Mounting to the table... that sounds very practical. I never thought of that.
John how are you holding your screen? Is that something you made up? Thanks, Dave On 6/3/2013 7:41 AM, John Thornton wrote: > A commercial pendant could be ok on a knee mill if you have the holder > for it but I've found just mounting the MPG to the table and having a > selector switch for each axis and for increments much easier to operate. > I use a joypad on my plasma for rough positioning but it would be > awkward to use/store on my BP knee mill. > > MPG mount http://gnipsel.com/shop/bp1/bp1-01.xhtml > Selector switches http://gnipsel.com/shop/bp1/bp1-07.xhtml > > These are always in the same place so I don't even have to look at them > to use them... YMMV > > JT > > On 6/2/2013 2:16 PM, Dave wrote: > >> I want to buy a pendant for use with a Bridgeport CNC mill I have >> converted to Linuxcnc. >> >> I think I want an MPG with axes selection, but tell me if you disagree. >> >> I don't want to make my own as I have way too much other work to do >> right now. I am really looking for an off the shelf hardware solution. >> If it requires some hal configuration, I am not worried about that. >> >> What do you guys recommend? >> >> If the pendant gets bumped, I don't want it fracture and fly apart, etc. >> >> I've look at the CNC4PC pendants and I have looked at the pendants on Ebay. >> >> How practical are USB joysticks for use as pendants on a milling machine? >> If you are using a USB joystick as a pendant, which model are you using?? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dave >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite >> It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production >> Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with<2% overhead. >> Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite > It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production > Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with<2% overhead. > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
