Got some rotary switches in, and built up a palm-sized MPG pendant for my Bridgeport today. I built my first pendant using a big Fanuc MPG that John Kasunich gave me at a codefest/CNC meeting in about 2007. When I built a second one, I used an encoder very similar to the ones from MP Jones and found I could do touching-off with a paper feeler if I held the pendant in one hand and operated the MPG with my thumb. My first version was not set up so that was very easy to do. So, I just made a new one that allows me to do that.
See http://pico-systems.com/pendant.html for pictures of my first and 2nd versions. The one I just built with the MP Jones encoder is VERY similar to the 2nd picture. You can hold it in one hand, press the enable button with your index finger and jog with your thumb. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcing the Oxford Dictionaries API! The API offers world-renowned dictionary content that is easy and intuitive to access. Sign up for an account today to start using our lexical data to power your apps and projects. Get started today and enter our developer competition. http://sdm.link/oxford _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
