Is anyone using Mach3/4 for serious machine control?
I am seeing large 4x8 foot router tables with prices exceeding $20,000
A $20K 4x8 router is a fairly low end machine, from my perspective. But I use a $150K router every day.
WinCNC is a popular control in the $20K-$50K price range of machines, and costs about $1500-$3000, depending on options.
I've seen older big routers like a Biesse converted to use Mach3.
Would I use Mach3 on a new machine today? No, there are better options available. But I still use it on my current machine.
Mach3 was written over 10 years ago, and development stopped over 5 years ago.
Mach4 is probably much, much better than Mach3, but hasn't won a lot of people over, for a variety of reasons.