I am getting ready to start building my cnc laser. I am trying to stay within a 5k budget so of course a glass tube laser 60-80 watts and flying optics. The part I am researching now is the motion control. I have looked at several and I am hoping to get opinions. I want to do raster/vector so mach3 is out. From what I have read, Linkmotion wont do both in the same file. I am interested in wincnc and Testra has a nice software/hardware package. Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with either of these? Any opinions good or bad are welcome.
ps. The budget of 5k is 2k for motion control, 1.5-2k for the laser/pwr supply and the remaining for the table, optics, etc. any comments on this is also welcome