Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] mouse encoder?

From: "Ian Wright" <Ian@...>

> I haven't tried it but how about just 'gearing' the mouse encoder up. Like

I

> said in my last post, if you put a big pulley on a shaft with a rubber

band

> drive (like the flay rubber bands used in video recorders) to the mouse
> encoder shaft, you would get a lot of 'transitions' from one revolution of
> the shaft. If you aim for too many and then divide the result
> electronically, I would guess you will get rid of a lot of the errors due

to

> inaccuracies in the encoder disk - or perhaps I'm way off base? I doubt it
> would be any use to our'professional' chums but it might be useful on a
> hobby mill.

This is another good thought as well.
All in all though, if it's possible, I'd like to make the disc to match the
motor.

Thanks,

Weyland