One of the biggest challenges CNC engineers and designers often face (whether they realize it or not) is designing for manufacturability.

Razor USA, the company best known for introducing the world to the Razor Scooter back in 2000, uses a Tormach PCNC 1100 for prototyping and product development. Billy Griggs, a retired BMX racer and product developer at Razor, says “Since [the success of the scooters], it’s been a long journey into electrics, electric ride-ons, and fantasy-type toys. We’ve really grown as a company well beyond the scooters.”

Starting a business can be a daunting task. One of the biggest challenges can be gauging excitement with decision-making, and making sure those decisions are what’s best for the business. While starting a business can be stressful, becoming your own boss has an array of fantastic rewards, as well. To help navigate the best practices for a startup, we asked a few of our in-house experts for some insight and tips on starting a machining business.

Tom Watts, Owner and Founder of TundraRacing.com launched his career at the race track. As a Southeast distributor for BBS of America, Watts had a long history in motorsport wheels. His intimacy with the aftermarket industry helped him identify a need for a rear disc brake conversion kit for many Toyota applications.

Today is the official grand opening of the Tormach blog, Milling Around.  We've done a couple of low key test posts over the last few weeks, but today is the big day. Unfortunately, this is only the second biggest news story in the office this week, thanks to this guy. Milling Around is going to be a place for discussion about CNC and related topics in what we call "personal manufacturing" .