Is any of these machines reccomended to buy?

[m_c]

Mechanically wise, the Triac will be a lot more rigid than the WMD, but won't have as much travel.

The Triac is quite an early one, as only early ones had the option of an R8 spindle with enough room to fit an induction motor. Later ones used BT35 (then even later ones BT30), and a slimmer but equally powerful DC spindle motor.

I'd be querying if the WMD has had ballscrews fitted, as they're not mentioned, and the photos don't show any. It may still be running the original trapezoidal screws.


I've never heard of MX Business, but it looks to be a parallel breakout board with plugin stepper drivers, as it's using the PMDX-411 (essentially a CNC USB to parallel port controller).
I'd want more information about the breakout board.

Gecko 540 is OK. Nothing outstanding, but a known quantity unlike the MX Business.

Mach 3/4 both do the job.

[Alek9517]

Thank you for your answer. I have asked if the WMD have ballscrews, and the seller did not know, but from the pictures I got (very bad quality) it seems like it is ballscrews.

I cannot find much information about MX Business, but I got a German manual form the seller.

Which one do you think is best? Or is both rubbish?