Frankie Flood is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus and teaches in the Jewelry and Metalsmithing area within the Peck School of the Arts. He is the founder of the Digital Crafts Research Lab, where students are exposed to "making," and use a Tormach PCNC 1100 inside the classroom.
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Frankie Flood is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus and teaches in the Jewelry and Metalsmithing area within the Peck School of the Arts. He is the founder of the Digital Crafts Research Lab, where students are exposed to "making," and use a Tormach PCNC 1100 inside the classroom.
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The faces behind the camera on Knifemaking Tuesdays—a weekly video documentary series on You Tube—brothers John and Erik Grimsmo were at Tormach in the beginning of November 2012 to lead the first CNC Knifemaking Workshop. Carving out a few minutes of their trip to reflect on the past year, we asked the brothers to talk about their journey so far.
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You may also find out more about Boss & Sons at http://bossandsons.com/
For Ariel Bolanos, 2013 marks the second year as owner and operator of Boss & Sons, LLC a small family-owned machine shop located in DeForest, Wisconsin. Now in his early 30's, Ariel's machining background started at the age of twelve under the instruction of his father Jorge.
Learning CNC control and the skills necessary to run Boss & Sons on his own, Ariel's steadily growing machining portfolio includes a large range of standard and non-standard materials, building fixtures and parts for industries ranging from automotive and architectural to professional camera mounts.
To meet new business demands, Ariel Purchased a PCNC 1100. He said, ""The main reason we went with the PCNC 1100 was for the ATC. I felt like if I wanted to be competitive on quotes for production, even if it was small production runs, that I had to have an ATC. I think if I was just standing there babysitting it and changing the tools, I wasn't going to be efficient enough to be competitive in the marketplace today."
"The ultimate goal for Boss & Sons is I think for me to be able to have a group of guys that I can trust and have a clientele base that needs parts in a timely manner that I can supply to."
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In this product video, Tormach's Mike Corliss demonstrates the use on the new ER 16 and ER 20 tension compression tapping heads. He also explains the speed calibration procedure to get the best results. And finally, he shows how easy it is to use the Stop Loc measurement device is to get consistent results between parts.
ER 16 Tension Compression Tapping Head: http://goo.gl/1aIUK
ER 20 Tension Compression Tapping Head: http://goo.gl/RhW8e
Stop Loc: http://goo.gl/rMqae
Scott Mulkerin manufactures a line of competition accessories for Smith & Wesson revolvers and 1911 semi-automatic pistols through his company SDM Fabricating in Medina, OH. Mulkerin is a Benefactor Member of the National Rifle Association. In 2011, he was awarded the honor "Pistolsmith of the Year" by the American Pistolsmiths' Guild. He is currently the Treasurer of the American Pistolsmiths' Guild.
Purchasing a PCNC 1100 in 2007, Mulkerin uses his mill to automate labor intensive and repetitive machining operations. In recent years, he has expanded his business focus to include CNC prototype and design work and one-off designs.
"What I do is fun and I enjoy it. I get up and I make stuff. I'm creative and it's a good outlet for me. I do that for twelve, thirteen, fourteen hours a day, then I watch TV for an hour and go to bed and I get up and do it all over again. I'm self employed—I only have to work half days, twelve hours."
Tormach Owner Story Link: http://goo.gl/f6qOv
To find out more about the Tormach PCNC please visit us at http://www.tormach.com/
You may also find out more about Boss & Sons at http://bossandsons.com/
For Ariel Bolanos, 2013 marks the second year as owner and operator of Boss & Sons, LLC a small family-owned machine shop located in DeForest, Wisconsin. Now in his early 30's, Ariel's machining background started at the age of twelve under the instruction of his father Jorge.
Learning CNC control and the skills necessary to run Boss & Sons on his own, Ariel's steadily growing machining portfolio includes a large range of standard and non-standard materials, building fixtures and parts for industries ranging from automotive and architectural to professional camera mounts.
To meet new business demands, Ariel Purchased a PCNC 1100. He said, ""The main reason we went with the PCNC 1100 was for the ATC. I felt like if I wanted to be competitive on quotes for production, even if it was small production runs, that I had to have an ATC. I think if I was just standing there babysitting it and changing the tools, I wasn't going to be efficient enough to be competitive in the marketplace today."
"The ultimate goal for Boss & Sons is I think for me to be able to have a group of guys that I can trust and have a clientele base that needs parts in a timely manner that I can supply to."
To find out more information about Tormach's Workshops please visit this link: http://goo.gl/k3ijA
Video highlights of Tormach's first specialty workshop: CNC For Knifemakers. Held in Waunakee, Wisconsin at the Tormach Corporate Headquarters, the 3.5 day workshop was led by knifemakers John and Erik Grimsmo of John Grimsmo Knives.
Class participants from as far away as Texas and California each built their own fixed-blade hunting knife, nicknamed the Tor. Throughout the week students machined blades on the PCNC 1100 before heat treating, tempering and finish machining. Blade handles were 3D machined on the PCNC 770, before installing and sharpening the blades on a Wicked Edge knife sharpening system.
Talking about their overall experience and impressions of the class, each participant has a unique professional background and will apply skills learned in the workshop to their industries.
Visit Cash Manufacturing at http://www.tdcmfg.com and Tormach at http://goo.gl/HqFGu
While still in high school, Scott Pobjoy took a part-time job at Cash Manufacturing Company, a custom machine shop and specialty manufacturer of supplies and accessories for firearms. High school ended and Pobjoy accepted a position as a full-time machinist in the shop. Purchasing the company from founder Ted D. Cash in 2006, Pobjoy has ramped up production. Cash Manufacturing now boasts a catalog of 100 parts and accessories.
With plans for doubling his workspace in the upcoming year, Pobjoy has weathered the recession while working ten hours a day and running his PCNC 1100 in the background. Visiting Cash Manufacturing with video camera in hand, we talked to Scott about how he uses his mill for prototyping and full-scale production of a hardened steel custom-made ratchet head that fits #11 nipples on rifles or shot guns and musket or pistol nipples.
"Most of the products I make out of brass, nickel, silver and copper and I make a few things out of iron and steel. I came about buying a Tormach mill because we make a lot of tooling for punch presses. My tool and die maker said I needed a CNC mill. We stared looking and we found ones that were real expensive or real cheap and we didn't want to go cheap. Then he found Tormach and we couldn't believe it was in our own town. So we went over and looked and ended up purchasing a Tormach 1100 and we've been real happy with it."
Visit the Cash Manufacturing website at http://www.tdcmfg.com
Since 1970, Osh Kosh, Wisconsin hosts EAA Airventure, the world's largest air show. This year, 2012, marks Tormach's second year visiting the show. Tormach joined 800 other exhibitors, on the grounds of Wittman Field, and demonstrated the Series 3 770 & 1100 PCNC's, in addition to the ATC. The majority of the visitors to our tent had never seen a CNC in action and were fascinated by the process. Many other visitors were Tormach customers and it was our pleasure to meet them in person.
Before viewing this video you make want to see its companion - How to Square a Vise to the Table: http://youtu.be/wWXRPL5FamI
Tormach Machinist Mike Corliss demonstrates a basic and essential machining technique: How to square up a block with a CNC milling machine (6 sides). Doing this properly is essential for precision metal working.
Visit us at http://www.tormach.com to find out all that Tormach offers in Personall CNC Machines and Accessories.
Student can also find out more information about basic machining at our Teach Stem Now site.
http://www.teachstemnow.com/fab-lab-skill-builder-how-to-square-a-block-with-a-milling-machine/
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Tormach's Mike Corliss, explains the use of the spring loaded tap guide.
Tormach's Mike Corliss demonstrates the proper procedure to square a CNC vise to a table. Following this basic technique before milling each piece will ensure the most accurate reproduction of parts.
Visit us at http://www.tormach.com to find out how Tormach enable's your ideas.
Students can also find out more information at the Teach Stem Now site we sponsor.
http://www.teachstemnow.com/how-to-square-a-cnc-mill-vise/
Brian Johns, a PhD Student of Engineering at The University of Iowa, demonstrates how to mill a circuit board with the use of a Tormach PCNC 770.
Visit us at http://www.tormach.com to find out how Tormach enables your ideas.
Tormach offers a free software program called Tool Assistant. Tool Assistant allows you to read, write, sort, edit, duplicate and transfer the tool table information that is native to the Mach3. Additionally, Tool Assistant can be interfaced to an 8" digital height gauge for one button tool measurement and offline tool height presetting.
One difference between the Tool Assistant and conventional tool presetters is that a conventional presetter measures both length and radius while Tool Assistant only measures length. The software will also only work with Tormach's USB interface cable and 8" digital height gauge.
Tool Assistant also allows for quick tool description entry with its' predefined database of descriptions. For machinists that prefer their own descriptions the database allows for additions to the pull-down list. The software also has the ability to save the tool table in the .CSV file format which is common to Microsoft Excel and other programs. Some CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) programs can even read tool tables in the .CSV format, allowing the user to synchronize their CAM software to the mill software.
This freeware is available on Tormach's download page: http://www.tormach.com/downloads.html
A demonstration of Tormach Supersoft Jaws. We're going to hold an Egg in a vise and then do some machining with an endmill on the egg.
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A demonstration of Tormach Super Soft Jaws. Super Soft Jaws are use moldable plastic and interchangeable subplates to firmly hold on to difficult parts in a vise.
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This video shows how to disassemble and move the Tormach PCNC 770 utilizing the PCNC 770 Moving Kit. This and other videos also available at http://www.tormach.com.
This video will show you how to get started turning your mill into a 2D scanning and measuring system using Tormach ScanCAD shareware with a cheap of-the-shelf USB Camera.
Software and Quick Start Guide available at http://www.tormach.com/Product_CNC_Scanner.html.
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