Mach3 and returning to cut position

[iain1mm]

All this nonsense is why I decided to try uccnc about 18 months ago and I haven't looked back. Mach is a buggy piece of crap that has cost me a lot in time, cutters and materials. I can't believe it is still as popular as it is given that there are 2 or 3 alternatives out there now that blow it out of the water.
I can't tell you how nice it is to be able to stop or pause a program and be sure that it will start again from exactly where you left off (and all without plowing a furrow, breaking a cutter or trying to start a fire!). Mach often used to lose position if it was stopped or paused and I used to rehome, re-zero and air cut, just to be sure, after any uncoded stop.
With uccnc I can even switch the machine off and shut the pc off for the night in the middle of a long 3d job and carry straight on from the last line the next day (Choc the Z axis before switching off!).
Uccnc is also well supported, has continuous development and has an excellent forum.