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[Desertboy]

Thanks!
That was a good explanation..
I guess that's why a good bob costs 50 times more :)

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After reading Jazz's post I've took the plunge with a 7i76 BOB for my Mesa in the end it cost £140 delivered so that estimate was pretty close lol as my PP BOB cost £3.

http://store.mesanet.com/index.php?r...product_id=119

I'm sure UC must have equiv you might even be able to use this board lol.

For reference it's cost £250 for the complete mesa controller, pci card + bob with high quality cabling.

[Nr1madman]

After reading Jazz's post I've took the plunge with a 7i76 BOB for my Mesa in the end it cost £140 delivered so that estimate was pretty close lol as my PP BOB cost £3.

http://store.mesanet.com/index.php?r...product_id=119

I'm sure UC must have equiv you might even be able to use this board lol.

For reference it's cost £250 for the complete mesa controller, pci card + bob with high quality cabling.

I'm sure the mesa boards are top quality but that would mean Linux?

Not for me my friend :D

Is fusion360 still free?
Seems like only for students now?

Tried estlcam now this evening and it seems basic but powerful !
Anyone tried it?
Or should I hold on with the software and focus on getting movement first ;)

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[Desertboy]

I'm sure the mesa boards are top quality but that would mean Linux?

Not for me my friend :D

Is fusion360 still free?
Seems like only for students now?

Tried estlcam now this evening and it seems basic but powerful !
Anyone tried it?
Or should I hold on with the software and focus on getting movement first ;)

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They actually started making plugins for mach3 but never got past the beta phase it was working but the last posts on the mach forum are 5 years old so one would assume it's been abandoned. Given they had it working it seems a shame they didn't finish the work and bring it to market.

Fusion is still free
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/suppo...usion-360.html

It's annoying that the controllers don't support both linuxcnc and Mach3 it seems it's a case of supporting one or the other.

I totally get the linuxcnc thing you have to be a sadist to go this route but I've been a casual linux user since 2006 for 6 years I never ran anything else but when I got into cad I had to go back to windows. Also I grew up with a dos prompt so linuxcnc isn't quite so scary.

Now I have a couple of machines running linux and a couple running windows.

[Neale]

Is fusion360 still free?
Seems like only for students now?

This is a link to the current website - still looks to be free for "enthusiast" (home/hobby) use.

[JAZZCNC]

Or should I hold on with the software and focus on getting movement first ;)

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NO 100% NO the sooner you learn the Software side the better, both Cad/Cam and controller. Think of it like giving a Kid toy for Xmas without any batterys.
Nothing worse than having working machine then saying "Now what.!!!"

[Nr1madman]

NO 100% NO the sooner you learn the Software side the better, both Cad/Cam and controller. Think of it like giving a Kid toy for Xmas without any batterys.
Nothing worse than having working machine then saying "Now what.!!!"

Im actually starting to get some good results in solidworks for CAD.
Tried fusion before and will give it another try.. tried rhino aswell but that was hard!

For cam Im really liking estlcam. Played some with cambam but it's not working out like I plan ;)

Uccnc will be another thing! CAD and cam I can do indoor with the wife and semi communicate with her while learning. Uccnc is in the shed with the machine so any time spent "learning" will be time away from wife and kids. That's gonna be something to make up for :D

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[Desertboy]

Im actually starting to get some good results in solidworks for CAD.
Tried fusion before and will give it another try.. tried rhino aswell but that was hard!

For cam Im really liking estlcam. Played some with cambam but it's not working out like I plan ;)

Uccnc will be another thing! CAD and cam I can do indoor with the wife and semi communicate with her while learning. Uccnc is in the shed with the machine so any time spent "learning" will be time away from wife and kids. That's gonna be something to make up for :D

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You need to be more annoying then your wife will send you to the shed to calm down ;)