[mman1506]

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.

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.