Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] virtual hand jive

I used to run a knee mill with a Bosch control.
For manual use one could select feed as a percentage of the machine's
max feed rate,
incremental jog in increments of 1.0, .100, .010, .001, and .0001,
manual axis control of XYZ via handwheel and axis selector,
with axis options of XY, XZ, and YZ, one could interpolate an angle
and vary that angle proportionally +/- 45 degrees.

The latter I could do without, but I'd love to see a stepper based
system that could do these with a pendant. The incremental jog buttons
are great for sneaking up on an edge with an edgefinder. The handwheel
is great and intuitive for moving around during setups.
I rather suspect at the moment EMC is probably the only control
available to hobbyists that might be able to do all this.
Ahha, with their Artisan card, could do this if they wanted to invest
the time. It is available with encoder input for lathe threading.
I was sorely disappointed when they came out with their pendant, and no
handwheel....

Jon