My name is Michael Turner. I own Turner Customs and produce a line of competition rifle stocks and pistol grips as the primary product, but we do branch off into other wood and foam projects.

Right after the terrible events of 9-11 happened my business took a nosedive and during the next 18 months we experienced a chain of events that nearly put us under. One of those events was my cnc machine broke and it was going to cost nearly as much to repair it as it was to upgrade it.

I had just started reading a new website called CNCZone and kept hearing people talk about something called Mach1 and Gecko's. I called both companies and discussed my situation with them and they agreed at it would be better to upgrade than repair.

Other than doing the upgrade work myself I would not class myself as a DIY guy since I use this machine nearly every day to produce part of the household income.

I would like to say that without the great software, support and the fact Art is generally just a good guy, I would not still be in business. It has taken a while but things are turning around and I'm getting some sizeable contracts which will all be carved on a Mach controlled cnc machine.

Art I have told you on the phone, I have told you on the forums and I have told you in emails...........Thank you for what you have done for the small guy.

Mike

Dear Sir

Last year i had an opportunity to buy a cnc lathe it was a denford orac in it's original condition the owner BFCarbon said he would change all the electronics and put gekko drives and a program called Mach 2 to run it . Having worked on a cnc lathe in the 80's i though it was time to buy one for my hobby, never having made a program to run a lathe i was quite apprehensive but decided to buy it .When my lathe finally arrived the owner Steeve Spenard showed me the rudiment of programming with G codes .I was quite impressed with Mach 2 the ease of programming the displays where quite intuitive easy to learn and the graphics showed me where the tool was and error i made in programming where easely visible . The first i did was buy a licence THANK YOU

I work in a commercial cabinet shop programming and running a $150K router. For $159, Mach3 has all the same features, as well as many more. It actually gives me the ability to do things on my homebuilt router that I can't do on our large commercial router, such as several hundred-thousand line 3D toolpaths with constant velocity. And with all the customization options, commercial-style control panels can be created with ease. The hobbiest community can't thank you enough, Art.

Gerry

My name is Dennis Izoita

I was starting a granite countertop fabrication business and needed to obtain the tools, as the tools are very expensive I decided to build some of them my self. That is when I needed a cnc mill to machine the parts to make the tools. I found a 1946 Bridgeport mill in good mechanical condition that I converted to CNC with MACH controlling it. As this was my first cnc experiance I was not sure how or if it will work. In about a week of compeleting the convertion I was able to cut the first part with ease!! Art is doing a fabulous job on the software!

Only a few years ago I had never even heard of a CNC machine. I have since built two of them. Using Mach 2 and 3 has enabled me to build and run my machine at a fraction of the cost of a commercial machine. I am amazed at the features that Mach has.  I am sure that without Mach, I would not have a CNC machine today. I am extremely impressed with the direct support for Mach owners, and also the willingness of Artsoft to implement new features at the customers request, usually free of charge. :)   I especially love the idea of using your own PC to run your machine.

Mach3 es el ejemplo perfecto de funcionalidad, precision y facilidad de uso, si alguna vez pens en un construir u operar un equipo CNC desde su computadora, no creo que encuentre una solucion mejor, y esto lo digo en muchos aspectos: desde poder probar el producto antes de comprarlo, aprender a usarlo preguntando en el muy activo grupo de usuarios y el excelente soporte tcnico post-venta, no hay en el mercado una solucion mejor que Mach3. Pablo Untroib. Buenos Aires, Argentina  

Jon Fetig

Before I started using Mach2/3 I was using a dos program called Turbo CNC. I used that until it got to version 4. I thought Turbo CNC 4 was the greatest thing until I decided to try out mach2. After I figured out Mach2 and had it running my mill, it only took half an hour for me to decide to buy the license.  Mach2 ran my steppers incredibly smooth, I was able to increase my maximum speed from 60IPM to 90IPM. After an upgrade of motors I was able to hit 210IPM which was a little high for such a small package that I had.  Mach software is such a great software package especially for the price. At the time I thought it cost a lot because I was using freeware CNC control at the time but as soon as I saw it in action I was sold. Now with the new Lazy Cam package that I believe will be included, you definitely cannot go wrong!

What can you say about Mach3? It's the bees knees, the mutts nuts, the best thing since sliced bread. Why? It's so user configurable, don't like the screen? Make one yourself! Got a problem, ask the forum, over 5000 members somebody's gonna know & odds on Art himself will give an answer. (how he's managed to develop this and hold a full time job is beyond belief). Your problems are often sorted in less than a day.

My original meeting with Mach was a few years ago wanting to upgrade an old Denford Easiturn lathe. Web research turned up Mach2 but I was unsure, I couldn't work out if I could control the spindle speed with Mach, you can. Mach cuts threads with only one pulse per rev from the spindle,don't let anybody tell you different! Seeing a cnc lathe cut a thread for the first time is both amazing and frightening. I thought Mach2 was good, I redesigned the screens to my liking then read the manual for Mach3 and the screenshots were amazing, I had to have it. The lathe screen already has large buttons ready for touch screen use. Designed by Steve Blackmore, another devoted user. Go on build a cnc machine, seeing those axis move for the first time on something you've built while pressing a keyboard is a real kick. Forget the rest, get the best, MACH3.

Mike Klos

Hello,
 Mike Klos here. I have run a small firearms related shop out of my home
for about eleven years. We deal with NFA (national firearms act) stuff and
we build and sell our own line of silencers all over the country. Products
that we build in the shop have to me marked with all of our information as
well as a serial number. I was subbing all of this work out to an engraver.
It was OK at first but prices kept going up and up plus the guy would
sometimes damage my parts. I never got a break in price either. I began to
search for an engraving machine but was suprised at the cost. Having a
small 3axis milling machine, I decided to build my own. I'm in it for less
than 1K and the results are perfect. Then I got my biggest break of all, I
FOUND MACH2 SOFTWARE!! I have never used anything so powerful yet so easy
to learn. The support is the best with the forums and all. I don't think
there is a better cnc program in the world. Again, I want to thank you for
such a great product.

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