eBay Pendant?

[routercnc]

I bought either that model or one very similar to it a long time ago. I played around with it for a bit but I found it was possible to accidentally move the machine too fast and loose steps or skew the gantry. This was probably due to a combination of not setting it up correctly and using a 27 Volt all-in-one driver board which can only go so fast. Using the cursor keys meant that it only went as fast as I had tuned in in Mach3 and there was no problem.

Although I've been on 70V separate drivers for a while now (so I think would not have the lost steps problem) I've got so used to using the cursor keys and page up/down, that I'm pretty good at jogging and nudging right up to a part. So I've never gone back to it. I think if I went back to it I could wean myself off the cursors keys as it 'should' be better to use the pendant. I also went for the wired one for the same reason. It also does not need batteries which can be a plus.

A final observation is that if I remember correctly when you plug the pendant into the computer (USB port) the Mach3 response time to mouse clicks was slowed. It was a long time ago so I might have mis-remembered that but it was another reason that I stayed with the cursor keys in the end.

I don't know if that helps you much in choosing but that's my experience with them . . .