Hi Kustom: I met Camaster last year at the IWF in Atlanta. I was looking for a low end machine and saw the motion system moving around. I was looking at a Techno across the floor, but was taken by the mass and rigidity of Camaster's machine vs Techno's. The price was around 7K less and that also included a 3hp spindle. It didn't have servos, but that didn't phase me. Bill was willing to put a laser head that I had already owned on the machine and make a 4x8 laser out of it for a reasonable total, so I went with him. Camaster is a small operation, but Bill is an honest and straightforward fellow, and I believe he will support you after the sale. The software he used, wincnc, has proven to be a good motion package, although I can only compare it with an 80's vintage Fanuc 11M. It runs circles around the 11M, but pentiums run circles around 286's. I also was considering Shop Sabre, but for my application they couldn't do much. I think it would be a safe bet to go with Camaster.
In full disclosure he asked me to post this, but I did it willingly because I want to help him out.  |