>
> It has occurred to me that there is no reason that I couldn't use two
> keyboards - one actual and the
> second wired to push buttons. (Has anyone done this?)
Sure, there are things for sale that will do this but I just took an old USB
keyboard (one that had seen too much coolant ...) and wired the electronics
to some switches.
Remember to only use those for human inputs, never for machine inputs. But I
think that is clear already.
X,Y,Z,Spindle HOA
> Jog axis selector
> Jog rate selector
> Jog wheel
Use an MPEG-4 pendant or something similar. You really want these controls
at your fingertips when walking around your machine. Looking at the mill
from left, right or top side and always have to jogs at your fingertips.
The pendant also contains an E-stop button. Plan to have one at the pendant,
one next to the keyboard and one at the machine. I had to learn the hard way
that the E-stop was not at the right place ...
I've got a friend using a numeric keypad with labels attached to it.
> puzzling over - Keyboard covers, where to put the mouse etc..
Depends on your setup. Small desktop mills mostly have to keyboard/mouse
next to the machine. Larger machines have it mounted such that you can use
it standing next to the machine.
Keyboard covers are OK but it has to fit and I found it's not a good thing
when you have to do typing.
Industrial keyboards are expensive so I found one of these cheap (silicone)
roll-up keyboards - it works but it needs cleaning too often.
Regards,
Rob
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