger aftermarket knob.

CNC Threading, remington 700, bolt knob, rifle action,,Gunsmith

Tormach Thread Milling 1018 Steel

Thread Milling, Steel

A custom falling block action rifle made with the PCNC 1100 and 4th Axis.

Gunsmith, 4th axis, PCNC, Falling Block Action Rifle, Steel, Gunstock

Christian made a Playhouse out of his Tormach PCNC Crates

PCNC, Playhouse, Crates, Australia, Cubby House, Shipping

Palo Alto High School Student Robotics Advances to 2010 FIRST regional final, as reported by the Paly Voice student newspaper.

Robotics, FIRST, Education, Breakaway, High School

Using the Tormach as an inverted vertical lathe. Video by Eric Tate at tatemachineworks.com

CNC Lathe, vertical lathe, mill-turn, Tormach lathe, CNC turning

Finished part from the Tormach inverted vertical lathe. Viedo by Eric Tate at tatemachineworks.com

CNC Lathe, vertical lathe, mill-turn, Tormach lathe, CNC turning

RP Designs make models for the jewelry industry. We mill wax, gold, silver, and steel for stamps. RP Design is located in Moscow, Russia. We actively use 2 PCNC’s.Here are some products made on our PCNC 1100 Mills.

CNC, Russia, mlling, wax, gold, silver, steel, engraving, stamping, jewelry

Ethos Machine Works specializes in reverse engineering, part design, custom/prototype work as well as your CNC production needs. More can be seen at www.ethosmachine.com

CNC, automotive, reverse engineering, aluminum, custom design, Wichita, Ethos Machine Works

Hobby builder uses CNC to build model engines of all types: steam, Stirling, and internal combustion. Showcase documents some of the parts for a 1/5 scale 9 cylinder rotary aircraft engine

9 cylinder rotary engine, scale model engine, CNC, model, model engineering

Maxwell Tool is a small job shop that is located in my garage. I have been machining parts for 15 years and have been involved in making small injection molds for about 6 years now. Maxwell Tool specializes in the design and manufacturing of close tolerance machined parts, short run aluminum injection molds, test fixtures, and job specific tooling.

aluminum injection molds, test fixtures, close tolerance machining, garage shop, job shop, CNC, machining, milling

The Pen Manufactory is an Internet business where the customer can design a custom pen on-line, then the design is CNC cut on a Tormach PCNC 1100 mill

custom pen, CNC, Internet, machined pen, interactive design

I am presently building the Hodgson 18 cylinder radial engine and have been involved with this project for about six months. I am a radial engine fan and even have my own WACO. I hope one day to scale its Jacobs engine down and machine that as well. I draw the parts in Solidworks and then transfer them to Featurecam. I have modified the FADAL 3 and 4 axis posts within Featurecam to enable the NC programs to run the PCNC1100 Mill. The crankcase halves, oil pump, cam support, front and rear case, impellor, radial holes etc have all been done on the Tormach mill.

model engine, model engineering, Hodgson 18 cylinder radial engine, CNC, hobby machining

Custom elecronics and electronic enclosures manufactured for the transportation industries

cnc, custom electronics, enclosures, instruments, electronic case, machined PCB

Urban Assult Racing builds high performance scale model drag racers. More information can also be seen at www.urbanassaultracing.com

electric model drag racing, urbanAssult, aluminum, milled frame, custom RC drag race, custom chassis, RC racing

4th axis machining of titanium for manufacture of custom rings and pens. More can be seen at www.boonerings.com

4th axis, titanium, CNC machined rings, CNC machined jewelry, milled rings, laser

Home shop machinist does parts for junior dragster and a variety of engraved plaques and awards.

cnc machined junior dragster, memorial plaque, Mastercam, engine mount plate

Manufacture of wholesale wood puzzles. Originall Bill Cutler Puzzles, now also doing original designs. In 2009 I added a Tormach CNC milling machine learning Alibre CAD and VisualMill CAM. More can be seen at www.jerrymcfarland.com

International Puzzle Parties, IPP, wooden puzzles, Bill Cutler Puzzles, McFarland Puzzles, CNC puzzles

Jewelry and machining are combined to bring more to the table then just the capabilities of our machines. Focused on all aspects of creativity and design when it comes to a specific project we are able to work with clients specifications and ideas. Our clients range from Fashion industry designers, Bicycle companies, Jewelry designers, Medical and Science, RC car enthusiasts, or just that guy in the garage trying to bring an idea to life.

stainless, titanium, jewelry, CNC, machining, machined jewelry, CNC jewelry, Steelwerks

Hobbyist makes antique replica coins and custom car parts with CNC. Working mostly in steel and aluminum

antique replica shekel, engraved steel

An investigation of plastic contamination in the food industry was done with help of a PCNC 1100 mill

R&D, plastic, UHMWE PE,

This emergency room physician, who moonlights as the principal trumpet for an orchestra, created the Harrison Wedge mouthpiece on a 3-axis mill. Here's how he did it.

Instruments, trumpets, mouthpieces, prototyping, RhinoCAD, brass, 304 stainless steel

This was the first model engine that I built three years ago. It was done almost entirely on a Tormach PCNC mill as an exercise to learn to use the machine and the SolidWorks/Sprutcam CAD/CAM software. It will idle from 3 psi of compressed air and was the last engine plan set published by the late Rudy Kouhoupt. I modified the head design to eliminate the need for soldering per the original plan set and to keep the entire model in white metal.

Tormach, Five Cylinder Engine, PCNC

Model building a Snow stationary engine, here are some pictures. These were stationary engines that were used for power generation or as gas compression, I am guessing natural gas pumping, in the early 1900s. 600hp, 40,000 cubic inch running at 120 RPM which means 26,000 Ft Lbs of torque.

Snow Engine, model engineering, CNC

There are photos of my progress on this project during the last year in the Photos section of the Yahoo discussion forum. Except for the lathe work on the pistons, cylinders, and rings, 90% od the engine was made on the Tormach using SolidWorks and Sprutcam as the CadCam.

V-Twin, engine, model engineering, IC engine, CNC

Images showcase engraved door sills for a Daytona Coupe and some Cobra parts

Daytona Coupe,Cobra, custom parts, CNC

Several photos and web site referral for performance parts manufactured by New Era Performance

cars, Cadillac, Chevy, CNC, custom parts

An autonomous robotic vehicle built at Carnegie Mellon.

Robotics, autonomous robot, ATV research, Carnegie Mello, engineering, CNC

Stainless steel parts manufactured for newly invented machine from StallGem Manufacturing

Stainless steel, drilling tubing, tubing fixture, drilling fixture, prototype

Samples of prototypes, tools, and steel parts made by C Hall

steel, mold making, tool steel

Electromechanical engine timer for free flight model airplanes. Manufactured in quantity and annodized.

Electronic, Engine, Timer, free flight engine, free flight controls

9 holes, 0.0079" diameter, drilled in aluminium

Drilling,aluminium, tiny holes, precsion CNC

Barry details a few parts he manufactured for a Dodge Viper. Photos show a lot of metal removal, starting with a large block of aluminum.

Dodge Viper,Brake Bracket,Cars,Aluminum

4th axis -OFHC copper complex part, machined with Tormach mill and 4th axis

4th axis,3D cutting

Probing example - using the function to automatically set the XY offsets to the vise

Probing

Demo of probe action - testing the probe by hand

Probing

Probing example - using the automatic function to center XY offsets to center of a hole

Probing

4th axis - Indexing while machining

4th Axis

4th axis - Another example of indexing while machining

4th axis

Simple machining operation with view of Mach3 software

Mach 3,Control screen,Machine control

Example of a drilling cycle on tormach pcnc 1100

drilling cycle

Screen shots of a simple milling operation - Mach3

Mach 3

Gunsmith operations on a Tormach CNC mill - machining picatinny rail

Gunsmith

Gunsmith operation on a Tormach CNC mill - fluting 10/22 barrel

4th axis,Gunsmith

Cutting multiple spur perimeter

Tosa Tool 6 station turning fixture on PCNC 1100 - Using the mill as a vertical lathe

CNC lathe,turning

Complex 4th Axis Milling of a High Pressure Nozzle on the Tormach PCNC 1100

4th axis

Tosa Tool's Tormach Compatible 4th Axis Extension Plate

4th axis

A Tormach CNC milling machine being used as a lathe to turn a small Delrin Acetal part. All G Code was manually created with Notepad

CNC lathe,Turning, Delrin

Tormach CNC milling a hole via interpolation and then counterboring it

This is a short video of some short drill cycles. So short that it is much faster to change the part than the drill. Each part needs 2 different size holes. A good fixture Simple short cycle production on the PCNC 1100 - custom fixture with air to eject t

Tormach Touch Screen Mach 3

Mach 3

Tormach Spindle upgrade speed and brake test

Tormach Vertical Lathe

CNC lathe

SprutCAM Expert Simple CAM machining on a TorMACH CNC machine

SprutCAM

Time lapse video of a fan blade being cut on the PCNC 1100 - side 1

Time lapse video of a fan blade being cut on the PCNC 1100 - completing side 1

Tormach Headset Plate inside face 0001

Time lapse video of a fan blade being cut on the PCNC 1100 - side 2

Time lapse video of a fan blade being cut on the PCNC 1100 - completing side 2

Time lapse of Chip Fan - part 3, completed work shown

Tormach 3D Sun - Roughing side B - part 1

Tormach 3D Sun - side B - part 3

Tormach 3D Sun - Finishing side B - part 4

Tormach 3D Sun - Roughing side A

Tormach 3D Sun - Finishing side A - part 6

Tapping operation on PCNC 1100 using tension/compression tapping head

Tapping operation

Tapping operation on PCNC 1100 using tension/compression tapping head

Tapping operation

PCNC1100 Roughing Op with 3/4" Carbide EndMill

Carbide EndMill

milling of polymer

polymer

milling of polymer

polymer

Example of high volume coolant flow

Digitizer Probe used with vise location function

Digitizing Probe

Cutting a wooden plaque (oak)

Xmods Gen1 chassis

Milling steel holes

Drilling holes in a steel rotor

Drilling holes in a steel rotor

Drilling holes in a steel rotor

Tormach cutting multiple parts, two operations with DIY flood coolant system

Machine installation and custom enclosure

Procunier 1E reversing tapping head, used for small holes like blind 4-40. Note that I have since increased the spindle speed to 1200 rpm and tapping is much faster.

Milling a thread

PCC are makers of the All Mountain Post. With AMP, All-mountain, XC, and DH riders will never have to adjust their seat height again. Just a simple flick of a handlebar-mounted lever gives access to three or more seat positions. Just above the weight of a regular seat post, the AMP provides the perfect solution for racers and trail enthusiasts alike. For ordering information for the AMP, please visit: www.precisioncyclingcomponents.com.

KFx Medical Corporation was founded in 2003 to develop clinically relevant solutions to rotator cuff disease. Torn rotator cuffs alone account for in excess of 500,000 surgeries a year and have traditionally required many weeks of rehabilitation. Minimally invasive techniques provide patients with less pain and time until range of motion is restored, yet require surgeons to have advanced videoscopic skills, yet. The KFx solution is to provide simple systems for the surgeon, while at the same time provide a more anatomical like repair for the patient in order to yield better clinical outcomes. In excess of four million people seek medical advice each year due to shoulder pain. KFx is privately held company located in San Diego. For more information, please visit: www.kfxmed.com.

Established in 1992 by jeweler and machinist Chris Myers, Steelwerks specializes in custom surgical stainless steel and titanium products, including designer wedding bands, engagements rings, earrings and necklaces. As medical grade materials, stainless steel and titanium will not discolor or irritate people with allergies or sensitive skin, and far exceed the durability of the more conventional jewelry materials like gold, silver and platinum. For examples of Steelwerks’ artistic styles, please visit www.steelwerks.ca. Established in 1992 by jeweler and machinist Chris Myers, Steelwerks specializes in custom surgical stainless steel and titanium products, including designer wedding bands, engagements rings, earrings and necklaces. As medical grade materials, stainless steel and titanium will not discolor or irritate people with allergies or sensitive skin, and far exceed the durability of the more conventional jewelry materials like gold, silver and platinum. For examples of Steelwerks’ artistic styles, please visit www.steelwerks.ca.

One of the biggest technological developments for custom knife makers in more than a decade has been the development of “Personal CNC” machines. CNC, which is short for computer numeric controlled machining, is essentially automatic cutting through the use of computerized CAD files. Although CNC has been around since the 80s, the scale of mills missed the mark for bladesmithing. Desktop-sized machines could be automated through a PC, but lacked the power to accurately cut blade-quality steel. The other alternatives – large industrial sized mills used in mass manufacturing – were out of the price range and the skill set of an individual artist.

Erospace Technologies, Inc. (ETI), of Westlake Village, California, manufactures FuelCel, an advanced lightweight composite motorcycle fuel storage system which greatly reduces the weight of high-performance vehicles. To view examples of this technology, please visit www.eti-fuelcel.com. ETI also offers a large array of specialty photography accessories at www.magicine.com, as well as custom fabrication services.

Tosa Tool is owned and operated by Daniel Bye, who along with a degree in business administration has over 20 years in the tool & die and machining industry as a Class A Tooling Machinist and Programmer. Customers across the country have recognized Tosa Tool reputation as a can-do tool room and a reliable OEM manufacturer. Tosa Tool operates in Southeastern Wisconsin. For examples of past work, or for a quote, please visit www.tosatool.com.

Since 1977, Craig Machinery & Design, Inc. has designed and built automation machinery for the plastics industry. With the experience to handle automation needs from small ultrasonic welding fixtures to large multi-headed rotary index table systems, Craig Machinery can set up production system from start to finish.. The company also specializes in electrical controls, including control wiring and panel layout design, as well as PLC and touch-screen programming. To see a catalog of equipment available and for a list of custom services, please visit: www.craigmachinery.com.

Founded by Chris Klumper, engineer, inventor, and principal designer, Luthier Tool Company develops precision tools that enable custom and production guitar builders to focus on what is most important: the joy of building stringed instruments and the artistry of their craft. Luthier Tool offers a set of amazing hand-finished tools that transform the way luthiers perform custom work, producing quality results with greater control, accuracy and speed. To view the full catalog of tools, please visit: www.luthiertool.com.

Softronics Ltd. is a veteran-owned small business engaged in the design and manufacture of state-of-the-art electronic equipment and systems for both commercial and government markets, specializing in radio systems for any application. Its staff has nearly 500 years of combined experience in the design, manufacture, and support of sophisticated electronic products and systems in both ISO-9000 and MIL SPEC environments. For more information, please visit: www.softronicsltd.com.

Paul Breed is an unreasonable man. His video post on YouTube, one of many online artifacts that detail his progress so far, is titled “Why Neighbors Think I’m Crazy.” For the camera, Breed demonstrates the injector flow rate for his lunar lander, which he is building in his garage.

Combat robots undoubtedly satisfy a deep boyish urge to wreck stuff. But a closer look into the sport of combat robotics reveals something more. The escalating war of robots produces some surprising spoils. As you enter a technological future dominated by satellites, wireless gadgets, and hybrid cars, you may have these evil-natured robots to thank.

combat robotics,robots

We have many customers making interesting parts with their PCNC 1100. Below is a picture and movie from Scott Mulkerin showing his vertical lathe.

Vertical Lathe

We have many customers making interesting parts with their PCNC 1100. Below are some pictures from Greg Allen's webpage showing him make a radial engine.

Radial Engine

We have many customers making interesting parts with their PCNC 1100. Below are some pictures from Ed Hume's webpage showing him work on several different CNC projects.

We have many customers making interesting parts with their PCNC 1100. Below are some pictures from Mike Henry's website showing how he disassembled, moved, and reassembled his PCNC 1100.

We have many customers making interesting parts with their PCNC 1100. Below are some pictures and a movie from Randy Gordon-Gilmore's website showing him work on making a model train piece.

model train

We have many customers making interesting parts with their PCNC 1100. Below is a link to a movie from David Borden showing him cut a workpiece with his machine.

We have many customers making interesting parts with their PCNC 1100. Below are some pictures from Cliff Hall showing his PCNC 1100 modifications.

We have many customers making interesting parts with their PCNC 1100. Below are some pictures from Lawrence Dubowitz showing his impressive stand modifications.