You might be able to pick one up used from somebody on here or on Ebay though. I have 4 Xyloteck motors I'm willing to sell, but I don't have the controller. I really don't know how the cue monster is set up. Perhaps the old motors will work fine with the Gecko, but you might have to do some re-wiring. Your best bet might be to buy a Gecko Controller and new motors and then it will be easy to get it working with Mach3. Your problem is going to be that if you are using a Cue Monster, you're going to have to talk to somebody that has gotten theirs working under Mach3 without paying a lot of extra money for the upgrade that they offer. If you can't draw a diamond, then you're not going to get very far anyway. I wouldn't waste money on Add ons for Mach3. The printer port on Laptops supposedly doesn't put out as much power as you need, but there are some pretty well known cue makers that use them with no issues.

I know people that run Mach3 on a laptop without any issues. Mach3 runs fine under Windows 7, just not in 64 bit. If you're planning on upgrading in the future, then you might as well get 23 or 24 now or you're going to have to learn things twice. V21 is nothing like V17 and V23 is nothing like V21. Ps mach 3 works the best with windows xp and is best that the Desk top PC is used only with and for cam cad systems your cnc. Plus it will give you a little insight in Bobcad in knowing what you need to tell your cue monster what to do. If you buy mack3 with addons it has diamomd shape and other wizards So you might be in for some humble moments. Some free trial software has limits mach3 for example is 40 logins and 500 lines of g and m codes.Įveryone is going to tell you that you should already know Bobcad mach3 software before you bought your cue monster. jumping into 4 axis cnc!ģ axis is kicking my butt. None of these programs are (plug and play). Which cam software are u going to use with Bodcad. If they are like cambam, mach3, or aspire, there are ppl in each group that will help you.īobcad has trial versions you can download for free. Bobcad should have a forum if you post your question there.

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