I just picked up a wells index 700 w/ a bandit controller. I was initially hoping to use it manually for a bunch of one off projects (i.e., just like I would a non CNC mill).
Unfortunately, the wells index folks said w/o the servo running the quill will float up and down. They also stated the machine wasn't intended to be used this way and so didn't sound optimistic about how easy a process this would turn out to be.
Has anyone successfully converted their wells index to support a manual mode?
Thanks!