RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Need help with Mill/Drill retrofit

At 07:30 AM 10/11/02 -0700, you wrote:

>If you use ballscrews, then you may have problems in the manual mode
>(turning the crank).

Not necessarily. One way is to use double-ended steppers which have a
certain amount of holding even when off and esp if off and shorted. The
handwheel goes on the dead end of motor shaft. The rest of setup is left
as-is.



Regards, Hoyt McKagen

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