Color keys on my SB Keyboard

[dhunt]

As I use my SB keyboard, clearly there are keys I use hourly, certainly daily,
and there are keys I never touch.
I've been thinking about coloring certain keys for awhile now, and thought I might put the matter up for discussion.
I'm sure I'm re-inventing the wheel,here,
but please make suggestions based on your experiences.

I foresee Green R and ENTER keys,
and I'm thinking of a custom SPACEBAR key in Screaming Safety Orange:
and then of course X,Y and Z keys (in Yellow?)
What else? J and H keys(how many times a day does one JH?)
Any suggestions? Photos??!
Several of you creative people MUST've done this before...

Thanks for any help.

DH

[ed_lang]

Sounds neat.

How many folks us a wireless keyboard and if so, what one?

[paco]

Good idea!

...though I go blindly (watching the tool) most of the time!

[mikejohn]

Slightly off topic but........
How many of you have z -zeroed, and then, when zeroing either x or y, accidently pressed the z key a second time, zeroing z where you dont want it?
And how many of you have done this and not noticed


...............Mike

[gus]

Mike,
Or if you have fingers and glasses like me:

JX -10
ENTER

WHAT THE.......

Yes the x and z keys are right next to each other aren't they. I have learned to look befor I leap(again).

[beacon14]

more common for me is to, when inserting or typing a JX command at the end of a file to move the bit clear of the workpiece, is to accidentally type JZ, 24 (for instance), with obvious results. Now I double check every time.

I do use a wieless keyboard and mouse, with good results. They are made by Logitech, and came together in a package with a single receiver. I can use the keyboard up to about 8-10 feet from the receiver, or almost to the other end of the SB.

[gerald_d]

Some people make their own "keyboards", using this IPAC (http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html) module.

Discussing keyboard layouts, with the possible use of colour, has something in common with this thread (http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/messages/28/11398.html) - a standard office-type QWERTY keyboard is not the ideal device for controlling a machine tool.

[paco]

Another solution to my human error (whenever this happen!)... no more crash on too high a Z value whatever the tool bit.


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...and useful for other programming too.

[gerald_d]

....and your cure for too low a z-value?

[paco]

Good luck, good programming, table base coordinates... sometime nothing.

[dhunt]

Lots of amazing responses to all kindza things,guys
but no color suggestions (based on experiences?) for my keyboard...
Anyhoo, I'm soon going to the Mall to buy 3 or 4 difrnt colored Magic Markers/Highlighters,
and see what I can do on Monday morning to make those pertinent keys stand out when I'm working quickly without my glasses on!
- that's pretty much what my request was all about...avoiding squinting when looking for some silly little letter engraved on a small key.

[dhunt]

Here's a tryout(an old,disused keyboard) of what I'm thinking of...
The keys I've hand colored are those keys I use dozens of times a day,
with or without my reading glasses on!
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[dhunt]

Looking around on the internet.. on the subject of keyboards with color keys,
I came across the following keyboard with color keys, from
http://www.hooleon.com/
and
http://www.hooleon.com/menu-cust-kbs.htm

-where they offer to........


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Wonder if these guys might consider doing a batch of special ShopBot keyboards?

Should we order 300, d'ya think?

[dhunt]

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