CNC Blog October Archive

Mach CNC Software

By Wilbur Corncob at 10/20/07 07:11

The list of CNC software used to control the machine tools in CNC machines is quite elaborate and it is not feasible to discuss all the available software in this blog series, yet attempts would be made in between to cover as much information as possible.

In this blog you are going to learn about another software similar to FlashCut, and the name of this software is Mach. It is quite similar to FlashCut in that it can be used to convert and ordinary PC into a CNC controller with the installation of this software.

Yet it has some unique features as well which make it bit different from FlashCut although I would not go to the extent of saying this which one is better. Infact both these softwares have their own unique features and depends on lot of factors such as requirements of manufacture, availability of the software and so forth when about to be used in an actual situation.

Mach offers a 6 axis CNC control as compared to the 4 axis control of FlashCut. The software comes bundled with a lot of extra patches such as wizards for various purposes such as gear cutting, text engraving and so forth.