Re: Z-axis: Quill vs Knee

Sounds like a great idea. Lack of "feel" is a big problem with doing
manual moves by "jogging".

Bill Martin

Matt Shaver wrote:

>
> From: "Matt Shaver" <mshaver@...>
>
> > From: Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
> > Someday, maybe, we'll have a joystick in EMC.
>
> How about one of those force-feedback types like Microsoft and Saitek make.
> We could make the reflected feedback force proportional to servo current! I'm
> not sure how to handle the third axis though...
>
> Matt
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