CNC Bridgeport

[cuesmith]

I have a Techno-Isel CNC 4 Axis Gantry Router with an old Ah-Ha controller that I use in pool cuemaking. When I purchased the machine about 17 years ago I also purchased BobCad ver14. I found BobCad to be a complete nightmare. The tutorials were

flawed with mistakes and missing steps to the point that when I was finally able to get a human at BobCad to try and help me with the tutorial, they laughed and said it was impossible to complete as directed. I had a friend who had purchased a Servo

mill for cuemaking purposes also and with it he received "FastPath". He was up and running in a week or so. I contacted Greg Brown and purchased the software and the utilities and within a week or so I was also making sawdust. A few years ago, at a

weak moment I let the BobCad salesmen sell me BobCad ver21.5 with all the bells and whistles mainly because of the "nesting" program for making inlay pieces in an efficient manner, quickly. I've still never gotten accustomed to using BobCad and it sits

dormant. FastPath is just so user friendly and easy to use, I can't justify the learning curve time it would take me to get proficient with BobCad. There were a couple of times I ran into problems with FastPath, (usually when I was changing or upgrading

computers) and every time, I'd give Greg a call and he'd have me up and running very quickly and easily! I can't express how grateful I am to Greg and how happy I am using Fastpath. I'm no whiz with a computer but fastpath is so easy to use and

understand that it doesn't take a whiz to figure out. Most everything is just common sense and just following simple instructions and if you do get stumped, Greg is just a phone call away. He's has always been very good at explaining how to get back

on track and always seemed eager to help. I HIGHLY recommend FastPath to anyone who is venturing into CNC and isn't already proficient using another program. You won't find anything else as easy to get up and running with out there or anyone as

nice to work with! Greg, if you happen to read this, you have my lasting appreciation!

Sherm Adamson
Sherm Custom Billiard Cues
Cincinnati, OH
sherm@shermcue.com

Originally Posted by Greg Brown Waynemark Software has been supplying the CNC industry with CAD/CAM software since 1988. We currently have two products available that may be of interest to hobbyists and professionals: Waynemark CNC Utilities Waynemark FastPath CAM. The CNC Utilities is a collection of programs designed to convert, display, generate, and edit G-code programs. It has features such as Engrave, Plot, Project-onto, Arc2Line, Abs2Rel, DXF2CNC, Rotate, Spiral, CncComm, and many more in a nice user friendly environment. The package sells for $249. FastPath is a full graphics interface CAM system with precision drawing of lines, arcs, points, B-spline and Bezier curves, rectangles, ellipses, text, DXF import/export, Scaling, Rotating, etc. It sells for $799. The two packages work very well together or can be used independently of each other. For members of CNCzone that are hobbyists, I will offer a substantial discount. The CNC Utilities can be purchased for $99. FastPath CAM is $299. If you purchase both the total is $350. All prices include free shipping to US addresses. Alaska and Hawaii may cost a small amount. One more note, if you purchase FastPath but need one of the utilities such as CncComm I will include it for free. Sincerely, Greg Brown (Waynemark Software) Waynemark Software 337 Woodcliffe Road Pasadena, CA 91105 (626) 395-7613 GBrown1002000@Yahoo.com