Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rotary hand encoder wheels with detent

>The stepper motor is not connected up, its just there
>to add the 'feel'.....

Actually to expand on this idea, one could make a 'smart' wheel - it could
actually rotate with the selected axis, and if you grabbed it, it could
manually override the control.

Also, one could program a virtual 'stop'; the stepper wouldn't be energized
until this 'stop' was hit. An example use would be a shuttle speed control.
This I've seen done in commercial video tape machines.

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