On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:42:29 -0500, "Karl Townsend"
wrote:


What I was thinking is to add a button sized potentiometer called
"speed override", where I can make everything run faster or slower.

i


This is EXTREMELY handy. No way do you get feeds just right on one of parts.
I've got a spindle speed pot on all my machines also. If you've got manual
machine experience you can dial in proper feeds and speeds in just a few
seconds. In my case, I've never used a speed feed calculator.

Karl


Most commercial CNC lathes and mills have this feature. From 100%-150%.

I think of it as "military power " G

The pot is very important when you are trying to get as much out of the
machine per hour as possible.

Gunner


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