I probably know about as much about SheetCAM as anybody other than than Les. I do know there is a Dynatorch POST in SheetCAM but there are 50 more for all kinds of machines. I just haven't heard too many of their customers asking questions on any of the boards or lists about SheetCAM. Sorry, I missed the fact they have sold SheetCAM but since it's the only one with a price, I guess it's not considered part of their commercial persona. I don't know if it was arrogance or altruism when DYNATORCH announced that they were "doing so well" in this economy that they were having a big sale to help out the less fortunate.a civic gift to the downtrodden. Used to, you had to call and set up an appointment to talk about a MultiCAM machine now I get stories of small shops looking up and seeing a MultiCAM sales rep walk in the door and talk about their new "low cost tables" They and others have lived in the clouds so long they think a $50.000 table is low end! The middle market space (tables from 10 to 30 thousand) has become increasingly crowded over the years and looks to get even worse because higher end mfg's are scurrying to move down. This economy is going to take it's toll on a lot of the table manufacturers.
With the overhead they carried, a downturn in sales volume may have been the final nail.
I know little to nothing about DYNACNC's fate except that one of their tech support guys has gone independent and continues to help owners out with support and upgrades. We made a nice bit of change selling their customers a THC that really worked (theirs never did) and moving them over from the WINCNC system to MACH's open platform. At least they used pretty much off-the-shelf components so you can get low cost parts from multiple sources. Their support teetered between non-existent and totally incompetent. Their (PCNC's) demise was justly deserved based on the long trail of disgruntled customers. Practical CNC closed down and a "new" company called Precision AE opened at the same physical address.hummm. If something happens to them, getting spare parts is going to be a challenge. Is that bad? Not as long as they support the product and you have the 800 bucks to replace one of their motor/drive units if it fails.
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It might even balance out the fact that their control software and electronics are proprietary.
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They have remained professional and not engaged in written screaming matches with customers or negative posts. The one thing they have done is give good support and that counts for a lot. Since all they sell is their "smart" servos (oxymoron) then they only have one pony to teach tricks to. That marketing hype has been toned down somewhat, but still plays on the fact that few table buyers know much about electronics so if someone says it that sounds "technical", it MUST be true. Actually, I have not spent much time on their site since I disagreed with their thumb-in the-eye approach of calling steppers "old technology" and servo's as "modern technology" Basically called anyone that was stupid enough to buy a stepper based system a moron.