Competition Shooter and gunsmith Bud Scott didn’t stay retired for very long.  “This is my retirement,” joked the Indiana native as he showed off some Vepr-12 & Saiga-12 hand guards machined on his Tormach PCNC 1100 mill during a recent visit to the Tormach showroom in Waunakee, WI.

Custom Pistolsmith Scott Mulkerin from SDM Fabricating was kind enough to spend a few minutes speaking about craftsmanship and "making things" with us in Episode 4 of our Tormach Owners Story video series.

Pistolsmith, talented craftsman, and Tormach PCNC 1100 owner Scott Mulkerin of SDM Fabricating (Medina, OH) makes -among many, many other things - customized 1911 and Smith & Wesson pistols for competition shooters.

While 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.

A self-taught machinist without any formal CNC education, Kyle Hale used his Series II PCNC 1100 to turn a hobby into a business in the span of less than six years.

John Saunders and Yanne Root, Tormach PCNC 1100 owners and co-founders of Strikemark, manufacturer of the lightning fast SM-1 auto-reset rifle target, have extended their range with a line of Picatinny rail mounts for the GoPro and Contour camera systems.