[Andy A.]

I've been using a pcnc 1100 daily at work for about 8 months now. I use it primarily in combination with a 4th axis table. Because of volume constraints caused by the 4th axis, I don't have the ATC, but am budgeting for the power drawbar.

I've been very pleased. The machine and TTS stuff have been trouble free, although I've found the packaged CAM software, Sprutcam, to be pretty poor. It generates tool paths alright, but it's been buggy and difficult to learn. There are just better options. The new version may be a step up, but it'd be hard to believe. To Tormachs credit, they've published a lot of helpful tutorials for sprutcam, which is interesting since it isn't really a Tormach product.

If you do go with the Tormach, spend the extra money on the nice machine stand with a coolant tank and chip guards. It's completely worth it. I'd also rank one of the 'machine arms', that will hold onto a monitor and keyboard tray to be a must have. The TTS stuff is expensive but works as advertised and worthwhile.