On 27 June 2018 at 04:02, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:

> As long as I had the i/o pins, available, it makes sense that in mounting
> the tool or the part, if I could just flip a switch to enable the
> drilling for the grub screws, or another to enable the tapping of the
> holes just drilled

I don't think that there is any point going through hardware for this.
A G-code file can read HAL values from a PyVCP or GladeVCP panel and
react accordingly (the values are only valid at program start, but
that's fine here).

-- 
atp
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designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and
lunatics."
— George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916

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