4x4 w lathe

[james mcgrew]

the new 4x4 that CAMaster has ready for me next week will have mach 3 and a lathe i am looking forward to learning it as many of the newer mc class routers use it. any thoughts on good or bad any body used both mach and wincnc

jim

[rrrevels]

Jim,
I have been using Mach3 for about 5 years. So far I haven't come across a problem that I can point to Mach. It has always been either me or the glitches with the drivers. Mach3 has so many setup options that it might take a little tweaking but it works very well. Actually the setup for the basic operation is pretty straight forward. It actually has features that WinCNC doesn't.

Russ

[james mcgrew]

i am gonna need your help

jim

[Richard Link]

Jim,

Now that you've used both WinCNC and Mach3 extensively, any brief thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of each? For a system dedicated to machine control as its sole purpose (ie. no design, surfing, etc), do you see a substantial advantage to WinCNC over Mach3 once you climb the learning curve?

Richard

[james mcgrew]

i still do not have any substantial mach 3 time, the stinger in my world is load and run,


the wincnc on my x3 is a wonderful controller that i am thrilled with, stable and i can be online with any thing or designing with aspire whilr machine is running on same screen

jim

[Richard Link]

Thanks Jim.

By the way, have you used one of the Cintiq tablet pads by Wacom for any of your design work? I bought one used a few months ago and it is fantastic for modeling.

Richard

[james mcgrew]

i have the bamboo i want the cintiq next!!