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Tormach announced the AF-50 in April 2017, two years later I don’t see it available yet, nor pricing.
To be fair its the bigger 7" version of the common import saw (not the junky "hobby guys will buy anything" 6 x 4) the name brand versions of which tend to be pretty adequate quality for lower end jobs. It also looks to be a bit better than the ones we see over here. Probably starts as a more industrial rated version normally only seen in China. Given the number of mom'n pop shops in China I'd be unsurprised to discover that there are properly made version for such folk. Heck even the horrid 6 x 4 could be made acceptable for low quantity work if they machined the castings properly and made the other parts properly so they actually fit.
Googling finds a year (ish) old test report on a Beta version of the Tormach on an "unmentionable" web site. Guy seemed impressed with how well it worked :-
"Food for thought. I do a lot of fabrication in my shop, welding assemblies, custom builds. I have found I use automatic feed for even 1 or 2 parts. The scale is that accurate, no tape measure needed."
If this is correct and the price not silly, say £3,000 equivalent, it could certainly do a decent job for the right sort of business. Probably more fab shop, like the tester, than machine shop tho'. Some thing like that would do me just fine as a one man guy doing onesie - fewsie stuff if I weren't already zoning down into retirement mode (65 in July, yay) where the shop is more occupational therapy and extra cash than serious work. Don't want to even think about the number of hours I've spent futzing about measuring the cut so auto set would be just wonderful.
Way too slow for serious size shops but speed is relative. Heck I almost never have to wait for the Rapidor to finish.
Clive
If it is anything like their mickey mouse mills why do you care?
Tormach announced the AF-50 in April 2017, two years later I don’t see it available yet, nor pricing.
Maybe the MX mill wont be Mickey Mouse
So ?
Then why doesn't the OP ask at that website ?
It's a Tormach, never in a million years would I buy any of their products for anything but a home hobby shop, even then I'd have to be hard up for a machine.
might not be auto feed but my roll in saw is nice and likely cutts better then that one
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