[Screenshot_20250610-183932] Just saw this on the lightburn site… [image] MillMage 0.8.00 RC1 Release Candidate Announcements Release Candidates …

[image] Peter H: I can remember paying more than 50% of the cost of my computer in the early nineties, for Photoshop. And now it’s a subscription and you are paying even more in the long run… :sweat_smile:

Well no, actually - fun fact - Adobe always charged Aussies more - it was cheaper to fly to the US to buy Adobe products (including airfares) until right up to the subscription model. With my current subscription it would take 30 years to get to what the price was in the nineties!

I was checking this out a bit today and my initial impressions are quite positive. Note that I’ve never used LightBurn and I haven’t used this to cut anything yet. I’m looking at this from a FluidNC perspective. While I might try it connected, I haven’t done that yet. I’m more interested in just…

That is a great getting started guide so far, thank you for taking notes!

[image] Jason Yeager: I was using the stool I made as an example. Jason, would you mind sharing the SVG for your stool? Thanks

Lightburn and Millmage can also auto detect the slots and adjust the size for the thickness of your material. Really handy if you wanted to go from plywood to 4/4 oak or something.

That sounds like an awesome feature. I’ll have to check it out. [image] Resize Slots and Tabs - MillMage Documentation Better software for CNC routers

That’s the only feature I’d really be interested in that no other software I know seems to have.

[image] Philipp: no other software I know seems to have. There are a handful of features like that. I am sure this is the perfect package for some people because you don’t have to leave it to do basic things very well. If you look at things like plasmacam if has a set of basics built in like …

Millmage public release candidate?

Software / Firmware Millmage / LightBurn

jeyeager (Jason Yeager) June 14, 2025, 9:08pm 63

Not sure I would make it as is. It could use a wider base to make it more stable.