On 2010-08-16, Gunner Asch wrote:
wrote:
As a second thought, I replaced spindle on and off on the joystick,
with flood on and off. Could be useful to adjust the nozzle, and worst
case, I or someone else gets sprayed a little bit.
Thats a pretty good idea.
And you can use it to wash down the parts and area.

Yep. I used the mill quite a bit today, learning how to write text
with it. I used Chris Radek's Truetype Tracer, and it works great, any
message in any TrueType font can be written beautifully with a pointy
endmill. This also includes filling in the letters.

Having the joystick to position the mill, and to pause/resume the
interpreter, was really indispensable. I am not even sure if I should
bother with the original jog controls. This joystick seems to be more
ergonomic. With the thumb control, I can move fast or slow.

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