Years ago I converted an old round column mill to CNC, at the time I was not thrilled with the pendants available and the thought of the pendant constantly falling on the floor etc so I made a custom control board and mounted it in a convenient place on the mill. I also made and extension off to the right of the table for a specialized keyboard and mouse. I used a touch screen display for Mach3

I'm now in the middle of a CNC conversion of a knee mill and I plan to make another custom control board. I will be using LinuxCNC this time.

Before blindly plowing ahead I want to explore what others have done for their user interfaces, no shame in copying a great idea. So please post an image of your setup and if some aspect of the user interface really seems particularly handy please note that and also if some aspect is annoying or in retrospect you would have done it differently please note that as well.

Image of my old setup.