Touchdown Machining Inc. is a full service job shop located in Columbus Indiana specializing in Hard Turning with 24/7 service offered. Our focus is on quality and service. Service range of Columbus extending to Indianapolis IN, Cincinnati OH, Louisville KY.

We have a customized approach to quality and delivery to meet and exceed your companies’ requirements. We offer a broad range of machining services while specializing in: Production Tooling, Fixturing, Extrusion Dies, Gauging, and Prototype Tooling. Our equipment consists of Okuma and Haas CNC Vertical Machining Centers and Okuma CNC Lathes.

We also offer grinding and welding services in addition to a Mitsubishi Wire EDM, Ingersoll Die Sinker, several Knee Mills in our Manual department, and a CNC Sheffield CMM to verify our parts meet and exceed your requirements.

We complement our machining services by using the latest in CAD/CAM Software such as AutoCAD and Mastercam. In most cases we can import your model or wire frame drawings into Mastercam and create programs for our CNC Machines.

We track your orders through the shop using JobBOSS software. JobBOSS allows us to track a job from the initial quote through final shipment.

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CNC Lathes

Our CNC lathe department is composed of 4 Okuma lathes and 1 Kingston lathe. Our capabilities include hard turning, wobble broaching, and live tooling. Lathe sizes ranging from small for delicate work to large with up to 12.5” thru the bore.

Our CNC Lathes

• Okuma Crown L1420(2 lathes)
• Okuma Captain L370M(Live Tooling Capable)
• Okuma ES-L8 II
• Kingston CK3000

CNC Mills

4 Haas mills make up our CNC milling department. Each mill is equipped with a 4th axis/rotary table with a travel capacity of up to 64” x 32” x 30”.

Our CNC Mills

• Haas Toolroom Mill TM2(Travel 40" x 16" x 16")
• Haas Super-Speed VF3SS(Travel 40" x 20" x 25")
• Haas Super-Speed VF4SS(Travel 50" x 20" x 25")
• Haas VF6/50(Travel 64" x 32" x 30")

EDM

Our EDM capabilities include wire and EDM drilling.

Our EDMs

• Gromax SD32 EDM Drill
• Mitsubishi Wire EDM W21FA-2 G

Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)

We perform 100% inspection using our Shefield CNC CMM so that you can be sure every part will meet your requirement.

We also offer onsite inspections using our FARO Arm portable CMM.

Our CMMs

• FARO Arm Portable CMM
• Shefield Discovery D-8 CMM

Manual Machining

Manual mills and lathes, surface grinders up to 16 x 32. Mig/Tig Welding. We also offer in house heat treat/flame hardening.

Stock wide range of materials from CRS/HRS, Tool Steels, Aluminum, Stainless, Titanium, Ampco Bronze, plastics, nylons.

An example of our manual machines

• Grinders: Chevalier FSG1628AD NC Surface Grinder, (2) Chevalier FSG618 Surface Grinders
• Lathes: Kingston HR4000, Clausing-Metosa C2487VS, Monarch EE Tool Maker, Sharp 1860
• Mills: Bridgeport, Clausing, Sharp, Acra and Gorton Manual Knee Mills

If you have any questions or would like any additional information about our services or capabilities, please feel free to contact us by the method which is most convenient for you.