The question of what's in the milling head was going to be next...

Whether the head was a variable speed or belt drive. My experience with belt drive milling heads aboard my ship in the machine shop was troublesome. A variable speed head would be more convenient presuming the quality is good and I don't mess it up.

You'd figure, after the 722 gets a following like my little HF 44991 machine, there'd be CNC conversions eventually. The 722 already has a power downfeed on the Z axis.

I looked at the Tormach web page lately and noticed the PCNC 1100 looked similar to the Rong Fu machine. Anyone know what machine Tormach started with? I have a problem where the electronics were placed as I'd have to move everything around if I were to enclose the machine and install a flood coolant system. In the end, once everything is relocated, the PCNC 1100 would look like a small Haas mini mill.

There's going to be an open house at Little Machine Shop in Pasadena on Oct. 20th, maybe I'll get to see the Tormach in action.

Thanks for your suggestions.