Re: CNC to Power drive

Hi Walt & Craig,

What does Backtrack use, step/direction or phase drive (MAXNC)? I know
my MAXNC Sherline (Sears) Retrofit allows me to jog. I can also enter
gcode commands directly, and after a short time, that becomes quite
natural. Does Backtrack also have this capability? Try it!

Yes, I'm one of those guys on the code end of things. I like C, C++,
however I think I have seen BASIC source code offered that you might
want to modify for your manual control.

Alan

> Walt & Craig Smith wrote:
>
> I tried posting this before-but I don't think it ever made it-so here
> it is again.
>
> I have a Sureline mill and Lathe with the Backtrack CNC conversion.
> I
> find that I often keed to do little jobs that aren't worth firing up
> the PC or switching the leads from the control box. But when doing
> these little jobs, I'd like very much to have a "power feed"
>
> Now I know there are a bunch of you guys out there that build CNC
> controlers. And while I'm not into this stuff (at least YET) I can't
> help thinking it would be fairly simple to build a "manuel" control
> for the CNC motors. Maybe something that has a few set speeds and a
> forward/revirse. I'd prob just as soom have it with a momentaiy
> contact switch (have to hold down to make it feed).
>
> So how about it guys-- any one want to stick something like this
> together?
>
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