I am waiting for Torchhead to chime in on this one, but since he hasn't, I will give my input.
Plasmacam is a proprietary setup, meaning you can only get parts from them, nothing else will work.
You can't just call up carr mcmaster and get a new servo to replace theirs, in other words. You are stuck with limited service and limited parts.
Another thing is how complicated servos are in comparison to steppers. If you are not familiar with servos, do a search on them. A lot more complicated than steppers. Not that they are bad, they have their place. IMO, a stepper is just a lot easier to troubleshoot or replace in the event of a failure or problem.
Torchmate is not proprietary in that they use normal off-the-shelf steppers, and Flashcutcnc drives and software. You have options on where to get parts, in other words.
I look at it in another way as well. Plasmacam has a lot of flash and glam in their catalog and video, trying to hype up their table as an "industrial" table for the masses, just point, click, cut. It is a lot of marketing hype. There are a couple of nice things about their software, but overall, I will pass.
Torchmate, on the other hand seems to be very up front and honest. Their table is not a miracle worker, there is a little work involved in making parts.They don't try to pass it off as some miracle worker machine.
They (customer service) were nice and helpful to me when I called a year or so ago, when I first looked into cnc. Plasmacam was the first I saw, and then found Torchmate, as well as Dynacnc, Dynatorch, and a couple others.
I wanted to save a buck, and I like hands on stuff, so I built my own (which has now been rebuilt twice, because I can't leave well enough alone.) and am still very happy with the outcome. This is not the route for everyone, I understand. If I had the money, knowing what I know now, I would be flipping a coin between Torchmate and Dynacnc.
(Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)
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