Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] DC motor as replacement for Stepper motor

> I have a CNC machine that has no hand wheels at all except for the knee
> crank. I don't miss them at all. I just punch the jog buttons and put
> it right where I want it. Once you start using the controller, the hand
> wheels very quickly become an unused anachronism. I predict you will
> take them off because they will be way more of liability than a feature.

I'm going to drill the timing belt pulley on the lathe crosslide for a
crank pin. We'll see if I keep it beyond the inital setup phase. If
I don't, then all the trouble I went to buying a left handed ballscrew
(to keep the normal sense of operation for a lathe handwheel) will be
for nothing.

Chris

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Christopher C. Stratton
Engineer, Instrument Maker, and Horn Player
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