On Tuesday 28 April 2009, Jon Elson wrote: >Rainer Schmidt wrote: >> Thanks for the heads up and the sharing. I was looking at a pendant >> and might opt for a self build when you have to fight with all the >> stuff in any case.... The quality of Chinese stuff is a real problem. > >Yeah, I fought that same battle when I set one up for Aram Kasparov at >the 2008 CNC Workshop. >Also, the way it came, the red button disconnects the axis selector >switch when you press it, which seemed backwards. >So, I moved a wire to connect the axis selector switch when the button >was pressed. So, you have to press the button for the jog dial to move >anything. I ignored the web site info and just traced the whole thing out. > >I made my own jog pendants for both my Bridgeport and minimill. I >bought an HEDSS jog encoder from a Hong Kong (I think) seller on eBay >for what I thought was a somewhat inflated price. But, I couldn't find >anything else, new or used, for a better price. Then I used a pair of >miniature rotary switches I had in my junk box. I also have a jog >enable button and an estop button. I put those buttons where I can work >them one-handed, while wrapping my thumb around to move the jog dial. >Very convenient! > >Jon
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