Igor Chudov wrote: > I am wondering about something. > > For manual movement, I use a Saitek P880 joypad. I am literally overjoyed by > this joypad and how easily it moves the axes. > > Having said this bad pun, I wonder if those manual pulse generators are > better, ergonomically, than this joypad. > > I have a feeling that a joypad is far better than MPGs in the ease of moving > the mill. > It probably is easier for general jogging around. I use the keypad to make cutting moves, as when cleaning up the top of a workpiece, because I get constant feedrate that way. But, I use the jog dial for stepping down, or advancing the cut, because I can count out thousandths of an inch by the detents, without looking at anything.
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