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Originally Posted by stinglikeabee
It sounds like they are using a retrofitted mill with handwheels on a through-shaft stepper motor. I would not recommend this process, instead use the machine jog or manually input commands.
Using the jog wheel on a CNC shouldn't be any different than using code.
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What's wrong with homing the machine after manually jogging the axis with a handwheel? A stepper based machine would have to be powered down anyway so running a home command is normal practice.
If the machine was servo based, homing would not be required. It's quite common to see Haas tool room CNC mills with handwheels.