I would like to add a physical button to issue an MDI to feed Z at the
currently set feedrate and then of course a stop button. Also one for X
to face off parts. I think that could be a handy replacement for the no
longer present power feeds since I won't have a manual machine.



On 02/27/2017 10:57 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
> On 02/27/2017 09:43 AM, dragon wrote:
>> Not to say that I don't like using a handwheel encoder for what you are
>> looking to do but after reading your mouse click comments I wondered if
>> you are aware of the following keyboard shortcuts...
>>
>>   <, >    decrement or increment axis speed
>>   c/C     select continuous jogging
>>   i/I     select incremental jog, and toggle through increments
>>   1-9,0   set feed override to 10%-90%, 0 is 100%
>>
>> You can set the increments that 'i/I' will toggle through in the ini file.
>>
>> I hate mice too ;)
>>
> I use a mixture.  When facing off a surface until "cleaned 
> up", I use the jog dial to count down the thousandths of an 
> inch of Z feed, then use the continuous jog keys on the 
> keyboard to make the passes.  This is all manual machining 
> to clean up the exterior of the parts before I get to the 
> G-code part of the work.
> 
> The mouse is generally only used to select files from the menu.
> 
> Jon
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