Re: MPG Source?

Depending on your budget, I've seen Fanuc units on E-Bay for about
$45, but they are pretty deep. The normal encoder should work, but
doesn't have a dial or detents.

Jeff

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<davemucha@j...> wrote:

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wrote:

> > Gentlemen:
> >
> > In my previous post I forgot to ask if anyone knows of a source

for

> an
> > MPG; who makes units with detents, and what are toe prices? We
> > hobbyists are always looking for low cost answers.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jack C.
>
>
> manual pulse generator ? I see it two ways. one is a 555 chip

with

> a button to move it one way or another.
>
> the other is an encoder connected to a handwheel. The encoder
> would/should be set to send a pulse train, not a lenght of pulses.
>
> the idea is that a slow move moves the table slowly and a real

fast

> spin will move it fast as long as the handwheel is spinning, and

NOT

> let the handwheel count up 100,000 steps that will take 2 minutes

to

> reach. that would bust the table.
>
> Dave