On 12/5/2010 11:54 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:

I had received an e-mail recently saying the G-Wizard was going to go to
a subscription basis. It sure sounded like you would have to pay every
year to continue to use it. I don't mind paying a fair price for a copy,
but paying for a license to use it every year sounded a bit excessive to
me. It started me on a hunt for a speed/feed/depth calculator to replace
it. I found a reference to a freeware program called ME Consultant 2.0
on an old conversation from 2003 on CNC Zone.

I found the subscription model of little interest. It's a nice clean
product, but for the few times I'd actually be using it, I would have to
think twice about a one time purchase at the asking price.
I politely expressed my thoughts to the author, never got a reply.
Oh well...

I have Jim Rowe's excellent Machinist Journeyman in both inch and hard
metric versions on my Ipod Touch, $20 for both, lifetime free updates.

Went to D/L ME-Consultant, and discovered I already had but never got
around to installing. Guess I'll give it a go now!


Jon