Tormach For Education
Learn more about Tormach's role in education through our support of STEM, through customer successes in the classrooms and through our CNC workshops.
Tormach Supporting Education
Tormach Sponsors TeachSTEMNow.com
Tormach is the founding sponsor of TeachSTEMNow.com. Teach Stem Now is about a new way to promote STEM education in K-12, with a focus on manufacturing technologies and real world shop skills. We're proponents of accessible lesson plans (open-source and low-cost) that can be implemented into classroom lessons today with affordable, capable tools.
Tormach Success in Education
On Making in Milwaukee: Frankie Flood Brings Design Back to Industry
Frankie Flood, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, teaches Jewelry and Metalsmithing at the Peck School of the Arts. His motorcycle-themed pizza cutters have been sold around the world and were featured on the Bravo television series Top Chef. Learn more about Frankie, his class and see his PCNC Owner Story Video.
Seniors at Waunakee High School use STEM to Jump Start their Careers
With schools across Wisconsin marking the end of another calendar year, twelve seniors at Waunakee High School are celebrating the completion of their Engineering Design and Development coursework. A year-long project, the school used STEM-based Project Lead The Way curriculum and the leadership of SkillsUSA Advisor and Technology and Engineering Instructor Ryan Ubersox.
Beyond the Classroom: CNC Rules at Virginia Tech
Derek Lahr is a grad student and senior member of the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa), a facility for graduate and undergraduate robotics research and education at Virginia Tech. Lahr also owns a Tormach PCNC 1100 mill, using it inside and outside the classroom.
Tormach CNC Education
CNC Fundamentals
CNC Fundamentals is a 3.5 day workshop designed as an immersion course in CNC for prototyping and custom manufacturing. This is a survey of the CNC process, from concept to cutting chips, with an emphasis on learning and building confidence. This workshop is hands-on. Each attendee will gain practical experience in CNC programming, machine control, and machining as they build a dial indicator holder. There will be significant emphasis on Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM), advanced CNC control, and workholding techniques.
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