Handwheels again?!? was Re: true closed loop vs. hobby closed loop

Kevin,

You have CNC. Why on earth would you need handles?!?

And just think, the Bridgeport engineers left them off of hundreds of
machines... (Were they dummies to do so?) Bacause they
certainly "could have" left them on if they thought there was a
reason... (It's not like they didn't have them "available" in the
Bridgeport factory!)

I'll never understand this idea that handwheels are somehow a good
thing to have on a cnc machine. I've laid out the reasons I feel this
way many times before; so I won't repeat them here...

Suffice to say that being able to move in any given increment, at a
speed faster than I can turn any handwheel, and stop on the EXACT
spot I desire repeatedly, for me at least renders handwheels
unnecessary... (and a safety hazard)

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin R. Walsh"
<krwalsh@y...> wrote:

>Anyone have any luck fitting handle to the old Bridgeport CNC

machines? I can easily get one on the Z drive. The Y drive I could
maybe see how I can modify the belt cover and put a handle in. What
about the X?

>
> Thanks
> Kevin