Mach3 VS LinuxCNC (the Enhanced Machine Control)

Mach3

Mach3 is very popular among the Hobby CNC community.

LinuxCNC (the Enhanced Machine Control)

LinuxCNC: an open source CNC machine controller. It can drive milling machines, lathes, 3d printers, laser cutters, plasma cutters, robot arms, hexapods, and more.

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LinuxCNC (the Enhanced Machine Control)

Categories	3D Architecture CAD Design Prototyping
Website	linuxcnc.org

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Mach3 videos

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Gillette Mach3 3D Razor Review — average guy tested #APPROVED

LinuxCNC (the Enhanced Machine Control) videos

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LinuxCNC for the bare bones beginner - Part 1

Category Popularity

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LinuxCNC (the Enhanced Machine Control)

3D

51 51%

3D

49% 49

Architecture

51 51%

Architecture

49% 49

CAD

54 54%

CAD

46% 46

Tool

49 49%

Tool

51% 51

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, LinuxCNC (the Enhanced Machine Control) seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 5 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Mach3 mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Mach3 yet. Tracking of Mach3 recommendations started around Mar 2021.

LinuxCNC (the Enhanced Machine Control) mentions (5)

Can anybody recommend a good CNC conversion kit?
For a hobby machine, DIY might be the way to go. I did my sharp knee mill over several years. Ball screws from Rockford ball screws, were not cheap, but work well. Servo motors and gecko motor controllers from automationtechnologiesinc.com. Scales for feed back from dropros. Controller card from mesanet.com. All controlled with linuxcnc.org and a usb controller from vistacnc.com. Milled motor mounts for the... Source: about 1 year ago
CNC build
I'm building a DIY-ish 3d printer, I know the Duet 3D boards can run spindles. https://www.machsupport.com/software/mach3/ Or Http://linuxcnc.org/ can run stepper driver boards with a spare desktop. Source: over 1 year ago
Questions from someone looking to build a desktop mill
Good questions, I may be able to help with some of them but I know there are plenty of more experienced mill owners: 1. This is usually done manually or with indexing pins. If you look at the nomad flip jig you can see some techniques for physically re-aligning the part. Since you have skills in that area, a software solution could help, but I’m not aware of anything off the shelf in the hobby space. It could be... Source: almost 2 years ago
Help with old ISA Cards and CNC machines
This system is so old, I would recommend looking into converting to LinuxCNC https://linuxcnc.org/. Source: about 2 years ago
Mach 3… do you enjoy success with it?
If you are basically just a CNC operator they will take about the same amount of time to learn how to run them. LinuxCNC however may take a little more time configuring the system depending on features. You will definitely learn a bit more about how your machine operates configuring LinuxCNC since you have to compute a few settings based on your screw pitches and latency jitter of your PC. The calculators and... Source: over 2 years ago