Ever since getting my benchtop CNC running, I have not been very happy with the lack of manual control over overrides and buttons.

This DIY Engineering video gave me a great idea: build one myself.

I wanted the smooth speed and feed overrides, so I decided to not go with HID device, but instead with a full serial control paired with a custom plugin on the UCCNC side.

Here is the Fusion design of the enclosure:

And here it is 3D-Printed.
Acrylic face engraved from the back side and painted.
And all buttons and controls mounted:

All I have to do now is wire the Arduino board, program the plugin, and test it!

Update:

Here is the video of the pendant in action:

Design Files:

• Enclosure and the acrylic face plate design in Fusion 360: https://a360.co/3fG3jgI
• UCCNC Plugin Source Code and the final library: https://github.com/swindex/LEETArduinoPendant

Hardware Acquisition (Amazon)

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