Hi All,
I'm about to hit 'retirement' and have rediscovered CNC machining. I first started about 35 years ago when you had to program by G codes only - no fancy software then. I only programmed for 2 or three years and I see things have moved on a tad since then.

I'm interested in getting a Boxford 190 VMC to machine mainly small ally components.

Reading the post I was curious as to why people upgrade their Boxford machines to Mache 3. Why is this?
Is it because you cannot purchase the Boxford software?
or perhaps of other advantages?

I would be most interested to hear the views of the forum.